FAIRFIELD, Conn.--18 March 2009-- GE (NYSE: GE) will webcast its 1st Quarter GE Capital Investor Meeting tomorrow, Thursday, March 19, 2009, at 9:00 a.m. ET. GE Vice Chairman & Chief Financial Officer Keith Sherin, GE Vice Chairman & GE Capital Chairman and CEO Mike Neal and members of the GE Capital leadership team will host the meeting. They will review GE Capital's funding, strategic framework and outlook.
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FAIRFIELD, Conn.--12 March 2009-- Standard & Poor's (S&P) today announced a single-notch downgrade of General Electric Company's and General Electric Capital Corporation's (GECC) long-term ratings from AAA to AA+, with a "stable" outlook. The ratings downgrade does not affect GE's and GECC's short-term funding ratings of A-1+, which was affirmed by S&P. The action follows a thorough review of GE's portfolio by S&P.
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GE Energy Signs $128 Million Service Agreements for Two Chinese Power Projects Including the Largest Gas Turbine Combined-Cycle Plant in Zhejiang Province
FAIRFIELD, Conn.--09 March 2009-- GE (NYSE: GE) announced today it continues to grow its $121 billion services backlog with new customer wins across the globe. GE services contracts help customers gain efficiency and productivity through performance and process improvements to their businesses.
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Could Dramatically Improve Neonatal and Home Health Monitoring
NISKAYUNA, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Global Research, the technology development arm of the General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), today announced that scientists have transformed a common and commercially available GE sensor for home security into an innovative, intelligent wireless medical sensing platform. If successful, this new platform could dramatically improve neonatal and home patient monitoring.
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GE volunteers support London 2012 with interactive workshops
LONDON, 2nd March 2009 - GE, a worldwide partner of the Olympic Games, is working with the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) to help schools take part in the official London 2012 education programme 'Get Set'.
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FAIRFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Board of Directors of General Electric Company (NYSE:GE) today authorized a plan to reduce the Company's quarterly dividend to $0.10 from $0.31 per outstanding share of the Company's common stock, effective for the second half of 2009. This decision will preserve approximately $9 billion for the Company on an annualized basis.