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GE Gains US$70 Million Contract to Supply Equipment for Gas Processing Plant in Algeria

July 16, 2003

GE Gains US$70 Million Contract to Supply Equipment

for Gas Processing Plant in Algeria

FLORENCE, Italy--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 16, 2003--GE Oil & Gas has

received a contract of US$70 million to supply gas turbines with

process gas compressor, turbo generator and expander trains for a gas

processing plant at In-Amenas, Algeria.

In-Amenas is Algeria's largest wet gas joint development project,

and is jointly owned by Sonatrach, the Algerian national energy

company; and BP, the world's second largest petroleum and

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GE Gains US$70 Million Contract to Supply Equipment for Gas Processing Plant in Algeria

July 16, 2003

FLORENCE, ITALY (July 16, 2003) --- GE Oil & Gas has received a contract of US$70 million to supply gas turbines with process gas compressor, turbo generator and expander trains for a gas processing plant at In-Amenas, Algeria.
In-Amenas is Algeria's largest wet gas joint development project, and is jointly owned by Sonatrach, the Algerian national energy company, and BP, the world's second largest petroleum and petrochemicals group and the largest foreign investor in Algeria.

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GE Taps Beth Comstock as Chief Marketing Officer to Lead Corporate Commercial Programs

July 15, 2003

FAIRFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 15, 2003--GE has named Beth Comstock its chief marketing officer and corporate vice president of marketing, overseeing a new corporate commercial leadership team to drive marketing and sales leadership across the company. This is a new position reporting to Jeffrey Immelt, GE Chairman and CEO. Comstock, 42, has been serving as corporate vice president of communications, and will continue to oversee integrated communications.

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GE Medical Systems Announces Advanced MR Imaging Technologies That Demonstrate Unprecedented Resolution

July 14, 2003

WAUKESHA, Wis. & TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 14, 2003--
New Technologies Greatly Improve Diagnoses, Further Enhancing EXCITE(TM) MR Platform; EXCITE Installed Base Has Grown to More Than
300 in a Single Year

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GE Announces Second-Quarter EPS of $.38, With Eight of 13 Businesses Posting Double-Digit Growth

July 11, 2003

FAIRFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 11, 2003--GE's second quarter 2003 earnings were $3.8 billion, or $.38 per share, compared with $4.4 billion, or $.44 per share, in second quarter 2002, the Company announced today.

"We delivered another quarter of broad-based performance in a tough economy, with eight of our 13 businesses achieving double-digit earnings growth while we managed through the downturn in Power Systems' sales of large gas turbines," said GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt. "At the same time, we made further progress on building the foundation of our future growth.

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GE To Webcast Its Second Quarter Conference Call

July 09, 2003

FAIRFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 9, 2003--GE will Webcast its conference call on second quarter 2003 financial results on Friday, July 11 at 8:30 a.m. EDT.
The conference call will follow the Company's news release on results, which will be available at approximately 6:30 a.m. Friday morning. Call details are available at www.ge.com/investor. The call and related materials will be available at the same Website Friday morning.

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GE Aircraft Engines Wins US$1 Billion GE90 Engine and Services Deal for Emirates Fleet Expansion; GE to Provide UAE's Airline with World's Most Powerful Engines and 12-year Engine Maintenance Programm

July 09, 2003

Dubai, July 9, 2003 -- GE Aircraft Engines and Emirates, the UAE's national airline, have signed a combined spare engine sales and service programme agreement valued at US$1 billion. GE's engine and service contract will support Emirates' new fleet of Boeing 777-300ER widebody aircraft on lease, all to be powered by GE90 - the world's most powerful engine.

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GE Global Research Draws Closer toDeveloping New Energy-Efficient Lighting Device; Latest ResearchOvercomes ``Fault Tolerance'' Challenge; Energy Efficient LightingSystem Has Potential to Cut Lighting Consumption by 50 Percent

July 08, 2003

NISKAYUNA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 8, 2003--GE Global Research, the centralized research organization of General Electric (NYSE: GE) announced a major breakthrough in a new lighting technology that has the potential to be more energy efficient and revolutionize lighting design, while producing the same high quality white light as traditional light sources.

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GE Medical Systems and Deus Technologies Introduce New Digital Technology for Detecting Lung Cancer; Rapid Screen Digital CAD Technology Receives FDA Approval

July 07, 2003

WAUKESHA, Wis. & ROCKVILLE, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 7, 2003--Today, GE Medical Systems (NYSE: GE) and Deus Technologies announced a new digital computer-aided detection (CAD) technology, RapidScreen(R) Digital, to help doctors better detect lung cancer - the cancer that takes more lives than breast, prostate and colon cancer combined. This new CAD technology identifies regions of interest (ROI) on digital chest images and will help improve the detection of early-stage lung cancers.

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GE Breaks Ground on New Research Centerin Munich

July 07, 2003

MUNICH, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 7, 2003--
'GE Global Research - Europe' Will Focus on Alternative Energy Systems, Sensors, Advanced Medical Imaging and Automotive Technologies

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