What if "job-hopping" isn't just a hot topic for millennial happy hours but a necessary dynamic of regional economies?
What if the recent agreement by Apple, Google, Intel, and Adobe to pay $325 million to settle claims that they colluded to limit job-hopping only reflects how much is at stake here?
SHANNON, Ireland, June 24, 2014 -- GE Capital Aviation Services Limited (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing arm of GE, won top honors for its employee training and development programs at the 2014 Irish Aviation Industry Awards.
Sponsored by the Irish Aviation Authority, the ceremony in Dublin recognized excellence in the aviation sector that employs some 26,000 people in Ireland. Eighteen winners were chosen from more than 120 entries submitted by over 70 companies.
Imagine that you are in charge of the service center for a global energy infrastructure company. It's Friday afternoon and you are ready to go home when you receive an urgent call from a customer. She needs a critical oil pump component within the next 12 hours or her business will lose millions of dollars. Concerned? Don’t panic.
Alstom's board of directors accepted GE's updated offer to acquire the power and grid businesses of the French industrial group for $13.5 billion (€12.35 billion) on Saturday. The deal includes three joint-ventures: in grid technology, renewable energy, and global nuclear power and French steam power.
Finding the Higgs boson, a breakthrough in fundamental science that in 2012-2013 revealed an elementary reality about how the universe works, has highlighted how much more physics needs to be done.
Wauwatosa, WI, June 23, 2014 - GE Healthcare, (NYSE: GE), announced today clearance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its new Vivid T8TM cardiovascular ultrasound device. The 129-pound, mobile system features innovative quantitative features, stress echo and TEE capabilities, delivering exceptional value to healthcare providers looking for an affordable echo system.
The spirits of Denmark’s greatest scientists were invoked to usher in the start of Europe’s largest general science meeting in Copenhagen this Sunday. Her Majesty the Queen of Denmark, Margrethe 2, called on a long tradition of empiricism from 16th century astronomer Tycho Brahe to Niels Bohr, the 20th century physicist who unraveled the hidden structure of the atom and helped found quantum theory.
Collaboration is quickly becoming a contender for buzzword of the year. The term is so widely used when identifying important tools for innovation, but its importance in the business world is still difficult to deny. For successful 21st century global enterprises, collaboration among employees and with external partners and customers is critical.
NEWARK, NJ - June 20, 2014: Energy Investors Funds (“EIF”), an energy-focused private equity firm, announced today that two EIF-managed funds have indirectly acquired an additional 50 percent ownership stake in the Newark Energy Center from Hess Corporation (NYSE: HES) using a $590 million loan from Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, GE unit (NYSE: GE) GE Energy Financial Services and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG).
