GE shares fall on Madoff whistleblower calling its finances a fraud
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(Reuters) - General Electric Co shares fell as much as 15% on Thursday after fraud investigator Harry Markopolos, who blew the whistle on Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme, said GE was concealing deep financial problems, prompting a sharp rebuke from GE's new CEO.GE Chief Executive Officer Larry Culp said Markopolos' 175-page report contained factual errors and constituted "market manipulation - pure and simple," because Markopolos stood to profit from short-selling tied to its release.Short sales,..