DALLAS, TX and CAGLIARI, Italy, October 18, 2011 -- A greenhouse nearing completion in Italy will tap the sun's energy to grow crops while generating electricity from its roof-mounted photovoltaic modules in a project co-owned by clean energy developer Moser Baer Clean Energy Limited (MBCEL) and GE (NYSE: GE) unit GE Energy Financial Services. The companies announced today at Solar Power International, a major industry trade show and conference in Dallas, Texas, that GE Energy Financial Services has invested US$58 million in the 20-megawatt project near Cagliari in Sardinia, Italy.
Funds new store development and refinancing of existing debt
GE Capital, Franchise Finance recently provided GC Partners, Inc., a Golden Corral® franchisee, with an $18.5 million credit facility for store remodeling, new unit development, and debt refinancing. Part of the funding was provided through GE Capital's bank affiliate, GE Capital Financial Inc.
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Nation's Second Largest REC Will Work with GE to Increase Physician Adoption of EMR
BARRINGTON, Ill. -- Oct 17, 2011 -- Today, GE Healthcare announced it has aligned with the nation's second largest Regional Extension Center, New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC), to increase physician EMR adoption and support meaningful use attainment in the state of New York.
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COPENHAGEN, DENMARK and CHALFONT St. GILES, UK -- 17 October, 2011 - Affitech A/S (NASDAQ OMX: AFFI) and GE Healthcare Life Sciences announced today that GE Healthcare Life Sciences has executed an exclusive license for the worldwide marketing and sales of products containing recombinant Protein L, granted by Affitech in a patent and know-how license agreement. Under the terms of the agreement, GE Healthcare Life Sciences agrees to pay Affitech a royalty of the net sales of all related products sold by GE Healthcare Life Sciences.
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On Saturday, 15 October, approximately 80 General Electric ("GE") employees and members of the GE Women's Network donned pink tee shirts and participated in the "Healthymagination Walk" from Westin Hotel to Lot 10, along Jalan Bukit Bintang. The walk was done to promote breast cancer awareness and saw GE employees distributing educational brochures on breast cancer prevention and screenings to members of the public. This is part of GE's efforts in fighting breast cancer through raising awareness and ensuring public education.
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- 'Global Pink Ribbons' initiative unites GE staff from around the world in efforts to continue raising disease awareness
Dubai, UAE; October 17, 2011: GE Healthcare hosted its 'GE Global Pink Ribbons' campaign in Dubai, one of only 25 locations from around the world, to mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The employees of GE in Dubai formed a 'human ribbon' as part of the campaign.
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STAMFORD, Conn., Oct. 14, 2011 -- GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE (NYSE: GE), announced today that it is acquiring a diverse pool of nearly $1 billion in senior secured energy project finance assets located in more than a dozen countries. GE Energy Financial Services is acquiring the portfolio from the Bank of Ireland, which is selling non-core loans as part of its deleveraging plan.
The loans are secured by long-lived energy infrastructure assets with an average loan size of approximately $35 million.