FAIRFIELD, Conn.---October 1, 2008-- GE today announced plans to offer at least $12 billion of common stock to the public. The underwriters will have a 30-day option to purchase shares representing an additional 15%of the offering amount from GE to cover over allotments, if any. The offering is expected to be priced prior to tomorrow's market open in the U.S.
Italy Aiming to be a Wind Power Leader
SALZBERGEN, GERMANY---October 1, 2008---GE Energy's latest wind turbine technology has been selected to support the expansion of Wind Farm Serre in southern Italy. The project will help Italy move a step closer to meeting its goal of becoming one of the leading producers of wind energy in Europe.
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GE Poised to Meet Region's Soaring Renewable Energy Needs
SALZBERGEN, Germany--06 October 2008-- GE Energy today announced it has already received more than one gigawatt of commitments for its 2.5xl wind turbine over the next year and a half. That represents enough clean, wind-generated electricity to meet the needs of more than one million German households.
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GE's Offering Will Provide Hospitals With Informatics-driven Solutions for Resource & Patient Care Management
WAUKESHA, Wis.--30 September 2008-- GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), announced today that it has acquired the privately held Agility Healthcare Solutions of Glen Allen, Virginia. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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GE Oil & Gas' PII Pipeline Solutions Expands Staff and Engineering Services in Calgary for Canadian Operators
CALGARY, ALBERTA---September 30, 2008---GE Oil & Gas has expanded its PII Pipeline Solutions technical staff and engineering analysis services in Calgary on behalf of Canadian pipeline operators.
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CALGARY, ALBERTA---September 30, 2008---GE Oil & Gas' PII Pipeline Solutions is introducing the new MagneScan, the next-generation of magnetic flux leakage (MFL) pipeline inspection technology that features the industry's most powerful sensor combination and is complemented by best-in-class, post -run engineering services for pipeline operators.
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CALGARY, ALBERTA---September 30, 2008---Building on its commitment to promote safety for pipeline operations around the world, GE Oil & Gas' PII Pipeline Solutions division in recent years has secured crucial industry safety certifications as part of its overall Environmental Health and Safety programs.
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CALGARY, ALBERTA---September 30, 2008---GE Oil & Gas has expanded its PII Pipeline Solutions technical staff and engineering analysis services in Calgary on behalf of Canadian pipeline operators.
GE increased its pipeline data analysis department by 17 people in 2008 and its integrity engineering department to nine, full-time desk engineers, including a data software engineer to enable the newly enhanced levels of pipeline support services for its Canadian customers.
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CHALFONT ST. GILES, England--30 September 2008-- GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), today announced it has acquired MicroCal LLC, a provider of innovative instruments for the study of molecular interactions in pharmaceutical, biomedical and life science research. The acquisition of MicroCal will allow GE Healthcare to expand its offering of technologies for the rapidly growing areas of protein science and drug discovery research. Financial terms were not disclosed.