* Address at Advanced Energy 2010 Conference Offers Glimpses of Future Based on the Choices Government, Utilities and Consumers Make Today
* Even Small Improvements over the Next 20 Years Could Wipe Out Emissions and Deliver Electricity Savings Equivalent to 2010's Entire Energy Output
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- Will oversee GE's non-U.S. operations with focus on high-growth markets
- More integrated local teams and intense market focus will accelerate GE global growth
FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- Nov. 8, 2010 -- The General Electric (NYSE: GE) Board of Directors has named John G. Rice to lead the company's global operations. Rice, a GE vice chairman since 2005, will be in charge of GE's growth outside the United States. Rice will relocate to Hong Kong and his appointment is effective Jan. 1, 2011.
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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.--08 November 2010-- GE Capital Fleet Services today announced it identified $63.3 million in cost savings for customers in the third quarter of 2010. By working with customers to maximize efficiency and determine areas for cost savings on their fleet investments, GE Capital Fleet Services has identified customer cost savings of nearly $225 million in the first three quarters of 2010.
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WAUKESHA, WISCONSIN -November 3, 2010--- GE Healthcare announced today it has entered into an exclusive collaboration with West Physics Consulting to provide accreditation support services for GE's magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computed tomography (CT), nuclear medicine, and positron emission tomography (PET) customers seeking accreditation from the American College of Radiology (ACR®).
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HOUSTON--03 November 2010-- GE Oil & Gas' drilling & production business has been awarded two contracts totaling more than $120 million by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd (DSME) of South Korea, one of the world's leading specialized shipbuilding and offshore contractors.
Under the first contract, GE will supply a blowout preventer (BOP) stack and controls system, to be installed on a Petroserv-owned drillship for oil and gas production activities offshore Brazil.
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GE's 88-megawatt Wintering Hills Project Win Will Help Alberta, Canada Expand its Use of Renewable Energy
MONTREAL--02 November 2010-- GE (NYSE: GE) today announced an order from Suncor Energy for 55 of GE's advanced 1.6-megawatt wind turbines for one of the largest wind power projects in the province of Alberta, Canada. The Wintering Hills project is part of a new "crop" of wind farms being built across Canada with the help of GE's technical expertise and highly reliable wind turbine technologies.
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GE's international venture capital specialists in healthcare and clean tech (energy, power and water) are meeting at MaRS to explore partnership opportunities with Ontario based start-up companies on November 2, 2010. MaRS is coordinating meetings between 16 clean tech and healthcare companies, which will meet one-on-one with GE's VC specialists. MaRS CEO Ilse Treurnicht will also host a panel discussion with GE's VC experts focused on partnership strategies and opportunities for Canadian companies. This is the first time GE's global VC team has met with companies in Ontario.