* Focus of the camp was to inculcate values of entrepreneurship and work readiness among participating students
Dubai, UAE; July 4, 2011: GE Volunteers, the internal organisation of GE (NYSE: GE) promoting the spirit of volunteerism, joined hands with Injaz UAE, a member of Junior Achievement (JA) Worldwide, the world's largest non-profit business education organization, to conduct an innovation camp held under the theme 'You Can B!.'
* GE gas turbines help add 10 percent more power to grid
* Completion of Sabiya Phase 1; Six Advanced F-Technology Turbines Generating
* Almost 1,400 MW to support country's growing energy need
* Phase 2 on track; when completed will boost country's power generation capacity by almost 700 megawatts (20 percent)
Dubai, UAE; June 21, 2011: Qatar Airways has ordered six GE90-115B-powered Boeing 777-300ERs. The engine deal is valued at more than $350M (USD) list price.
"Qatar Airways currently operates 25 GE90-powered Boeing 777 with an additional 15 aircraft on order," said Kevin McAllister, vice president and general manager of Global Sales at GE Aviation. "This order for six additional GE90-115B-powered Boeing 777-300ERs demonstrates the airlines confidence in this engine-aircraft combination, and we are extremely pleased by the airline's continued commitment to operate GE engines."
* Twitter-based competition targeting cancer prevention challenges continents to race towards a healthier lifestyle
* US$20,000 will be donated to one country's Red Cross or Red Crescent Society
Dubai, UAE; June 13, 2011: GE Healthcare launched a global competition on Twitter to raise public awareness about cancer prevention and healthy living. For the next two months, the "Get Fit" campaign will encourage people from all over the world to tweet about their own health and fitness activities that have been shown to reduce the likelihood of developing cancer.
New division to focus on delivering advanced LED lighting solutions
Dubai, UAE; June 12, 2011: GE Lighting has appointed Diederik de Stoppelaar as Director of the company's new commercial organization - Luminaire Solutions. Diederik will lead a team of industry experts to provide effective lighting design and specification assistance to end users across a number of key market segments.
