FAIRFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 17, 2006--Today GE released its 2005 ecomagination report, showing that revenues from the sale of energy efficient and environmentally advanced products and services hit $10.1 billion in 2005, up from $6.2 billion in 2004 - with orders nearly doubling to $17 billion.
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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 9, 2006--GE and Dow Jones & Company today announced the winner of ECOnomics: The Environmental Business Plan Challenge that provides a $50,000 award for the business plan that best combines environmental innovation and profitability.
Robert R. Wright of Marble Hill, Ga. earned the Environmental Business Plan Challenge Award for HASE technology that he believes will help solve the most universal human need: potable water.
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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 2006--Harkening back to the days of Ronald Reagan and GE Theater, today GE introduces "One Second Theater," an innovative concept in commercial content designed to capture the imagination of viewers in today's technologically-driven, television-challenged environment. GE's "One Second Theater" was created by BBDO New York and is available to anyone with a digital video recording device. The viewer simply pauses at the right moment while watching one of GE's "ecomagination" commercials. A whole new world of commercial content will then unfold.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 27, 2006--This is a lunch hour they'll never forget. On Monday, May 1, students from three Kansas City schools will step off the bus and into a world of potential and possibilities.
Mattie Rhodes Center, with support from GE, is sponsoring Kansas City's "Dia de los Ninos" by throwing a "working" lunch for selected students of Northeast Middle School, Westport High School and Cristo Rey High School. This is the first year the event has focused on teenaged children; previous events have focused on younger children.
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PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 2006--General Electric and Greater Philadelphia Cares today extended their 10-year relationship in a new effort to boost literacy among grade school-aged children in Philadelphia. GE has issued a $250,000 grant to fund the organization's Reading STARS program, a proven, volunteer-driven one-on-one tutoring program offered to boost the core classroom curriculum within the School District of Philadelphia.
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FAIRFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 13, 2006--Financial Highlights (Continuing Operations):
-- Revenues of $37.8 billion, up 10%; organic revenue growth of 9%
-- Earnings of $4.0 billion, up 14%; earnings per share (EPS) of $.39, up 18%
-- Total orders up 33%
-- Five of GE's six businesses deliver double-digit earnings growth
-- Cash from GE's operating activities (CFOA) up 132% to $6.7 billion; Industrial CFOA up 24%
-- Return on average total capital (ROTC) increasing 1.4 percentage points to 17%
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Jeff Immelt, Chairman and CEO - GE; Keith Sherin, CFO - GE; and Dan Janki, VP Investor Communications - GE, hosted a conference call and discussed 1Q '06 financial performance.
Jeff Immelt, Chairman and CEO - GE; Keith Sherin, CFO - GE; and Dan Janki, VP Investor Communications - GE, hosted a conference call and discussed 1Q '06 financial performance.
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FAIRFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 5, 2006--GE (NYSE: GE) announced today that the company will celebrate World Health Day this Friday, April 7th with an integrated marketing "take over" of New York City's Times Square including the first simultaneous broadcast on all major digital billboards. The event will allow New Yorkers and tourists to experience GE's online "Picture a Healthy World" campaign, which encourages people to take responsibility for their own health.