SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 21, 2005--Rock Bottom Restaurant and Brewery will be adding 17 locations in 2005 and 21 more in 2006 after receiving $19 million in refinancing from GE Commercial Finance, Franchise Finance.
According to John Coletta, executive vice president and chief financial officer at Rock Bottom, the refinancing allows them to focus their resources on growth.
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 20, 2005--Imagine for a moment you're a customer. Not hard to do, since we all find ourselves purchasing at least a few items or services every day.
What was your experience? Was it good or bad?
Alex Gonzalez, Customer Experience Leader at GE Insurance Solutions, believes no matter the business or brand, every customer will have an experience. The key is how that experience is managed.
PALO ALTO, Calif. & DANBURY, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 19, 2005--Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) and GE Commercial Finance, the business-to-business financial services unit of the General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), today announced that GE Commercial Finance has been named preferred financing provider for Agilent's Electronic Measurements Group. This extends GE Commercial Finance's current finance relationship with Agilent.
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 19, 2005--Three members of GE Insurance Solutions' in-house legal team will play major roles at the upcoming National Forum on Reinsurance Arbitrations meetings in Chicago.
GE Insurance Solutions General Counsel Mark Elborne will co-chair the conference and moderate a panel on "In-House Counsel's Guide to Managing the Arbitration Process." Also participating on the panel will be GE Insurance Solutions in-house counsel Dave Brodnan and Tony Mormino.
ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 18, 2005--The Retail Sales Finance unit of GE Consumer Finance has announced a multi-year agreement with The Marvin Companies to provide private label credit card financing for all of the Marvin Companies' product line.
The Marvin Companies is one of the largest made-to-order window and door manufacturers in the world, with three product lines: Marvin Windows and Doors, Infinity from Marvin, and Integrity from Marvin.
FAIRFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 16, 2005--The Board of Directors of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) today authorized a regular quarterly dividend of $0.22 per outstanding share of the Company's common stock. The dividend is payable Oct. 25, 2005 to shareowners of record at the close of business on Sept. 26. The ex-dividend date is Sept. 22.
TREVOSE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 16, 2005--GE Infrastructure, Water & Process Technologies, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), presented Water and Energy Aruba N.V. (WEB Aruba), a large water and power producer in the Caribbean, with GE's ecomagination Leadership Award today. GE presented the award, which honors recipients for striking a positive balance between industrial and environmental challenges, at the International Desalination Association World Congress in Singapore.
