CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Consumer & Industrial's month-long Earth Day initiative, GE Project Plant-a-Bulb (www.GEProjectPlantaBulb.com), helps consumers consider the environmental and financial benefits of energy efficient lighting, while bringing the lasting beauty and positive effects of perennial flower bulbs to selected Midwestern landscapes in cities such as Cleveland and Chicago.
Expanded Medicare coverage of PET scans improves access for patients to needed cancer diagnosis tool
WAUKESHA, WIS. -- APRIL 07, 2009 -- GE Healthcare, a global leader in healthcare technology, supports the recent national coverage determination (NCD) from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), expanding coverage for initial testing with positron emission tomography (PET) for Medicare beneficiaries who are diagnosed with and treated for most solid tumor cancers.
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CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The gateway to JFK's AirTrain Light Rail airport access system is the Jamaica Station complex. The facility's vertical circulation building and new portal structure serve as an introduction to the region's most important airport. Using lamps from GE Consumer & Industrial, designers Domingo González, Nelson Downend and Mario Merza have created an energy-efficient and low-maintenance lighting design that reinforces passenger flow throughout the station and is compatible with architectural constraints.
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CLEVELAND--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The gateway to JFK's AirTrain Light Rail airport access system is the Jamaica Station complex. The facility's vertical circulation building and new portal structure serve as an introduction to the region's most important airport. Using lamps from GE Consumer & Industrial, designers Domingo González, Nelson Downend and Mario Merza have created an energy-efficient and low-maintenance lighting design that reinforces passenger flow throughout the station and is compatible with architectural constraints.
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Aviation played a significant role in The Boeing Company's successful first flight of the U.S. Air Force's third C-130 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) aircraft (the H-3) on Jan. 17, three weeks ahead of schedule. The flight marked another milestone for the most comprehensive C-130 avionics modification ever conducted.
The H3 aircraft accomplished both functional check flight and acceptance check flight tests. Boeing test pilot Mike Leone conducted the two-hour flight from the Boeing facility in San Antonio.
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Company Announces New Products, Collaborations and Initiatives at Orlando Expo
ACC.09 Annual Scientific Session Exposition
ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Healthcare is dedicated to delivering tomorrow's healthcare solutions today. New products, collaborations and ideas are at the heart of the company's product lineup at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) conference, in Orlando through Tuesday, March 31.
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FAIRFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE today announces the appointment of one new company officer. GE currently has 188 GE officers globally. GE officers lead large revenue generating businesses or are in critical functional roles, helping to drive growth.
Below are the details of GE's new officer:
Pascale Witz, 42, is president and CEO, Medical Diagnostics at GE Healthcare, a business unit within GE Technology Infrastructure.
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FAIRFIELD, CT -- March 23, 2009 -- Moody's Investors Service today announced a downgrade of General Electric Company's and General Electric Capital Corporation's (GECC) long-term ratings from Aaa to Aa2, with a "stable" outlook. The ratings downgrade does not affect GE's and GECC's short-term funding ratings of Prime-1, which were affirmed by Moody's. The action follows a thorough review of GE's portfolio by Moody's.