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General Electric

Company nameGeneral Electric Company
Company typePublic (NYSE - GE)
Dow Jones Industrial Average Component
SloganImagination at Work
IndustryConglomerate
FoundedSchenectady, New York (1878)
Founder(s)Thomas Edison
Elihu Thomson
Edwin J. Houston
HeadquartersFairfield, Connecticut, U.S.
Area servedWorldwide
Key peopleJeffrey R. Immelt (Chairman and CEO)
Keith Sherin (Vice Chairman and CFO)
Beth Comstock (SVP) and CMO)
ProductsAppliances
Aviation
Consumer Electronics
Electrical distribution
Energy
Finance
Healthcare
Lighting
Entertainment
Oil
Gas
Locomotives
Software
Water
Revenue(+) US$157 Billion (FY 2009)
Operating income(+) US$10.34 Billion (FY 2009)
Net income(+) US$10.7 Billion (FY 2009)
Total assets(-) US$782 Billion (FY 2009)
Total equity(+) US$117 Billion (FY 2009)
Employees304,000 (2009)
SubsidiaryGE Energy
GE Technology Infrastructure
GE Capital
NBC Universal
GE Home & Business Solutions

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The General Electric Company, or GE (Nyse - GE), is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in the State of New York. In 2010, Forbes ranked GE as the world's second largest company, based on a formula that compared the total sales, profits, assets, and market value of several multinational companies. The company has 304,000 employees around the world.

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General Electric May Spend Up To $30 Billion On M&A (GE,BRK.A) - Comtex Smartrend Tweet this news
Comtex Smartrend--9/1/2010--General Electric- (NYSE:-GE-) signaled it could be rolling out its defensive crouch, as its Vice Chairman puts it, the company could ... - Date : Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:17:58 GMT+00:00
GE Capital provides four-year extension of USD90m credit facility to Golfsmith - Trading Markets (press release) Tweet this news
Trading Markets (press release)---GE- Capital is providing a four-year extension of its USD90m asset-based revolving credit facility to Golfsmith (Nasdaq: GOLF | PowerRating), -GE- said on ... - Date : Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:07:37 GMT+00:00
Vestas' V112 Turbine Is Better Than GE' 2.5xl, Jyske Bank Says - BusinessWeek Tweet this news
BusinessWeek--2 (Bloomberg) -- Vestas Wind System A/S's new V112 turbine is superior to -General Electric- Co.'s comparable unit, the 2.5xl, and will help the Danish ... - Date : Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:34:14 GMT+00:00
General Electric is Among the Companies in the Industrial Conglomerates ... - Comtex Smartrend Tweet this news
Comtex Smartrend---General Electric- (NYSE:-GE-) ranks first with an RPE of $0.5M; Seaboard (AMEX:SEB) ranks second with an RPE of $0.35M; and Tredegar (NYSE:TG) ranks third with ... - Date : Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:10:38 GMT+00:00
Thomas & Betts to buy back up to 3 mln shares - Reuters Tweet this news
Reuters--N). and -General Electric- Co (-GE-.N), whose vice chairman John Rice said this week that -GE- could spend up to $30 billion on M&A. [ID:nN01128633] (Reporting by ... - Date : Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:25:10 GMT+00:00
Retired General Electric executive joins Adirondack Trust board - The Saratogian Tweet this news
The Saratogian--SARATOGA SPRINGS — The Adirondack Trust Co. has named Dennis D. Dammerman — a retired vice chairman of the board and executive officer of -General Electric- ... - Date : Thu, 02 Sep 2010 06:45:55 GMT+00:00
Rentech, Inc. Jumps Higher; RTK, GE, CR - Learning Markets Tweet this news
Learning Markets--RTK competes in the Conglomerates industry with -General Electric- Co. (-GE-) [Chart - Analysis - News]---the largest firm in the industry group---and Crane Co. ... - Date : Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:29:11 GMT+00:00
GE Vice Chairman Cautiously Optimistic on Economy - Wall Street Journal Tweet this news
Wall Street Journal--The head of -General Electric- Co.'s technology infrastructure division said Wednesday that emerging-market demand remains strong and he is ... - Date : Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:56:11 GMT+00:00
GE Capital extends credit pact with Golfsmith - BusinessWeek Tweet this news
BusinessWeek---GE- Capital said Wednesday that it is providing a four-year extension of a $90 million asset-based revolving credit facility with Golfsmith, a retailer of ... - Date : Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:27:47 GMT+00:00
A Cool Time to Remodel -- GE Offers Hot Kitchen Retrofit Tips for Homeowners ... - MarketWatch (press release) Tweet this news
MarketWatch (press release)--The -GE- Cafe(TM) series of restaurant-inspired appliances offers the robust styling of modern restaurant kitchens, combined with the latest technologies ... - Date : Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:46:28 GMT+00:00

General Electric Co.

