EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.--19 March 2012-- GE Capital Fleet Services today announced the launch of a new toll management program for fleet managers that increases their visibility of and control over toll expenses, while reducing administrative tasks and cost burdens. This new program is being unveiled as U.S. states and municipalities increasingly use toll collection as a source of revenue with the average toll violation increasing 20 percent from 2010 to 2011 to $60 per violation.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil, March 19, 2012 -- GE Capital Aviation Services Limited (GECAS), the commercial aircraft leasing and financing unit of GE, announced delivery of a new Boeing 737-800 aircraft to Panama's Copa Airlines to expand its fleet. The aircraft comes from GECAS' existing order book with Boeing.
Copa currently operates a fleet of 73 aircraft to more than 70 destinations in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean.
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Sydney, 19 March 2012: Australia is the only G20 country that has gone backwards on its low-carbon competitiveness since 1995 according to the Global Climate Leadership Review 2012 released today by The Climate Institute.
In an innovative index from The Climate Institute and GE that measures a country's ability to prosper in the emerging global low carbon economy, Australia rates the worst of any advanced economy. Ranked 16th among the G20 nations, Australia is the only country which has a current score lower than it had in 1995.
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EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio -- March 16, 2012 -- (NYSE:GE) -- GE Lighting President & CEO Maryrose Sylvester accepted the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) ENERGY STAR® Sustained Excellence Award last night at an awards ceremony in Washington D.C. It was the seventh consecutive year that GE's appliances and lighting businesses were recognized with the honor.
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Washington, DC - March 16, 2012 - Ron Pollett, President & CEO, GE in Russia and CIS in his testimony before the United States Senate Committee on Finance fully supported establishment of permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) with Russia.
The PNTR status has been restricted by Jackson-Vanik amendment, which significantly limits US-Russia trade growth and the application of World Trade Organization (WTO) rules between the two countries.