General Electric

What Is the Use Of Having Power If You Don't Abuse It?

Norman Horowitz | Posted 07.07.2009 | Media


Norman Horowitz

In order to confuse those who from time to time come across something that I write, I have decided to deal in one article with some of the "transgress...

EPA Attorneys Criticize Obama Nominee Moreno

ProPublica | Posted 07.07.2009 | Green


ProPublica

Six EPA attorneys criticized the nomination, but asked that their names not be used in this story because they fear retribution. They said they doubt that anyone who has recently defended GE would be effective in the role.

GE To Build Michigan Manufacturing Research Center

Ap | Posted 06.26.2009 | Business


BIRMINGHAM, Mich. (AP) -- General Electric Co. said Friday it will build a $100 million manufacturing technology center in Michigan that will eventual...

A Blue Night to Support Riverkeeper

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 06.13.2009 | New York


Marissa Bronfman

The skies were grey and the event was Blue but guests at the annual Riverkeeper fundraiser were feeling neither as they mingled on the pool deck of the Empire Hotel to support the charity.

Jason Linkins

NYT's Sorkin Forced To Admit Successful Unionized Companies Exist

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.04.2009 | Media


On yesterday's Morning Joe, the New York Times' Andrew Ross Sorkin started a wee bit of a kerfuffle when he followed up a Jim Cramer "card-check-will-...

Why Cities and CEOs Can't Relax - Part 1

William S. Becker | Posted 06.02.2009 | Green


William S. Becker

We can't count on Washington or Copenhagen to solve the climate and energy problems. The most important leadership ahead still will come from cities and CEOs.

Welch Criticizes Obama On Chrysler Bankruptcy

bloomberg.com | Tom Moroney | Posted 05.20.2009 | Business


May 20 (Bloomberg) -- Jack Welch, former chief executive officer of General Electric Co., criticized the government- backed bankruptcy of Chrysler LLC...

Roger Penske - Saturn's savior?

Steve Parker | Posted 05.06.2009 | Business


Steve Parker

Roger Penske is making a bid for Saturn. The 72-year old Penske, the highly successful head of Bloomfield Hills, MI, Penske Automotive Group, which o...

Reset: Making Sustainability the Centerpiece of Our Recovery

Daniel C. Esty | Posted 04.20.2009 | Green


Daniel C. Esty

Smart regulation can channel corporate and individual efforts toward sustainable economic growth that is durable because it rests on solid underpinnings -- not externalized costs.

NBC Universal Earnings Drop 45 Percent In Q1

AllThingsD | Peter Kafka | Posted 04.17.2009 | Media


The bad news for NBC Universal: The TV & movie powerhouse saw earnings drop 45 percent in the last quarter. The good news: The GE unit says that if yo...

Citigroup, GE: Earnings Are Better Than Expected

AP | MARCY GORDON and DANIEL WAGNER | Posted 04.17.2009 | Business


Companies are turning in surprisingly good quarterly earnings _ including better-than-expected news Friday from two relative weaklings in the banking ...

Leave Your Day Job!

Dr. Susan M. Guthrie | Posted 04.07.2009 | Living


Dr. Susan M. Guthrie

General Electric, Burger King, Microsoft and Hewlett Packard were all founded during severe recessions. Economic pressure forces business to look for ways to operate smarter and leaner.

When Money Doesn't Talk

Marc Gunther | Posted 03.26.2009 | Business


Marc Gunther

Here's one answer: Instead of motivating people or trying to coerce them, companies can inspire them.

Zelizer's Corner: Kim Phillips-Fein, Invisible Hands: The Making of the Conservative Movement From the New Deal to Reagan

Julian E. Zelizer | Posted 03.16.2009 | Business


Julian E. Zelizer

This book traces a network of wealthy business leaders who, starting in the 40s and on through the 80s, poured their funds and energy into making conservatism a viable and powerful political force.

GE Loses Top Credit Rating

AP | STEPHEN MANNING | Posted 03.12.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — General Electric Co. lost its top credit rating from Standard & Poor's on Thursday over concerns of rising loan losses and lower ea...

Bill O'Reilly May Have Driven GE Stock Price Down: Hollywood Reporter

Hollywood Reporter | Paul Bond | Posted 03.11.2009 | Media


Stock in General Electric, once one of the world's most respected companies, has suffered a historic 69% nose dive in the past six months that no one ...

Jason Linkins

Morning Joe Breaks Out Into General Electric Infomercial (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics


With General Electric's stock price hovering somewhere in the vicinity of seven and a half dollars, the possibility of the company becoming a fully-ow...

In a New Media World, the Best PR Is to Be Your Own Media

Jay Marose | Posted 03.09.2009 | Media


Jay Marose

For PR people, media conglomeration has only made the ability to garner press coverage of your product, be it a entertainment, consumer items or causes, based on its own merits more difficult.

Is the House of Cards that Jack Built Crumbling?

Charlie Cray | Posted 03.06.2009 | Business


Charlie Cray

It's no surprise that GE's stock slumped to $6.66 yesterday, causing the Post and the Times to lump them in with GM. That's what happens when compan...

GE Cuts Quarterly Dividend To 10 Cents A Share

AP | STEPHEN MANNING | Posted 02.27.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — For the first time since the Great Depression, General Electric Co. is cutting its quarterly dividend, a move that allows the strug...

Wall Street Gives Obama Thumbs Down

Dan Dorfman | Posted 02.03.2009 | Politics


Dan Dorfman

Europe, Japan and the United States are all in the midst of a recession and the world's fastest growing emerging markets, among them China and India, are slowing markedly.

GE Profit Falls 46%

AP | STEPHEN MANNING | Posted 01.23.2009 | Business


WASHINGTON — In a discouraging report for the American economy, General Electric Co. posted a 46 percent drop in fourth-quarter earnings on Frid...

"Most Admired Companies" Mostly Underperformed Market

247wallst.com | Posted 01.02.2009 | Business


At the top of the list is Apple (AAPL) which deserves some recognition for rebuilding itself with what many people believe is the best line of persona...

GE Inks Iraq Power Deal Worth Nearly $3 Billion

AP | ERNEST SCHEYDER | Posted 12.16.2008 | Business


NEW YORK — General Electric Co. said Tuesday it will sell power-generation equipment to Iraq in a nearly $3 billion deal designed to support the...

Jack Myers' Five Emerging Principles for Redefining Advertising and Marketing Effectiveness

Jack Myers | Posted 11.18.2008 | Business


Jack Myers

Marketers, agencies and media companies are struggling to come to grips with the economic downturn, but the economy is camouflaging their most compell...