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Confronting the 'Blood Money' of Conflict Minerals

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Confronting the 'Blood Money' of Conflict Minerals

If you've texted, chatted, computed, flown, opened a fridge or put on jewelry today, chances are good you've come in contact with one of the "conflict minerals"---tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold---used to fund the bloody 18-year-old war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

The war has killed an estimated 5 million people since the turn of the century and is characterized by the worst kinds of human rights abuses, rape as a weapon and the recruitment of child soldiers.

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GE Appoints new President and CEO for its Operations in China

July 03, 2014

First home-grown leader to have overall responsibility for GE's operations in China

Shanghai, July 3th 2014 - GE today announced that Rachel Duan, who has led GE Healthcare China since 2010, has been appointed President and CEO of GE Greater China.

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GE Oil & Gas expands presence in UAE with new facility in Jebel Ali Free Zone

July 03, 2014

  • Customized state-of-the-art facility developed by Jafza
  • To offer tailored training programs, the facility will feature a dedicated repair center to further enhance the speed of service delivered by being closer to customers

Dubai, UAE: July 03, 2014: GE Oil & Gas (NYSE: GE) today celebrated the ground-breaking of a new facility that will further expand its presence in the UAE in Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza).

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What is a National Innovation System and Why Does it Matter?

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What is a National Innovation System and Why Does it Matter?

In the conventional view, innovation is something that just takes place idiosyncratically in "Silicon Valley garages" and research and development (R&D) laboratories. But in fact, innovation activities are best understood as being embedded in a broader national innovation system (NIS), which is central to innovation-based growth and the ultimate health of an economy.

Brazil's "Little Canaries" Fly Green on Their Way to the Top

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Brazil's "Little Canaries" Fly Green on Their Way to the Top

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Lush soccer pitches are not the only green biomass supporting the Brazilian national football team as it battles for the world's most coveted soccer trophy. The country's GOL airline is ferrying Los Canarinhos to matches around Brazil using planes powered by a mixture of corn oil, cooking oil and jet fuel.

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GE's Compact DC-DC Converters Provide Board Designers with a Single Power Module to Provide Bipolar Dual Output Voltages

July 02, 2014

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GE's Lumination™ BR Series LED Luminaire Provides Clean, Uniform Lighting with Dimming Capabilities for Commercial Ceilings

July 02, 2014

EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio (July 2, 2014)---Commercial ceilings in need of a refresh now have the option to do so more beautifully and efficiently with GE's Lumination™ BR Series LED Luminaire with dimming functionality. Providing balanced, even lighting, this recessed LED troffer provides high uniformity, excellent efficiency and can help reduce glare in T-grid ceiling applications.

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