FoundersThomas Edison * Edwin J. Houston * Elihu Thomson
Corporate
directors
James Cash, Jr. * Ann Fudge * Claudio Gonzalez * Susan Hockfield * Jeffrey Immelt * Andrea Jung * Alan Lafley * Robert Lane * Ralph Larsen * Rochelle Lazarus * Sam Nunn * Roger Penske * Robert Swieringa * Douglas A. Warner III * Bob Wright
Primary
businesses
GE Capital * GE Technology Infrastructure * GE Energy * GE Home & Business Solutions * NBC Universal (80%)

NBC Universal, Inc. (a joint venture of General Electric 80% and Vivendi 20%)

Universal StudiosFocus Features * United International Pictures * Illumination Entertainment * Universal Animation Studios * Universal Studios Home Entertainment * Universal Playback * Geneon Universal (80.1%) * Universal Pictures
Universal Parks & ResortsIslands of Adventure * Universal Orlando Resort * Universal Studios Hollywood * Universal Studios Florida * Universal Studios Japan * Universal Studios Singapore * Universal Studios Dubailand * Universal Studios South Korea * Universal CityWalk
Broadcast TV assetsNBC * Telemundo * NBC News * NBC Sports * Universal Sports (50%)
NBC Universal CableA&E Television Networks (15%) * Bravo * Chiller * CNBC * MSNBC * Mun2 * Oxygen * Syfy * ShopNBC (30%) * Sleuth * Telemundo Puerto Rico * The Weather Channel * Universal HD * USA Network * Universal Sports (50%) * Weatherscan
CNBC global channelsCNBC (US) * CNBC World * CNBC Latin America * CNBC Europe * CNBC Asia * CNBC Africa
CNBC Europe branchesClass CNBC (20%) * CNBC-e * CNBC Arabiya (according to [http://www.cnbc.com/id/18030512 CNBC Europe]) * CNBC Nordic * CNBC Africa * TVN CNBC Biznes
CNBC Asia branchesNikkei CNBC * CNBC-TV18 * CNBC Awaaz * CNBC Pakistan * CNBC Australia * CNBC Hong Kong * CNBC Singapore * SBS-CNBC
NBC Universal
global networks
Syfy * 13th Street * Universal Channel * Hallmark Channel * Movies 24 * KidsCo * Diva TV * Steel * Das Vierte * Studio Universal
Syfy global channelsUS * UK * Germany * France * Australia * Spain * Benelux * Philippines * Poland * Portugal * Romania * Russia * Latin America * Asia * Japan
NBC Universal
Television Group
NBC Studios * NBC Universal Television Distribution * Telemundo Television Studios * RTI Production * Telemundo of Puerto Rico Studios * Universal Media Studios
NBC O&OsKNBC * KNSD * KNTV * KXAS * WCAU * WMAQ * WNBC (New York Nonstop) * WRC * WTVJ * WVIT
Telemundo O&OsKBLR * KEJT-LP * KHRR * KDEN * KNSO * KTAZ * KTMD * KVDA * KSTS * KVEA * KXTX * WKAQ * WNEU * WNJU * WSCV * WSNS
ShopNBC O&OsWWDP
Spanish independent
TV stations
KWHY
Internet ventures:msnbc.com * iVillage * Television Without Pity * OUTzoneTV.com * getTRIO.com * BrilliantButCancelled.com * calamitygame.com * Hulu
Other assets:qubo * EMKA, Ltd. * WSI Corporation
Defunct properties:NBC Weather Plus (2004-2008) * Trio (1997-2005)

Dow Jones Industrial Average components

Current3M * Alcoa * American Express * AT&T * Bank of America * Boeing * Caterpillar * Chevron * Cisco Systems * The Coca-Cola Company * DuPont * ExxonMobil * General Electric * Hewlett-Packard * The Home Depot * Intel * IBM * Johnson & Johnson * JPMorgan Chase * Kraft Foods * McDonald's * Merck & Co. * Microsoft * Pfizer * Procter & Gamble * The Travelers Companies * United Technologies Corporation * Verizon Communications * Wal-Mart * The Walt Disney Company
Selected
former
Altria Group * American International Group * American Telephone & Telegraph * American Tobacco Company * Bethlehem Steel * Citigroup * Colorado Fuel and Iron * Eastman Kodak * General Foods * General Motors * Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company * Honeywell * International Harvester * International Paper * Johns-Manville * Nash Motors * Navistar International * North American Company * Owens-Illinois * Sears, Roebuck and Company * Union Carbide * United States Rubber Company * U.S. Steel * F. W. Woolworth Company

Principal owners of the Houston Astros franchise

Houston Colt .45's (1962-1964)Roy Hofheinz
Houston Astros (1965-present)Roy Hofheinz * General Electric & Ford Motor Company * John McMullen * Drayton McLane, Jr.



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