EC Approves GE’s Acquisition of Alstom’s Power and Grid Business
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Karim Wassef: What's the Difference Between a Good Company and a Great One?
Knowing the difference between invention, improvement and innovation is what separates good companies that succeed in existing markets and great companies that create new markets.
Why We’re Loving #GEGarages Indonesia
Create. Collaborate. Innovate!
Scientists Eye Next-Gen Medical Materials to Cure Hydraulic Fracturing’s Need for Sand
Transformers: Age of Esters. These Engineers Figured Out How to Make Mexico City’s Power Grid Safer
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Marco Annunziata: The New Industrial Revolution — There’s an App for That
The industrial app economy will spur innovation by enabling a more seamless environment for people and machines to work smarter and more efficiently together.
We live in a world of apps. They have become so pervasive in our daily experience that we don’t even think about it anymore: an app wakes us in the morning, and another app reports the quality of our sleep; we use apps to move around town, book restaurants and movies, track our weight and physical activity, meet friends, stream music and keep up with the news. Life is an app.
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Carl Horton: How Patents Fuel the American Dream
Patents have pushed the U.S. economy forward by encouraging innovation across all industries, from medicine to manufacturing and technology, giving America a competitive edge in today’s global economy.
GE and NFL Back a New Device that Could Spot Concussions by Tracking the Brain’s Electricity
Thaddeus Burns: Implement the Global Trade Deal Quickly to Maximize its Health Benefit
The revised Information Technology Agreement represents a significant win for public health, but tariffs should be reduced quickly to maximize the potential benefits for people around the world.
When something happens only once every 20 years, it deserves to be recognized. Such is the case now, as over 50 nations have just agreed to eliminate tariffs on breakthrough medical products that can help diagnose and treat patients around the world.
Brackett Denniston: The Truth about the Ex-Im Bank and Why America Needs It
Without the Ex-Im Bank, American businesses and employees will compete on a very uneven playing field.
The charter of the Export-Import Bank of the U.S. (Ex-Im) expired at the end of June, disabling it from making any new loans unless Congress takes action now that it has returned from its July 4th recess. I have heard some Ex-Im opponents cheer this charter lapse as an “historic victory.” But the only thing that will be “historic” is the enormity of the blunder in failing to renew Ex-Im’s charter.