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Register Your Company Now for the 2010 IR Global Rankings [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 62 days 14 hours 18 minutes ago
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More Than 170 Companies Already Registered for the 2010 IR Global Rankings [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 49 days 13 hours 17 minutes ago
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OneChicago Reports September Volume, Up 46% From September 2008 [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 53 days 11 hours 17 minutes ago
...Exchange in September 2009, an increase of 46% from September 2008. YTD volume stands at 1,994,459. General Electric Company GE1C 100,996 United States Natural Gas Fund LP UNG1C 23,442 Exxon Mobil Corporation XOM1C 21,694 Microsoft...
PMSI Holdings Corporation Purchases Rights Under the Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. Patents [Press Release]
Business Wire | 24 days 22 hours 50 minutes ago
Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. announced today that PMSI Holdings Corporation, one of the world's largest pharmaceutical services companies serving the United States with headquarters in Tampa, FL, has entered into an agreement to purchase rights under the patent portfolio held by Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P. and licensed through its affiliate, A2D, L.P.
Jim Way, Former Vice President at Siemens Health Services, Joins InfoLogix, Inc. as Vice President of Strategic Healthcare Services [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 6 hours 40 minutes ago
...offerings; and executing the company's transformation to a full...including Kraft Foods, Merck and Company, General Electric, Kaiser Permanente, MultiCare...InfoLogix is a publicly-traded company . For more information visit...
ADDING MULTIMEDIA Pink Pyramids of Giza Send Global Message of Breast Cancer Awareness [Press Release]
Business Wire | 31 days 3 hours 41 minutes ago
Susan G. Komen for the Cure® is expanding its global breast cancer mission to Egypt this October, working with Egyptian government agencies and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) to break the silence and stigma around breast cancer. The world’s leading breast cancer advocacy organization today announced a slate of grants to Egyptian NGOs to support women’s health initiatives including vital breast cancer education, treatment and rehabilitation programs. On the eve of the historic Egypt Race...
More than 140 Companies Already Registered for the 2010 IR Global Rankings [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 56 days 14 hours 47 minutes ago
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Moog Announces Acquisition Closing [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 56 days 13 hours 17 minutes ago
...S. Joint Strike Fighter. The General Electric Company acquired this business as part...include (i) fluctuations in general business cycles for commercial...customers, such as The Boeing Company and Lockheed Martin, for a significant...
GE Centricity HIE Connects Vermont Patients, Providers [Press Release]
Business Wire | 24 days 17 hours 54 minutes ago
GE Healthcare, a leading provider of healthcare information technology, today announced that its Centricity Health Information Exchange solution (HIE) participated in the Vermont Information Technology Leaders, Inc. (VITL) second annual Interoperability Showcase. VITL is a not-for-profit organization that is facilitating the implementation of electronic medical records (EMR) systems using the GE Centricity HIE in Vermont.
New GE eHealth Business Better Connects Patients, Hospitals, Doctors to Critical Information [Press Release]
Business Wire | 25 days 18 hours 28 minutes ago
GE Healthcare today announced the launch of eHealth, a new business unit offering enhanced connectivity to clinicians and patients designed with data privacy and security features to enable health information sharing that can help increase efficiency, reduce error and improve health outcomes. A part of GE’s healthymagination initiative to improve quality and access while reducing cost, the eHealth business tackles one of healthcare’s most pressing problems – fragmented clinical information tr...
CDC Selects GE Healthcare to Track H1N1 Flu Activity [Press Release]
Business Wire | 26 days 14 hours 45 minutes ago
GE Healthcare, one of the leading providers of healthcare information technology, today announced its selection by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide extensive surveillance data for H1N1 and seasonal influenza activity throughout the United States. Every 24 hours, GE Healthcare reports information gathered from its nationwide electronic database of nearly 14 million patient records to help the CDC monitor the spread of the H1N1 virus in near real-time.
Virtua Adopts GE s AgileTracTM To Help Maximize Efficiencies, Reduce Costs and Advance Patient Care [Press Release]
Business Wire | 27 days 19 hours 34 minutes ago
Virtua and GE Healthcare announced today that they are collaborating to implement new solutions to help increase efficiencies, lower healthcare costs and improve patient care throughout the health system. Virtua is adopting GE’s AgileTracTM Asset Manager and Enterprise Capacity Management Solution, an automated workflow solution that allows healthcare staff to better track a patient’s inpatient experience, as well as manage the hospital’s assets, ultimately reducing costs and increasing patie...
Online Best Practice Programs Help Healthcare Providers Overcome Travel Restrictions [Press Release]
Business Wire | 38 days 12 hours 33 minutes ago
With business travel budgets expected to remain tight through 2010, online clinical best practice programs may offer the healthcare industry its best educational value, according to Sara McMannus, Program Manager of GE Healthcare’s Global Clinical Best Practice Education. “Vendor-neutral, online programs provide education on-demand at a fraction of the cost of travel-based programs,” she said.
CNBC s New Green Reality TV Series Premieres 5 November [Press Release]
Business Wire | 27 days 9 minutes ago
The Good Entrepreneur, a new ‘green’ reality series, will premiere on 5 November at 23.00 CET on CNBC, the leading pan-EMEA business and financial news channel. Hosted by CNBC’s Steve Sedgwick, the four-part series will see three entrepreneurs pitch eco-friendly business concepts to a panel of leading CEOs and academics, each competing for a prize package valued at €250,000. The series will air across Europe, the Middle East and Africa and South East Asia.
Rutland Regional Medical Center Collaborates with GE Healthcare on Community Hospital Showcase [Press Release]
Business Wire | 38 days 18 hours 54 minutes ago
GE Healthcare announced today an agreement with Rutland Regional Medical Center to develop a Community Hospital Showcase and highlight the facility as a national host site for visiting community hospitals. The agreement will leverage GE’s extensive portfolio and Rutland Regional’s best practices to create a national ‘blueprint’ for institutions that use technology to improve the quality and efficiency of patient care.
Company Overview
| Company: | General Electric Company |
|---|---|
| Industry: | Commercial Lending |
| Website: | http://www.ge.com |
From turbines to TV, from household appliances to power plants, General Electric (GE) is plugged in to businesses that have shaped the modern world. The company produces -- take a deep breath -- aircraft engines, locomotives and other transportation equipment, kitchen and laundry appliances, lighting, electric distribution and control equipment, generators and turbines, and medical imaging equipment. GE is also one of the preeminent financial services companies in the US. General Electric Capital, comprising commercial finance, consumer finance, aircraft leasing, real estate, and energy financial services, is its largest segment. Other operations include the NBC television network.
Key Numbers
| Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 182,515 (2008) |
|---|---|
| One-year % Growth in Sales | 5.7 (2008) |
| Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 17,410 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Net Income | -21.6 (2008) |
| Number of Employees | 323,000 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Number of Employees | -1.2 (2008) |
| Fiscal Year-End | December |
