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GE to Celebrate October 21st as World Lighting Appreciation Day

October 19, 2010

On October 21, 1879, Thomas Alva Edison revolutionized our way of life with the invention of the first commercially practical light bulb


Express your appreciation by tweeting pictures of your favorite light fixture, city skyline, holiday lights, or just to say thanks using the hashtag #weheartlighting


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GE Teams with Major Utilities, Builders and Communities to Increase American Home Efficiency by 70%, Save Homeowners $100s/yr. on Energy Bills

August 24, 2010

$5 million project with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to employ a mix of energy efficiency and clean power measures to reduce energy usage for new and existing homes


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GE Volunteers Team Up with Parents, Teachers and Students to Set Up for 2010 School Year

August 18, 2010

Milwaukee-area GE employees dedicate more than 20,000 hours in one day towards improving schools for children in Milwaukee and Waukesha communities


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GE Awarded $6.3 Million DARPA Grant to Develop New Bio-inspired Sensors

August 12, 2010

Replicating nanostructures from the wings of Morpho butterflies, GE's sensors would enable highly selective, near-instantaneous detection of chemical threats

GE's sensing platform could create other industrial and healthcare applications, including emissions monitoring at power plants, water purification and food safety testing and breath analysis for disease detection


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BC's Largest Independent Run-of-River Hydro Project Starts Generating Clean Power

August 09, 2010

VANCOUVER, BC -- August 9, 2010 --- Plutonic Power Corporation (TSX: PCC) and GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE (NYSE: GE), announced today that their Toba Montrose General Partnership ("TMGP") has commenced selling electricity to BC Hydro under an Electricity Purchase Agreement ("EPA") from power generated by the East Toba River and Montrose Creek generation facilities. TMGP has received confirmation from BC Hydro that the project has met its guaranteed commercial operations date commitment under the EPA.


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GE Launches Study To Improve Diagnosis Of Early Stage Colon Cancer

July 21, 2010

GE applying its revolutionary cancer mapping technology to identify early stage patients at higher risk for re-occurrence  

New molecular insights from GE's mapping technology could promote better treatment selections for patients

 


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GE Healthcare Announces New Leader for X-ray Business

July 12, 2010

Chalfont St. Giles, UK, July 12, 2010  - GE Healthcare, a business unit of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE), announced today the appointment of Anne LeGrand as Vice President and General Manager, of the company's global X-ray business.

LeGrand joins GE Healthcare from Philips Healthcare, where she was Senior Vice President and General Manager of their ultrasound business unit, a $1 billion business with more than two thousand employees worldwide.


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GE and Middle River Aircraft Systems Expand Hiring Plans for Maryland

June 07, 2010

200 New Jobs to Be Created

BALTIMORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Middle River Aircraft Systems, a part of GE Aviation, today announced that it is expanding its employment by 200 new jobs in the state of Maryland -- bringing the Company's employment at its Middle River facility to more than 1,000 over the next year.


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GE Capital India Extends Not-for-profit Financial Literacy Program

May 12, 2010

GE Capital India has expanded its not-for-profit financial education outreach under GE Capital's global citizenship initiative, Banking on WomenTM. Having started in 2008 in India, the local program aims to empower underprivileged women by improving their understanding of basic finance concepts such as budgeting, accounting, saving and investment. The program in India is administered with the help of not-for-profit organizations, HOPE Foundation and Literacy India. 


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American Nuclear Society Elects GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy's Eric Loewen as New President

May 10, 2010

One of the Leading Champions of Nuclear Fuel Recycling to Head 10,500-Member Group

WILMINGTON, N.C.---May 10, 2010---The American Nuclear Society (ANS) has elected Dr. Eric Loewen, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) chief consulting engineer for advanced plants technology, as the organization's president for 2010-11.


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