Waukesha, WI, JULY 10, 2008 -- GE Healthcare Clinical Systems recently earned MedAssetsÒ Supply Chain Systems' Platinum Vendor status. The platinum level is the highest vendor designation awarded by MedAssets Supply Chain Systems, a MedAssets company (NASDAQ: MDAS). Seventy-one vendors were awarded the Platinum Vendor designation at the MedAssets Healthcare Business Summit in Las Vegas in March 2008, attended by more than 3,000 healthcare professionals.
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GE Healthcare, the global market share leader in compact ultrasound, expands service offerings to keep pace with soaring equipment sales
Waukesha, WI, July 9, 2008 -- GE Healthcare announced today that its LOGIQ e compact ultrasound users are embracing a new service that allows them to connect their ultrasound systems, via secure broadband connection, to the technical support and clinical applications experts at GE's LiveAssist Center. This innovative digital connectivity, called InSite ExC, provides customers with "real time" remote resolution of service and applications events.
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Takes advantage of latest Intel® chipset for superior on-board bandwidth for demanding commercial, industrial and military applications
* Intel 5100 MCH chipset
* Up to 12 Mbytes L2 Cache
* ATI Radeon™ graphics processing
* 2eSST VME with optionally configurable VXS (VITA 41.3 capability)
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Remote Monitoring Sensors Help Operators Protect Pipelines from Accidental Third-Party Damage
HOUSTON--07 July 2008-- GE Oil & Gas' PII Pipeline Solutions has installed its solar-powered ThreatScan™ sensors along an 11-mile section of a natural gas pipeline operated by El Paso Corp. in southeastern Houston to enable 24-hour "real-time" remote monitoring of the pipeline.
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NORWALK, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Commercial Finance Corporate Lending today announced it provided a $325 million asset-based credit facility to Sportsman's Warehouse, an outdoor sporting goods retailer. The financing will be used to fund working capital needs. GE Capital Markets arranged the transaction. GE also provides the company with aircraft loan financing through GE Equipment Financial Services.
Based In Midvale, UT, Sportsman's Warehouse has locations throughout the U.S. selling equipment, apparel, footwear and accessories for hunting, fishing and camping.
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Deal, Expected to Close in First Quarter, Will Add More Than $15 Billion in Assets and Commitments to GE Capital
NORWALK, Conn. & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Capital has agreed to purchase most of Chicago-based Merrill Lynch Capital, Merrill Lynch and Co., Inc.'s (NYSE: MER) wholly-owned middle-market commercial finance business. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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PRINCETON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Healthcare, the worldwide leader in Diagnostic Imaging Technologies, announced today that it has entered into an agreement with DRAXIMAGE, a division of DRAXIS Health Inc. (NASDAQ:DRAX) (TSX:DAX) of Montreal, Canada, to become the exclusive distributor of DRAXIMAGE® Sestamibi upon its approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the expiration of the primary innovator patent.
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Projects Support Bangladesh Rural Electrification Initiative
JENBACH, Austria--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Energy has received its largest order ever for Jenbacher gas engines to support a major rural electrification initiative in Bangladesh. Combined, the engines will generate about 81 MW in electricity at four new power plants in developing areas of this South Asian country.