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Some problem areas remained, like in finance where the company was trying to shift from some potential trouble spots such as consumer credit cards, but even GE�s finance division was strong top to bottom, especially considering the environment. The company routinely applied a stress test to its lending group, determining how a sudden rise of a point or two in interest rates would affect business. And GE Capital was well diversified in terms of both mix and geographical scope so that the impending downturn was not expected to cause any severe internal pain.