FAIRFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 8, 2006--GE welcomes the launching of negotiations towards a U.S.-Malaysia Free Trade Agreement. Bilateral trade between the U.S. and Malaysia reached $44 billion in 2005, making Malaysia the United States' tenth largest trading partner.
Presently, over 80% of Malaysia's imports from the U.S. are in electrical machinery, turbines and boilers, medical equipment and aircraft, all of which are strong sectors for GE.
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Fortune 6 March 2006
CNN Money asked seven management experts for their perspectives of the World's Most Admired Company.
CNN Money asked seven management experts for their perspectives of the World's Most Admired Company. They didn't pull any punches.
Here's what they said. (PDF)
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FAIRFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 3, 2006--GE (NYSE: GE) today announced that its 2005 Annual Report is now available on the company's Web site at www.ge.com/annual05. The annual report entitled, "Go Big," reviews GE's 2005 performance and provides an overview on the company's three strategic priorities for sustained performance in 2006.
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FAIRFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 2, 2006--General Electric (NYSE: GE) today announced the pricing of its secondary public offering of Genworth's (NYSE: GNW) Class A Common Stock and reaffirmed its first quarter 2006 earnings per share outlook of $.38-.40, up 15-21%, and total year earnings per share outlook of $1.94 -2.02, up 13-17%.
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FAIRFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 27, 2006--GE (NYSE: GE) today announced that it is commencing a secondary public offering of approximately 71 million shares of the Class A Common Stock of Genworth Financial, Inc. (NYSE: GNW). Concurrently with the offering, Genworth also will repurchase 15 million shares of Genworth's Class B Common Stock directly from GE at the net price per share of Class A Common Stock that GE receives in the secondary offering. The repurchase will close simultaneously with, and be contingent upon, the closing of the secondary offering.
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Three Figure Skating Pairs, including Silver and Bronze Medalists, and Coach Receive Awards
TORINO, ITALY, Feb. 25, 2006 -- One day before the closing of the Torino 2006 Olympic Winter Games, the City of Torino, TOROC and the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2008 Olympic Games gathered at the GE Ice Plaza in the heart of Torino's historic city center, to honor the remarkable achievements of Chinese Figure Skating Team and their coach during the Torino Games.
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FAIRFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 10, 2006--GE (NYSE: GE) today launched a multi-phase effort to redefine what is possible in healthcare. The new campaign, "Healthcare Re-Imagined," highlights GE's unique abilities to leverage technological and biological breakthroughs to transform healthcare delivery from treating "late disease" to a focus on "early health" - where prediction, diagnosis, and information management are key to prevention and pre-symptomatic disease detection.
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FAIRFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 10, 2006--The Board of Directors of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) today authorized a regular quarterly dividend of $0.25 per outstanding share of the Company's common stock. The dividend is payable April 25, 2006 to shareowners of record at the close of business on February 27, 2006. The ex-dividend date is February 23, 2006.