General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE, Stock Forum) has found itself under a "smart money" controversy, which may or may not be an argument based upon the accuracy of the reality under the rules and regulations versus the perceptions of what the rules and regulations are. What keeps going around the smart money circles and what is being speculated upon by traders and many in the media is that as a "taker of TARP funds" that the company might be forced to stop paying its dividend or to cut its dividend to shareholders even though it wants to pay the current dividend and even if the company has just stated that intends to maintain the dividend level. Where the discrepancy comes into play is that GE is technically not in the TARP plan and their are many misconceptions over what the rules and regulations truly are.
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