Affordable housing, mental illness, drug use and marriage equality highlighted as challenges in Melbourne
Australian icons have their say on the country‟s future
Melbourne, 15 March 2012: Climate Change, The Economy and Government Leadership are the top challenges facing Australia according to early results of GE‟s country-wide poll to uncover Australia‟s greatest challenges.
Innovation key to creating more competitive, productive Australian economy
Sydney -- Australia, 19 January 2012: Australia needs to strengthen industry support and engagement with its leading innovation programs to increase competitiveness and productivity, two reports, commissioned by GE, have found.
GE Capital's study into Australia's mid-market points to a critical time in the growth outlook for a part of the economy capable of acting as a broader engine for growth.
[Melbourne, Australia]: Data from a new study shows that Australian medium sized businesses have and continue to be more focused on growth than any other sector in the Australian economy. But falling future expectations of growth are now clouding the prospects for the mid-market which generates more than one third of the economy's total revenue and hires more than 3.2 million Australians.
Sydney, Australia: GE Capital today announced it had provided Accolade Wines, the largest wine company by volume in Australia and the UK, with a A$220 million cross border financing facility.
The deal will support CHAMP Private Equity, an 80% owner of Accolade Wines and one of Australia's leading Private Equity fund managers, in its plans to fund the growth of the business.
Final call for Australian submissions -- Challenge closes 20th November 2011
Australia -- 28 October, 2011: GE is calling for final submissions for their $100 million global healthymagination Challenge aimed at accelerating innovation in breast cancer, ahead of the closing date later this month.
2011 Data Visualization Marathon winning entry highlights our changing healthcare needs
Sydney -- Australia, 20 October 2011: GE has teamed up with the 2011 Data Visualization Marathon in Sydney to take a closer look at Australia's changing healthcare landscape. The winning entry, 'Guess What Australia', draws on data about the nation's aging population, changing demographics and skills shortage to visually represent the challenges faced by our healthcare system today.
GE Capital releases data that shows the mid-market requires greater support and access to capital to grow
13 October 2011 [Melbourne, Australia]: Data from a new study reveals that despite medium sized businesses representing just 1.3% of all businesses in Australia, the sector contributed close to $425 billion towards GDP in the 2009-10 financial year, exceeding the valued added by either small or big business.
GE Capital stellt Führungsspitze von CommerzFactoring neu auf
Mainz (29. September 2011) -- Auf das spürbar gestiegene Interesse am Forderungsmanagement reagiert GE Capital mit gezielten personellen Umstrukturierungen. Ansgar Kugelstadt rückt am 1. Oktober in die Geschäftsführung der CommerzFactoring GmbH. Das Joint Venture von Commerzbank AG und GE Capital Bank AG integriert die Lösungskompetenz und das Know-how beim Finanzierungsinstrument Factoring von GE Capital in die ganzheitliche Beratung der Commerzbank.
Sydney, Australia -- 1 September, 2011 - GE (NYSE:GE) today announced that it has joined Virgin Australia and a consortium of other partners to research and develop commercial biofuel for the aviation industry. The consortium will focus on pyrolytic conversion of biomass from mallee eucalypt trees and intend to have a pilot biofuel production unit operating in Australia by 2012.
