FAIRFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 13, 2003--The Board of Directors of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) today authorized a regular quarterly dividend of $0.19 per outstanding share of the Company's common stock. The dividend is payable July 25, 2003 to shareowners of record at the close of business on June 30. The ex-dividend date is June 26.
New GE Profile Harmony Clothes Care System; First Ever Laundry Pair That Communicates LOUISVILLE, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 11, 2003-- The washer talks. The dryer listens. The result is better clothes care. Introducing the GE (NYSE:GE) Profile Harmony(TM) Clothes Care System, the first washer that communicates electronically to the dryer, presetting dry cycles for better clothes care and increased time savings. Once the wash options are selected, there's no need to program the dryer.
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Dubai, June 5, 2003 -- Children from the Al Noor Training Centre for Children with Special Needs enjoyed a day of fun-filled activities, when 65 volunteers from General Electric Middle East (GE) visited the school, as a part of a policy to involve the company in the local community.
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GE Introduces New Pressure Sensor in Response to
2002 TREAD Act; NPX Sensor to Warn Drivers of Dangerously Low Tire
Pressures
FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 2, 2003--GE NovaSensor, a
unit of GE Industrial Systems, and a leading provider of silicon
pressure sensors and microstructures, announced today that it has
developed a low-cost tire pressure sensor that uses non-proprietary,
field proven technology that meets the requirements of the U.S.
Congressional TREAD (Tire Recall Enhanced Accountability and
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CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 21, 2003--Millions of Americans will hit the road, the rails, or the skies this summer to get away from it all. Some will leave their home's welcome mat out for burglars.
Two out of every three burglaries are residential and homes without alarm systems are more than two times likely to be burglarized. (Sources: www.FBI.gov, Uniform Crime Report Statistics; National Burglar & Fire Alarm Association)
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DUBUQUE, Iowa--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 21, 2003--Sixth grade students in Lynn Krocheski's TAG (talented and gifted) class in Dubuque, Iowa, used a special GE energy auditor online tool called GELA to learn a valuable lesson.
By replacing existing T12 fluorescent lamps and ballasts with the newly introduced GE F28T8 fluorescent lamps with UltraMax(TM) Ballasts, their school could save more than $2,600 per year in energy costs. The kids did the math, and the lamps and ballasts were replaced.
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PLAINVILLE, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 21, 2003--GE Industrial Systems, a division of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), announced today that they have secured a contract with Enelpower do Brazil for an electric power transmission project worth more than US$50 million to GE.
The project is part of a larger effort to strengthen the inter-regional power transfer capability in Brazil and ultimately help alleviate power shortages in the Brazilian North-Eastern regions.