Threes Company: GE to Split Into Thirds

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One of the best-known companies in American history will soon be three.

General Electric, the iconic conglomerate founded by Thomas Edison — a tech pioneer so ahead of his time he was making viral cat videos in 1894 — stunned the business world Tuesday when it announced it's breaking itself up.

Source Fool.com