London: 16 September 2014 -- GE's gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and ally alliance (GLBTA) brought together senior GE managers, employees and external diversity leaders for a discussion with Lord Browne of Madingley, author of The Glass Closet, chaired by GE Officer Ryan Zanin, Vice President & Chief Risk Officer -- GE Capital.
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No Silver Bullets: GE Vernova’s Great Britain Study Shows Net Zero Can Be Achieved If Government Acts Fast
About three years from now, some 80 miles off the coast of Yorkshire, England, the world’s biggest wind farm is scheduled to begin operation. The facility, called Dogger Bank — which will be powered by GE Vernova’s Haliade-X 14-megawatt (MW) wind turbines — is expected to generate 3.6 gigawatts (GW) of electricity, an amount equivalent to that needed to power 6 million homes in the U.K.
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Come Fly With Me: Next-Gen Power Systems Offer The Comforts Of Home On Dassault’s New Business Jet
If you’re flying 13 hours nonstop from Los Angeles to Sydney on a business jet, the time will come when you’ll want to take a break from work and lie down to watch some TV, nosh some just-out-of-the-oven pastries, grab a cold beer from the fridge or all of the above. In other words, enjoy the comforts of home at 41,000 feet.
STEM
Think Globally, Act Locally: GE Announces Rollout Of $100M Next Engineers Program In 4 Cities Worldwide
Jordan Finlay has big plans for the shipping container he recently purchased. The principal of Hughes Academy for Science and Technology, a middle school in Greenville, South Carolina, and his students want to transform the empty vessel into a zero-waste concession stand. With the support of local businesses, the repurposed shipping container will be open for business at Hughes athletic events. It will provide students with a real engineering experience that Finlay believes “can open up their world” and also sell some healthy snacks.
Publication of revised "Driving at Work" document prompts renewed interest
Sale, Manchester: A renewed level of interest in risk management is being shown by fleets following the publication of revised Health and Safety Executive guidance, reports GE Capital, Fleet Services.
An updated version of "Driving at Work: Managing Work Related Road Safety" was made available in May, the first update of the guide since its original publication in 2003.
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Research from GE Capital's latest Company Car Trends research
Sale, Manchester, 2014: "CO2 emissions limit" is the number one factor used when setting the criteria for a company car choice list, according to the latest quarterly Company Car Trends research from GE Capital, Fleet Services.
Along with "fitness for purpose" and "maximum monthly rental", these three criteria lead every other factor used by the fleets surveyed by a huge margin -- more than 50% of respondents named these top factors but all others polled less than 20%.
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Sale, Manchester, July 2014: The European Community Whole Vehicle Type Approval regulations (ECWVTA), which became compulsory in April 2013 covering modifications to racking and other fitments, are leading to overall cost savings for van fleets, says GE Capital Fleet Services.
The approval scheme provides a mechanism for ensuring that new light commercial vehicles meet environmental, safety and security standards.
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Paris---31 July 2014 -- Ares Management Ltd., which oversees the European activities of Ares Management, L.P. (NYSE:ARES), and GE Capital International, the leading provider of specialist finance to the mid-market, have provided a €46.5 million debt facility to French firm InfoVista through the firms' €1.75 billion joint venture, the European Senior Secured Loan Programme (ESSLP).
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GE announced second-quarter 2014 operating earnings of $3.9 billion, with operating earnings per share of $0.39, up 8% from the second quarter of 2013.
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