ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 13, 2006--Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (NYSE:WMT) and the Trailer Fleet Services division of GE Equipment Services have announced an agreement whereby GE (NYSE:GE) will supply Wal-Mart with trailer tracking technology for its fleet of 46,000 over-the-road trailers. The announcement was made during the Truckload Carriers Association 68th convention, one of the largest annual gatherings of trucking industry executives. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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TREVOSE, Penn. (March 13, 2006) GE Water & Process Technologies, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), is recognized by Fast Company as one of the Fast 50 companies of 2006. The 5th annual Fast 50 focuses on people in business, technology, government, the arts, and beyond who have the potential to change history over the next 10 years. In just 10 years time, over half the world's population is predicted to live in water scare regions and the need to provide safe, sufficient and affordable clean water is increasing immensely.
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TREVOSE, PA (March 13, 2006) GE Infrastructure, a global leader in energy and water processing technologies, is a co-sponsor for the Water & Energy and Environment Exhibition (WETEX) 2006. Taking place from March 13 to 15 at the Dubai World Trade Centre Exhibition Halls, the leading regional forum for water and energy will create an excellent environment for industry experts to highlight regional water and energy issues.
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NORWALK, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 13, 2006--GE Antares Capital, a unit of GE Commercial Finance - Global Sponsor Finance, today announced that it has received a Lender of the Year award from Buyouts magazine. The award recognizes the small and middle market lender that best serves the market. The announcement, which was received on March 9th at the 18th Annual Buyouts Symposium, attributes the award to the middle market lender's "ability to execute quickly, its roster of quality clients, and its talented group of dedicated professionals."
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FLORENCE, ITALY - March 9, 2006 : -- GE's Oil & Gas' Pipeline Solutions group is providing Belgium's independent natural gas network operator, Fluxys SA, with a pipeline integrity management tool based on GE's PipeView Integrity software. The new system is designed to help Fluxys improve the monitoring of its vast pipeline network.
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FAIRFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 8, 2006--GE welcomes the launching of negotiations towards a U.S.-Malaysia Free Trade Agreement. Bilateral trade between the U.S. and Malaysia reached $44 billion in 2005, making Malaysia the United States' tenth largest trading partner.
Presently, over 80% of Malaysia's imports from the U.S. are in electrical machinery, turbines and boilers, medical equipment and aircraft, all of which are strong sectors for GE.
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David Calhoun, GE Vice Chairman, President & CEO - GE Infrastructure, spoke at Citigroup 19th Annual Global Industrial Manufacturing Conference
David Calhoun, GE Vice Chairman, President & CEO - GE Infrastructure, spoke at Citigroup 19th Annual Global Industrial Manufacturing Conference
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WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 7, 2006--Cubic Corporation (AMEX:CUB) and GE Security (NYSE:GE) this week introduced the world's first automatic public transit ticket vending machine with integrated early warning explosives detection capability -- the first element in the companies' joint vision for the future of public transit security. The new system represents the first component of the companies' joint vision for the integration of real world, technology-enabled security solutions into a wide range of automatic fare collection 'touch points.'