Comment by paganel
6 hours ago
> Are you aware that all heavy industry in all highly developed nations make extensive use of vendor financing to sell their products?
The OP did mention GE Capital, the motherload of all heavy industry vendor financing. And of massaging the accounting books in order to increase shareholder value in the short term, also.
I doubt they are bigger than other national "heavy industry" champions from East Asia and Western/Central Europe. Without checking, I would guess that the global leaders are Boeing and Airbus.