As companies big and small trudge into January after a dismal 2008, the movie business is quietly celebrating solid if not spectacular results at the multiplex.

The sale of Rogue Pictures, a maker and distributor of lower-cost films, to Relativity Media signifies further reordering in Hollywood’s specialty movie business.

The sale of Rogue Pictures, a maker and distributor of lower-cost films, to Relativity Media signifies further reordering in Hollywood’s specialty movie business.

The company foresees earnings of $1.78 to $1.84 a share in 2008.

The company foresees earnings of $1.78 to $1.84 a share in 2008.

The company said it expected its fourth-quarter profit to be at the low end of its previous guidance and warned that charges were likely to top $1 billion after taxes.

The Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China won its first overseas regional-jet order, worth about $750 million, from General Electric.

Though G.E. boasts a triple-A credit rating, but there are questions as to how accurate this rating is.

After lowering its quarterly profit guidance last week, G.E.’s numbers were not surprising. Profit from continuing operations fell 12 percent to $4.5 billion in the third quarter.

G.E., a bellwether for the American economy, said Friday that its third-quarter profit fell 22 percent, hurt by its financing business.