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GE Capital Provides Brookstone with $115 million in Working Capital

July 21, 2014

NORWALK, CT -- GE Capital, Corporate Retail Finance today announced it is providing Brookstone, the product development company and specialty retailer, with a $115 million senior credit facility. The financing will be used to support the company's recent acquisition by Sailing Innovation (Sailing) and general working capital needs.


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GE Invests $5 Million in its Mebane Manufacturing Operations to Strengthen Capabilities and Creates New Jobs

July 21, 2014

Let's Stop Equating Environmental Reforms With Economic Stagnation

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Let's Stop Equating Environmental Reforms With Economic Stagnation

President Barack Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency recently unveiled its highly anticipated proposal to curb power plant emissions.

Meanwhile, some people remain thoroughly convinced that climate change has no connection with power plant emissions. As the cornerstone of Obama's climate change policy, this proposal is now met with adamant opposition.

Let's Stop Equating Environmental Reforms With Economic Stagnation

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Let's Stop Equating Environmental Reforms With Economic Stagnation

President Barack Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency recently unveiled its highly anticipated proposal to curb power plant emissions.

Meanwhile, some people remain thoroughly convinced that climate change has no connection with power plant emissions. As the cornerstone of Obama's climate change policy, this proposal is now met with adamant opposition.

You Can Bring a Bull to This China Shop: GE Scientists Outline What's Next in Research

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You Can Bring a Bull to This China Shop: GE Scientists Outline What's Next in Research

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Until recently, few engineers dared to put a part made from anything other than metal inside a spinning turbine. But Krishan Luthra had his eye on ceramics. "I thought it would be the Holy Grail if we could make it work," says Luthra, chief scientist for manufacturing and materials technologies at GE's lab headquarters in upstate New York. "We could get more power and savings out of our engines. It could really make an impact."

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GE Invests $1.3 Million in West Burlington Manufacturing Center of Excellence, Improving Customers' Experience, Creating 50 New Jobs

July 18, 2014

  • Lean Manufacturing Coupled with Plant and Equipment Investments Improves Quality and Reduces Customer Lead Times
  • Information Technology Infrastructure Enhances Communication and Coordination
  • Influx of Jobs Provides Boost to Local Economy

WEST BURLINGTON, Iowa --- July 18, 2014 --- GE's Industrial Solutions business (NYSE: GE) is investing an additional $1.3 million in its West Burlington plant as a manufacturing center of excellence and is creating about 50 new jobs.


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Spotting Sinkholes

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Spotting Sinkholes

by Marsha Lewis, Inside Science

They can be big, dangerous, and unpredictable. Sinkholes can cause sudden, serious damage in a matter of seconds.

"It scares me a lot because it could happen to anybody,” said Tena Cooper, a resident of Winter Haven, Florida.

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