Activist Investor Makes Big Bet on GE.

The article states that the investment company Trian Fund Management LP, run by activist shareholder Nelson Peltz, purchased $2.5 billion worth of shares in the U.S. conglomerate General Electric Co. (GE) between mid-May 2015 and early October 2015. The article discusses the relationship between Peltz and GE chief executive officer (CEO) Jeffrey Immelt, Trian's planned October 5, 2015, release of a white paper outlining its views on GE's direction, and the stock performance of GE under Immelt's stewardship. The article presents comments from Peltz.