Dubai, UAE; July 4, 2011: GE Volunteers, the internal organisation of GE (NYSE: GE) promoting the spirit of volunteerism, joined hands with Injaz UAE, a member of Junior Achievement (JA) Worldwide, the world's largest non-profit business education organization, to conduct an innovation camp held under the theme 'You Can B!.'
* Twitter-based competition targeting cancer prevention challenges continents to race towards a healthier lifestyle
* US$20,000 will be donated to one country's Red Cross or Red Crescent Society
Dubai, UAE; June 13, 2011: GE Healthcare launched a global competition on Twitter to raise public awareness about cancer prevention and healthy living. For the next two months, the "Get Fit" campaign will encourage people from all over the world to tweet about their own health and fitness activities that have been shown to reduce the likelihood of developing cancer.
New division to focus on delivering advanced LED lighting solutions
Dubai, UAE; June 12, 2011: GE Lighting has appointed Diederik de Stoppelaar as Director of the company's new commercial organization - Luminaire Solutions. Diederik will lead a team of industry experts to provide effective lighting design and specification assistance to end users across a number of key market segments.
Dubai, UAE; June 12, 2011: GE Lighting has appointed Diederik de Stoppelaar as Director of the company's new commercial organization - Luminaire Solutions. Diederik will lead a team of industry experts to provide effective lighting design and specification assistance to end users across a number of key market segments.
GE announced strong first-quarter 2011 operating earnings of $3.6 billion, up 58%, or $0.33 per share, up 65%, from the first quarter of 2010.
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Dubai, UAE; February 10, 2011: GE Volunteers in UAE have raised AED 22,550 for Dubai Autism Center by participating in the recent Dubai Marathon, organized under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President & Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai.
The cheque was presented by Elliot Lewis of GE to Sara Ahmed Baker of Dubai Autism Center with other GE Volunteers taking part.
