Melbourne, AUSTRALIA---18 September, 2012--- General Electric (GE) has urged the Climate Change Authority not to recommend further changes to the national Renewable Energy Target in its first biennial review.
In its response to the Climate Change Authority's Issues Paper, GE has highlighted the need for regulatory stability following wide-ranging change and corrective action taken on the RET over the last five years, as well as the current risk to some elements of the complementary Clean Energy Future package.
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Class of 2016 Medical Students to Participate in Research Study Involving GE Pocket-Sized Ultrasound
New York City, NY September 14, 2012 -- First-year medical students at Mount Sinai School of Medicine will be the first in New York to be introduced to a digital-age ultrasound device that can visualize inside the body, and fit directly into the pockets of their brand new white coats.
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Auckland, New Zealand -- 5 September 2012 -- In another step towards doing business in a low-carbon economy, GE New Zealand has been awarded the CEMARS (Certified Emissions Measurement and Reduction Scheme) certification, making New Zealand GE's first global location to achieve this status.
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Countdown today announced that it has signed an alliance agreement with GE Capital to launch a credit card to New Zealand consumers.
Countdown Managing Director, Dave Chambers, said the credit card market was a logical entry point for the supermarket retailer into the financial services sector.
Mr Chambers said more than 80 million payment card transactions were processed through Countdown stores each year.
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Sydney -- Australia, 21 August 2012 -- In collaboration with five venture capital partners, GE today pledged $10 million to find, fund and bring to market breakthrough ideas for reducing our carbon footprint from Australia & New Zealand.
GE's first ever local ecomagination Challenge is an open innovation competition which calls on businesses, entrepreneurs, innovators and students to submit real ideas for low carbon solutions and technologies.