New Zealand, 30 March 2012--- GE Lighting today announced that the Wanganui District Council in New Zealand has refitted the lights on the Wanganui City Bridge using 14 GE LED fittings saving the council up to NZ$9,000 (USD $7.4K) in reduced power and maintenance costs, over the life of the fittings. This translates into a payback period of 6.2 years. The Wanganui District Council will progressively replace other conventional fittings with LED light sources when these fittings reach end of life.
Sydney, 19 March 2012: Australia is the only G20 country that has gone backwards on its low-carbon competitiveness since 1995 according to the Global Climate Leadership Review 2012 released today by The Climate Institute.
In an innovative index from The Climate Institute and GE that measures a country's ability to prosper in the emerging global low carbon economy, Australia rates the worst of any advanced economy. Ranked 16th among the G20 nations, Australia is the only country which has a current score lower than it had in 1995.
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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.
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Melbourne, 15 March 2012: A host of Australian personalities have shared their thoughts on Australia's future as part of a nationwide poll being carried out by GE to understand in two words, what everyday Australians think are the biggest challenges facing the country's future.
The two words might be 'climate change', 'better healthcare', 'ageing population', 'house prices', or 'The Ashes' but GE wants to know what the Australian public thinks.
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GE announced fourth-quarter 2011 Operating Earnings of $4.1 billion, or $0.39 per share, up 6% and 11% respectively from the fourth-quarter of 2010. Revenues were $38.0 billion for the quarter and $147.3 billion for the year. Record Infrastructure orders of $28.6 billion in the fourth quarter enabled GE to end the year with a backlog of $200 billion, the largest in its history.
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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.
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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.