Riyadh, KSA, April 21, 2002 ---- GE Global eXchange Services (GXS), a leader in business-to-business electronic commerce is a major sponsor in e-Commerce Saudi Arabia 2002, one of the most prestigious e-Commerce and e-Government events in the Middle East. The forum, which runs from April 21st to 24th, is being held in Riyadh, the centre of the largest information technology market in the Middle East.
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WHO: Employees of GE Employers Reinsurance Corporation (GE ERC)and their children; 5th grade students from Eugene Ware Elementary School in Kansas City, Kan.; and local Girl Scouts.
WHAT: GE ERC Take our Children to Work Day, being held in conjunction with National Take Our Daughters to Work Day.
WHEN: Thursday, April 25, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
WHERE: GE ERC world headquarters, 5200 Metcalf, Overland Park
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STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2002-- ePcard XML Speeds Payment, Streamlines Reconciliation
GE Capital Financial Inc. and elcom, inc. have successfully integrated GE Capital's ePcard XML payment tool in elcom's PECOS(TM) e-procurement system. ePcard XML uses patented technology to automate the control, settlement, and reconciliation of online purchasing.
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EVENDALE, Ohio--April 19, 2002--The Air Force of the Republic of Korea (ROKAF) has selected GE Aircraft Engines' (GEAE) F110 fighter engine to power 40 new Boeing F-15K aircraft in an engine order valued
at more than $340 million.
The ROKAF selection launches the popular F110 fighter engine on the twin-engine F-15 aircraft. For almost two decades, GEAE's F110 engine family has been the best-selling engine for single-engine F-16C/Ds worldwide.
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CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2002--
WHAT: Chicago's third annual Earth Month Festival, with the theme Inspiring Children. The event is designed to help children and families become more earth friendly and to care for the planet and its natural resources. During the festival area corporations and organizations will offer educational information and entertainment.
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EVENDALE, Ohio/JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--April 19, 2002--GE Engine Services (GEES), a wholly-owned subsidiary of General Electric Company, has completed its acquisition of Unison Industries, Inc.
The transaction, terms of which were not disclosed, was completed upon receipt of required regulatory approvals.
Unison, headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, produces and services turbine ignitions, wiring harnesses, alternators, piston ignitions, sensors, bellows and switches to the aerospace and power generation industries.
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HOMESTEAD, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2002--With hurricane season coming, South Floridians are taking special precautions.
Local GE employees recently performed a safety retrofit at the Homestead Family YMCA in Homestead. They installed safety and security film on the center's windows to reduce the dangers of flying glass and secured heavy objects that could fall in a disaster, causing injury. Studies show flying glass can travel up to 300 feet per second as a result of an explosion or high winds.
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FAIRFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 16, 2002--General Electric Company today announced that it has successfully completed the tender offer relating to the 11 1/2% Senior Discount Notes due 2008, Series D (the "Notes"), of Telemundo Holdings, Inc. ("Telemundo Holdings").
As of 5:00 p.m., April 15, 2002, the scheduled expiration date, GE had accepted tenders of Notes from holders of 100.0% of the $293,891,000 in principal amount of Notes outstanding.
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GAITHERSBURG, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 15, 2002--GE Global eXchange Services (NYSE:GE), a leader in business-to-business electronic commerce, today announced that it has been named a preferred services provider for J.C. Penney Corporation, Inc. and its Eckerd Corporation drugstore subsidiary on future supply chain e-business initiatives.
GXS will enable J.C. Penney and Eckerd to transact electronically with suppliers and supply chain partners, including access to GXS's trading partner network and product data catalog containing nearly 60 million line items.
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WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 15, 2002--GE Medical Systems, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), and Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) will showcase See and Treat(TM) Cancer Care technology before members of Congress attending the National Dialogue on Cancer's "Capitol Hill Showcase of Medical Technologies for Diagnosis and Treatment of Cancer." GE Medical Systems is the manufacturer of the first commercially available combination Positron Emission Tomography (PET) /Computed Tomography (CT) scanner.
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