CHALFONT ST. GILES, England & BURLINGTON, Vt.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 29, 2005--GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), and IDX Systems Corporation (Nasdaq:IDXC) announced today that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement for GE to acquire IDX, a leading healthcare information technology (IT) provider. Pursuant to the transaction, IDX shareholders will receive $44 per share payable in cash in the merger, for a total consideration of approximately $1.2 billion, net of IDX cash and equivalents.
ATLANTA & FREDERICK, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 29, 2005--GE Energy, Bechtel Power and American Electric Power (AEP) took a critical step today toward construction of what would be the first integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC), or cleaner coal, power plant in the United States in nearly 10 years.
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AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 29, 2005--Ambion, Inc., an Austin-based life sciences company that develops technologies for RNA analysis, and GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), today announced that they had entered into a license and supply agreement under which GE Healthcare will manufacture for Ambion microRNA (miRNA) microarrays utilizing GE Healthcare's CodeLink(TM) Bioarray technology.
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NORWALK, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 28, 2005--GE Commercial Finance Corporate Lending has named Dustin R. Weinberger vice president of origination for the Central Region. Based in Chicago, Illinois, Mr. Weinberger will be responsible for originating lending opportunities among middle market corporate customers throughout the state of Illinois. He will report to Roger Tauchman, senior vice president and team leader, Central Region, Corporate Lending.
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September 27, 2005 -- EVENDALE, Ohio - Bradley D. Mottier has been named president and chief executive officer of GE Engine Services within GE Transportation, Aircraft Engines. Mottier replaces Dan Heintzelman, who will assume the role of vice president of Energy Services for GE Energy.
Since 2002, Mottier has served as president and chief executive officer of Unison Industries, a wholly owned subsidiary of Aircraft Engines' Engine Services operation. Mottier joined GE in 2002, when GE acquired Unison Industries.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 26, 2005--GE Healthcare (NYSE:GE):
-- GE to Provide Portable Ultrasound Systems to Medical Clinics at the U.S. Olympic Training Centers
-- Massachusetts General Hospital to Use GE Ultrasound Technology to Study Speedskaters' Hearts
-- Henry Ford Health System to Use GE Ultrasound Technology to Study Benefits of Imaging U.S. Women's Ice Hockey Players; Researchers to Explore New Injury Assessment Methods
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WILMINGTON, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 26, 2005--The U.S. utility industry has announced plans to prepare license applications to build a new generation of nuclear reactors at three sites in Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana, with two projects featuring GE Energy's advanced reactor design, the Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR).
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FAIRFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 26, 2005--The GE Foundation today dramatically expanded its successful 'College Bound' program, announcing a five-year, $100 million investment to help increase the number of students in targeted U.S. school districts who go on to college. The announcement was made in Louisville, Kentucky, where GE Foundation President Bob Corcoran presented Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) with a $25 million grant - the largest non-governmental grant ever received by the district.