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The General Electric Company, or GE (NYSE: GE), is a multinational American technology and services conglomerate incorporated in the State of New York. In 2009, Forbes ranked General Electric as the world's largest company.

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GE Scientists Developing Wearable RFID Sensors to Detect Airborne Chemical Agents

GE Scientists Developing Wearable RFID Sensors to Detect Airborne Chemical Agents

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

GE Global Research, the technology development arm for the General Electric, today announced a $2 million award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to develop wearable RFID sensors ...


GE, Vivendi talks over NBC Universal stretch on (AP)

GE, Vivendi talks over NBC Universal stretch on

Technology / Business

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- A deal for Comcast Corp. to buy a controlling stake in NBC Universal and create one of the most powerful media companies in the world is taking longer than expected as the current owners tussle over ...


Comcast's NBC talks cap its decades-long rise (AP)

Comcast's NBC talks cap its decades-long rise

Technology / Telecom

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Ralph Roberts knew he was onto something big when people ran after his cable TV trucks in Tupelo, Miss., asking for a visit to their homes.


Broadcast pioneer NBC prepares for cable takeover (AP)

Broadcast pioneer NBC prepares for cable takeover

Technology / Telecom

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Eight decades after pioneering the concept of broadcasting, NBC is on the verge of a startling move that illustrates broadcast television's decline.


GE to sell security unit to United Technologies

Technology / Business

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

US conglomerate General Electric on Thursday announced it would sell its security unit to United Technologies Corp. for 1.82 billion dollars.


News Corp. exec sees Hulu charging fees for access

Technology / Internet

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(AP) -- Hulu, the free online video site where television shows and movies can be watched in their entirety, will start charging fees at some point, one of its owners said.


GE unveils handheld ultrasound machine (AP)

GE unveils handheld ultrasound machine

Technology / Hi Tech

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 2

(AP) -- The future of ultrasound technology, as interpreted by General Electric Co., looks a bit like a flip phone crossed with an iPod.


Comcast looks to future in bid for NBC Universal (AP)

Comcast looks to future in bid for NBC Universal

Technology / Business

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Years ago, Comcast Corp. CEO Brian Roberts was asked at a conference what kept him awake at night. His answer: A new technology that would severely hurt the cable TV business.


Comcast exploring stake in NBC

Technology / Business

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Comcast Corp. is in negotiations to buy 20 percent to 50 percent of NBC Universal, according to people familiar with the negotiations.


DirecTV, TBS, TNT to put shows online

Technology / Business

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- DirecTV Group Inc. is in talks with the TBS and TNT cable networks to offer their shows online, according to two people familiar with the discussions.


Redbox sues 20th Century Fox in DVD dispute

Technology / Business

created Aug 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- DVD rental kiosk company Redbox said Wednesday it has sued 20th Century Fox over the movie studio's attempts to delay its titles from appearing in Redbox vending machines.


CEO of troubled Nortel steps down (AP)

CEO of Nortel steps down as company liquidates

Technology / Business

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- Nortel Networks CEO Mike Zafirovski is stepping down from the troubled telecommunications company, saying "a natural transition point" has been reached as the company continues to liquidate.


Whither Redbox? Hollywood studios are conflicted (AP)

Whither Redbox? Hollywood studios are conflicted

Technology / Business

created Aug 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

(AP) -- Hollywood studios are split over Redbox, the $1-per-night DVD rental kiosk company: They could supply it with cheap wholesale discs and ride its massive growth, or starve it in the hopes of preserving ...


A bright idea: Philips lets flat lights out of lab (AP)

A bright idea: Philips lets flat lights out of lab

Technology / Hi Tech

created Jul 22, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 5

(AP) -- Someday, our ceilings and walls might radiate light, illuminating indoor spaces as brightly and evenly as natural daylight.


Jeff Immelt, Chairman and CEO of General Electric

GE to open advanced tech center in Michigan

Technology / Business

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

General Electric announced plans Friday to open an "advanced manufacturing technology and software center" in Michigan that could create more than 1,100 job in the coming years.