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

Norman Horowitz | Posted 07.07.2009 | Media

Read More: General Electric, Time Warner, Wall Street Crisis, Fcc, Bank Bailout, Viacom, Cbs, Media News
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...

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EPA Attorneys Criticize Obama Nominee Moreno

ProPublica | Posted 07.07.2009 | Green

Read More: General Electric, Superfund Sites, President Obama, Justice Department, Ignacia Moreno, Environmental Protection Agency, Green News
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.

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GE To Build Michigan Manufacturing Research Center

Ap | Posted 06.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Michigan-Jobs, GE Michigan, GE Manufacturing, Michigan, Advanced Manufacturing and Software Technology Center, General Electric, Business News

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

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A Blue Night to Support Riverkeeper

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 06.13.2009 | New York

Read More: Empire Hotel, General Electric, Charity Organizations, Luigi Tadini, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Brian Wiley, Exxon Mobil, Waterkeeper Alliance, Riverkeeperorg, Donating to Charity, Hudson River, Green Living, Mta, New York City, Bobby Kennedy III, Water Pollution, Tap Water, Amanda Hearst, New-York-City-Tap-Water, New York, New York News
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.

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Jason Linkins

NYT's Sorkin Forced To Admit Successful Unionized Companies Exist

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.04.2009 | Media

Read More: General Electric, Joe Scarborough, Video, Employee Free Choice Act, Jack Welch, Jon Stewart, Morning Joe, Andrew Ross Sorkin, The Daily Show, Unions, Media News

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-...

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Why Cities and CEOs Can't Relax - Part 1

William S. Becker | Posted 06.02.2009 | Green

Read More: General Electric, Ge, Copenhagen 2009, Greenhouse Gases, World Investment Conference, Waxman-Markey, Mayor's Climate Protection Agreement, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Copenhagen, Green News
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.

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Welch Criticizes Obama On Chrysler Bankruptcy

bloomberg.com | Tom Moroney | Posted 05.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Chrysler Bankruptcy, General Electric, Chrysler, Jack Welch, Chrysler Bailout, United-Auto-Workers, Barack Obama, Union, Chrysler-Bondholders, Chrys Creditors, Business News

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

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Roger Penske - Saturn's savior?

Steve Parker | Posted 05.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Kurt Busch, Saab, General Electric, Porsche, Toyota, American Lemans Series, Nascar, Harvey Lamm, Cars, Fuji Heavy Industries, Super Bowl, Bloomfield Hills, Pontiac, Matsushita, General Motors, Norton Simon, Malcolm Bricklin, Saturn Vue, Formula 1, Roger Penske, Helio Castroneves, Detroit, Subaru, Ryan Briscoe, Plug-in Hybrids, Mooresville, Indycar, Detroit Diesel, Renault, Nissan, Penske Saturn, Penske Automotive Group, Penske, Business News
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...

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Reset: Making Sustainability the Centerpiece of Our Recovery

Daniel C. Esty | Posted 04.20.2009 | Green

Read More: General Electric, Sustainability, Earth Day 2009, Turner Report, Earth Day, Green News
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.

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NBC Universal Earnings Drop 45 Percent In Q1

AllThingsD | Peter Kafka | Posted 04.17.2009 | Media

Read More: General Electric, NBC Universal, Nbc, Ge, GE Earnings, NBC Universal Earnings, Media News

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...

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Citigroup, GE: Earnings Are Better Than Expected

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

Read More: General Electric, Ge, GE Earnings, Citigroup Earnings, Citigroup, Business News

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

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Leave Your Day Job!

Dr. Susan M. Guthrie | Posted 04.07.2009 | Living

Read More: General Electric, Personal Branding, Women's Self Esteem, Recession, Burger King, Stress, Jobs, Employment, Living News
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.

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When Money Doesn't Talk

Marc Gunther | Posted 03.26.2009 | Business

Read More: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Dov Seidman, Russ Roberts, Wikipedia, General Electric, Small Business, Ge, Proctor and Gambel, Careers, Herman Miller, Rsabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business Review, Southwest Airlines, Disney, Ups, Timberland, Google, Business News
Marc Gunther

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

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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

Read More: General Electric, Kim Phillips-Fein, Obama Donors, Lemuel Boulware, Political Fundraising, Invisible Hands, Barack Obama Donors, Business News
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.

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GE Loses Top Credit Rating

AP | STEPHEN MANNING | Posted 03.12.2009 | Business

Read More: GE Credit Rating, General Electric, Credit Rating, Standard, Business News

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

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

Hollywood Reporter | Paul Bond | Posted 03.11.2009 | Media

Read More: Bill O'Reilly GE Feud, GE Stock, General Electric, Bill O'Reilly GE, Ge, Bill O'Reilly, Media News

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 ...

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Jason Linkins

Morning Joe Breaks Out Into General Electric Infomercial (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: General Electric, Video, Joe Scarborough, Erin Burnett, Wall Street Crisis, Financial Crisis, Jack Welch, Mike Barnicle, Mnsbc, Politics News

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...

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

Jay Marose | Posted 03.09.2009 | Media

Read More: News Corp, General Electric, Time Warner, Yahoo, Perez Hilton, Burson-Marsteller, Public Relations, Disney, Mtv, Mark Penn, Media News
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.

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Is the House of Cards that Jack Built Crumbling?

Charlie Cray | Posted 03.06.2009 | Business

Read More: General Electric, Markets, Corporate America, Stocks, Bailouts, Business News
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...

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GE Cuts Quarterly Dividend To 10 Cents A Share

AP | STEPHEN MANNING | Posted 02.27.2009 | Business

Read More: GE Dividend, General Electric, Ge, Business News

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

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Wall Street Gives Obama Thumbs Down

Dan Dorfman | Posted 02.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: JP Morgan Chase, Manhattan, India, General Electric, Poverty, Aspen, Steve Forbes Housing Crisis, New York Real Estate, Economy, Stock Market, Economic Crisis, Real Estate, Palm Beach, Barack Obama, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Subprime Mortgages, Economic Stimulus Package, Dow Jones, Bailout, Wall Street, Stimulus Package, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Warren Buffett, Foreclosure, Economic Stimulus, Bonuses, Wall Street Bonuses, China, Politics News
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.

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GE Profit Falls 46%

AP | STEPHEN MANNING | Posted 01.23.2009 | Business

Read More: Ge, General Electric, Jeff Immelt, GE Profits, Business News

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

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"Most Admired Companies" Mostly Underperformed Market

247wallst.com | Posted 01.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Berkshire Hathaway, General Electric, Ge, Apple, Economy, Financial Crisis, Warren Buffett, Toyota, Admired Companies, Google, Business News

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...

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GE Inks Iraq Power Deal Worth Nearly $3 Billion

AP | ERNEST SCHEYDER | Posted 12.16.2008 | Business

Read More: General Electric, Foreign Affairs, Iraq, Ge, Business News

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...

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

Jack Myers | Posted 11.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Media Companies, Jack Myers, Marketing, General Electric, Media, Advertising, Ad Agencies, Business News
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...

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