General Electric Co. is trying to sell its foreign buyout lending and health-care finance units quickly after reaching a $12 billion deal to unload U.S. assets in a push to re-emphasize manufacturing.
The two businesses are the biggest sale priorities as the company looks to soothe anxious customers and staff, GE Capital Chief Executive Officer Keith Sherin said Tuesday in a telephone interview. GE is in talks with “dozens” of prospective buyers as it sheds the bulk of the banking operations, he said.
