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Breakthrough

Breakthrough! Watch the New Science Series from GE and NatGeo Channel on GE Reports

Tomas Kellner
November 01, 2015
Biologist Fiona Ginty has spent the last decade at GE Global Research trying to crack cancer’s code. She’s also one of the stars of the new six-part documentary series developed by GE and National Geographic Channel called Breakthrough, which is focusing on scientific progress and innovation and premieres on Sunday night.
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sustainability

Ecomagination Ten Years Later: Proving that Efficiency and Economics Go Hand-in-Hand

October 29, 2015
When GE launched Ecomagination in 2005, it redefined what it meant to be “green” for a business. Ecomagination was more than just another idea – it was a groundbreaking strategy the company used to build more efficient machines that produce cleaner energy, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, clean water and cut its use, and make money while doing it.
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Electricity

They Might Be Giants: The World’s Largest Gas Turbines Will Light Up Pakistan

October 28, 2015
Each one weighs nearly 400 tons, as much as two really big blue whales. Each one will cover thousands of miles by sea and land from the place of their birth in Belfort, France, to the farming town of Bhikki in Pakistan’s Punjab province. They are still fairly unknown, but once they reach their destination, they will affect millions of lives.
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Electrification Software Twin

Colin Parris: The Data Economy for Industry Has Arrived

Colin Parris Vice President For Software Research GE Global Research
October 27, 2015

Industrial companies need to adopt a digital mindset that embraces what the Industrial Internet can offer in new growth opportunities.

 

If you have a mobile phone, tablet, computer or all three, companies like Amazon, Google and Apple are all household names. With the explosion of the consumer Internet during the past 15 years, these companies collectively have amassed more than $200 billion in value innovating and establishing new business models on this singular platform. These companies through the use of data and analytics have defined the consumer Internet.
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green-tech

Freya Williams: 6 Reasons Why Green Is the New Black

Freya Williams Ceo Of North America For Futerra
October 27, 2015

How a $9 burrito makes the business case for sustainability.

 

Today, many business leaders know the world has changed. They are wrestling with the new mandate to incorporate sustainability and social good into their businesses and brands.

But most companies struggle to figure out how to do this while continuing to meet their quarterly sales and earnings targets. They may have tried “green marketing” and met limited success. Or they may have skeptical shareholders convinced that this is a passing fad, or one that is just for hippies and tree huggers.
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Jet engines

Power in Numbers: GE Rolls Out GEnx Engine No. 1,000 in Only Five Years Since Entering Service

Krista Carroll
October 20, 2015
Last June at the Paris Airshow, Boeing test pilots Randy Neville and Van Chaney performed a near-vertical takeoff with the Vietnam Airlines’ brand new extended version of the Dreamliner passenger jet powered by a pair of GEnx engines. It turns out that sales of engines are climbing nearly as fast.
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wind energy

The Road to ecoROTR: How Building a Better Wind Turbine Began With an Online Shopping Spree for Styrofoam Balls

October 17, 2015
Scientists at GE Global Research spent the last four years building a more efficient wind turbine. It rises 450-feet above the Mojave desert in California – almost half the height of the Eiffel Tower — and seems to have a silver UFO stuck to its face. The turbine may appear strange, but you are looking at the future of wind power. Here's how it came about.
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GE

GE’s Third-Quarter Results Highlight Pace of Change, Focus on Industrial Core

October 16, 2015
GE’s third-quarter results, released today, put in focus the rapid change taking place at the company as it races to sell most of its financial businesses and embrace its industrial core and software.
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fuel cells

Brandon Owens and John McGuinness: Hybridized, Ultra-Efficient Fuel Cells Poised to Power the Future

Brandon Owens GE
John Mcguinness GE
October 13, 2015

The emerging Age of Gas, the rise of distributed power and technological innovation will accelerate the adoption of fuel cells into the global energy landscape over the next decade.

 

The future of power is now under development and it is packaged in stacks of fuel cells. As the world’s energy needs increase, and calls for sustainability continue to rise, a number of forces are converging to expedite the adoption of fuel cells into the global energy mix.
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finance

GE Will Sell its Commercial Lending and Leasing Units to Wells Fargo in the Largest Deal to Date

Kathryn Stanek
October 13, 2015
GE’s journey to exit the banking sector and transform itself into the world’s largest digital industrial company crossed a major milestone today when the company announced it signed an agreement to sell financial assets valued at $30 billion to Wells Fargo & Co.
This is the largest deal yet since last April, when GE said it would sell the majority of GE Capital’s holdings.
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