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Afriqiyah Airways Orders GE's CF6 Engines for Its Airbus A330 Aircraft Fleet

August 26, 2008

EVENDALE, Ohio -- August 26, 2008 -- Afriqiyah Airways has ordered GE's CF6-80E1 engines to power its three firm and three option Airbus A330 aircraft. The firm engine order is valued at more than $100 million list price. Deliveries will begin in May 2009.


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GE Surpasses $1.7 billion in Company-Wide Sales Revenues for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games

August 11, 2008

GE provides advanced infrastructure technology to all 37 official competition venues and projects around Beijing;

NBC Universal presenting more than 3,600 hours of Olympic Games coverage in the U.S.


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VetcoGray Completes Challenging Project in Egypt's Gulf of Suez, Converting Exploration Well to Full Production

July 30, 2008

Florence, Italy; July 30, 2008: VetcoGray, a GE Oil & Gas business, applied its latest technology to overcome unique challenges, reduce project costs and risks, and successfully convert an exploration well to full production service at Agiba Petroleum Company's West Ashrafi hydrocarbon facility in Egypt's Gulf of Suez, Red Sea.

The project marks the first time that VetcoGray has converted a mudline exploration system to an SG-1 wellhead subsea system for production duty. The newly converted well entered service in April of this year.


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John Dineen named President and CEO of GE Healthcare

July 17, 2008

Lorenzo Simonelli to lead GE Transportation

FAIRFIELD, Conn.---July 17, 2008-- General Electric Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt announced today the appointment of John Dineen as president and CEO of GE Healthcare, a $17 billion global leader in medical diagnostic technology and biosciences. Immelt also announced that Lorenzo Simonelli will succeed Dineen as president and CEO of GE Transportation.


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Arik Air Orders GE Engines for Its 787 and 777 Fleet

July 15, 2008

Farnborough; July 15, 2008: Arik Air, Nigeria's leading domestic carrier, has selected the GEnx engine to power its new seven Boeing 787 aircraft. The airline has also finalized its engine order of five GE90-115B-powered Boeing 777-300ER/-200LR aircraft. The total value of both engine deals is more than $500 million USD list price.


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GE Reports Second Quarter 2008 EPS of $.54;Revenues of $46.9 billion, up 11%;Global Revenues of $25 billion, up 24%;Orders of $27 billion, up 8%;Infrastructure Segment Profit of $3.2 billion, up 24%

July 11, 2008
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GE Energy's Jenbacher Gas Engines Installed at South Africa's First Emissions Credit-Funded Biogas Plant

September 27, 2007

Developer WSP Energy to use emissions credit proceeds to support local anti-poverty program.


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GE Healthcare and Capensis Management to bring State-of-the-Art Cardiology Solutions to Ethekwini Hospital

September 07, 2007

DURBAN, SOUTH AFRICA -- SEPTEMBER 7, 2007 - Ethekwini Hospital and Heart Centre (EHHC) and GE Healthcare, recently signed the first 'One GE Healthcare' contract in South Africa. According to this strategic agreement, GE Healthcare will supply all the cardiology departments of the new 250-bed hospital with a range of cardiology-related technology and equipment.

The hospital is currently under construction, and it is anticipated that it will open its doors to the community in mid-2008.


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