Multinational conglomerate General Electric (GE) will release its third-quarter numbers before the bell on Friday, and it’s looking to break an ominous streak that dates back nearly two years. For seven consecutive quarters, GE stock has fallen on the day of the report. But the selling doesn’t have anything to do with the headline numbers. In fact, GE has bested analysts’ expectations in eight of the last nine quarters, and it matched estimates in that ninth one. Maybe a new CEO will be able to break the unlucky streak, but really GE just needs a strong quarterly report.

The tragedy in Puerto Rico continues, and this week we’ve heard more about the serious lack of clean water on the island, which is obviously raising all kinds of health and sanitation fears. According to some reports, water is being pumped out of potentially toxic sources, but the people on the island are so desperate for water that they are drinking it and using it for bathing and laundry anyway. We talked last week about how NexGen solutions can help with the problem of electricity. The same is true when it comes to water, which is actually a significant problem all over the world.