Spin-Offs: Why Do Companies Do It, And What They Might Mean To Your Portfolio By: Benzinga via Benzinga August 01, 2014 at 15:43 PM EDT Synchrony Financial (NYSE: SYF), also known as GE Capital, spun off on Thursday. Earlier in the week, Windstream (NASDAQ: ... Read More >> Related Stocks: AT&T Inc Irsa Inversiones Y Representaciones S.A. ADR Pfizer Synchrony Financial Verizon Communications Zoetis