NU Online News Service, March 14, 2005, 4:10 p.m. EST
A Fairfield, Conn., giant has started an effort to raise about $2.4 billion by selling 80.5 million shares in an insurance subsidiary to the public.[@@]
The Connecticut giant, General Electric Company, has started selling the shares, which amount to about 19% of the Class A common stock of Genworth Financial Inc., Richmond, Va., in a secondary public offering.