FAIRFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 8, 2004--General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) today announced that it has acquired all the outstanding shares of Amersham plc, completing its acquisition of a world leader in diagnostic imaging agents and life sciences. Together with GE Medical Systems - a global leader in medical imaging, healthcare services and information technology -- the combined $14 billion business, now known as GE Healthcare, is expected to generate $16 billion in revenues in 2005.
FAIRFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 8, 2004--GE's first quarter 2004 earnings were $3.2 billion, or $.32 per share, up 1% over first quarter 2003 earnings before the effect of a required accounting change, the Company announced today. Excluding non-cash earnings from GE's U.S. pension plans and Energy, which entered the final year of lower earnings from declining gas turbine sales, earnings increased 16%.
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FAIRFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 2004--GE will Webcast its conference call on first quarter 2004 financial results on Thursday, April 8 at 8:30 a.m. ET.
The conference call will follow the Company's news release on results, which will be available prior to the call. Information about the call is available at www.ge.com/investor. The conference call and related materials will be available at that Web site Thursday morning.
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GE Energy Completes Acquisition of AstroPower ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 31, 2004--GE Energy today announced it has completed its acquisition of substantially all of the U.S. business assets of AstroPower, Inc., a leading manufacturer of solar electric power products. With this agreement, GE Energy adds solar power to its growing family of renewable energy options.
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ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 30, 2004
GE Energy has been selected as the turbine supplier for the first large-scale wind power project in Taiwan.
The 39-megawatt project is part of a 10-year plan by Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) to promote wind energy, in accordance with the government's goal to increase the use of renewable energy and reduce CO2 emissions.
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2004年2月24日，通用电气基金会在上海向国际青年成就组织（中国）捐助10万美金，支持国际青年成就组织（中国）在中国开展和推广中学经济课程---《国际市场》。
该项目历时3年，通过一系列的活动和讨论向学生展示了世界各国及其文化是如何通过贸易紧密联系起来的。在企业志愿者和专职教师合作模式下，学生们将了解为什么要进行贸易、贸易实务以及环境保护与经济发展之间的关系。通过提供培训、课程资料、学校沟通等支持，国际青年成就组织在企业与教育之间成功地架起了一座桥梁。在通用电气基金会的支持下，来自北京、上海两地共10,000名初中学生将学习这一课程。
"通用电气基金会与国际青年成就组织（中国）的这个合作项目揭示了志愿者参与学校教育项目的真正价值"。国际青年成就组织（中国）董事长Paul Chou 这样评价这次合作，他说"我们非常高兴与通用电气ELFUN志愿者组织结成伙伴关系，共同推进和实施这个项目"。
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穿过一道白色"安全门"，建筑设计师跨入一个崭新的体育场。高高的塑料板材顶棚为他遮阳挡雨，浅绿色的半透明材质精致中透出坚韧；远端的跑道上静静伫立着一组巨型灯具，等待夜幕降临时大显身手。紧挨着体育场是一组灵活配置的移动式发电机组，这个"车轮上的电厂"可以为整个场馆提供电力。
这是一个虚拟的旅程。在2月中旬举办的"2004北京国际体育基础设施和场馆技术展览会"上，通用电气的展台给来访者栩栩如生的"科技奥运"初体验。配合2005-2012年的全球奥运合作伙伴身份，GE统领旗下各个业务集团，组建了一支"梦之队"，准备在奥运场馆和基础设施建设中一展拳脚，此次展会则提供了一个绝佳的平台。
参加展会的GE业务集团有：能源集团、消费与工业产品集团、高新材料集团和基础设施集团。参展的产品和服务涉及奥运场馆建设的各个领域：体育场馆照明设施；能够把污水变成景观用水的水处理设备；保护关键电源的先进解决方案；应用于建筑的高性能Lexan塑料板材和密封胶产品；提供临时能源解决方案的移动式燃气轮机；以及革命性的Entry Scan通过式爆炸物/毒品探测仪。
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CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 2004--GE Energy has been selected as the turbine supplier for the 30-megawatt Magrath Wind Power Project in southern Alberta, Canada, GE announced today at Global Windpower 2004.
GE will provide 20 of its 1.5-megawatt wind turbines for the project, which is being co-developed by Suncor Energy Inc. of Calgary, Alberta and EHN Windpower Canada, Inc., a subsidiary of Corporacion Energia Hidroelectrica de Navarra, S.A. (EHN) of Spain.
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CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 2004--GE Energy is supplying 30 wind turbines for two projects in France that will total 45 megawatts of new wind power capacity, which will represent an increase of nearly 20% in the country's installed wind capacity, GE announced today at Global Windpower 2004.
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2004年4月9日，中国南方航空公司选择了CFM56-5B发动机用于其21架空客A320系列飞机。此次订单包括15架A320和6架A319飞机，其发动机总价值超过了2.5亿美元。
中国南方航空公司是中国最大的航空公司之一，该公司有660多条国内和国际运营航线，每周飞行班次达3,200多个。南航将于今年底接收其首架装CFM56发动机的A320飞机，飞机交付工作将延续至2007年。
CFM56 发动机由世界领先的民用飞机发动机制造商CFM国际公司（法国SNECMA发动机公司与美国通用电气公司的平股合资公司) 制造。目前全球有14,100多台CFM56发动机在运营。其中，中国的15家航空公司在其空客A320和A340机队中使用着800多台CFM56发动机。
"多年来，我们与中国南方航空公司建立了良好的合作关系，"CFM国际公司大中华区总裁席立维说，"中国南方航空公司机队使用的CFM56-3和CFM56-7发动机表现出色。我们很荣幸，中国南方航空公司为其现代化的A320机队选择了CFM56-5B发动机。"