Turkey will be connected to European electricity networks via U.S. firm General Electric's "smart grid technology." According to GE, the system will be running this month.

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It takes much time to extract crude from a thick peanut-butter-like substance called oil sands, is expensive uses excessive amounts of water and emits large sum of CO2.Oil sands with naturally occurring rocks called zeolites is being identified by the University of Alberta are taken on by General Electric Global Research, Niskayuna, N.Y.GE ...

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Citing unidentified official sources, the newspaper said agreements with the two US-based firms were being firmed up ahead of president Barack Obama's scheduled visit to India in November. www.dnaindia.com | 9/2/10 4:33 AM

BOSTON - General Electric Co. could spend up to US$30-billion on acquisitions over the next two to three years while continuing to raise its dividend and buy back shares, a top official said Wednesday... story.venezuelastar.com | 9/1/10 7:40 PM

U.S. Commerce Department said on Wednesday that it will lead an historic trade mission to Iraq in October, the first since the end of the U.S. combat mission in Iraq. Francisco Snchez, under secretary of Commerce for International Trade, will lead the mission, which will be joined by representatives from 15 U.S. companies including Boeing and General Electric, the Commerce said in a statement. The announcement came one day after U.S. President Barack Obama formally announced the end of com ... english.people.com.cn | 9/1/10 1:48 PM

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Tom Quinn isn't the kind of entrepreneur who needs help getting his ideas in front of the right people. He's a former president of networking software maker Novell, and he invented the motion-controller technology behind Nintendo's Wii while running a company called Gyration, where he raised $40 million in venture capital. So why is he pitching his latest idea -- a portable system to convert food scraps and other waste into ethanol -- on a Web site frequented by basement tinkerers and dorm-room startups?

Quinn's E-Fuel is among more than 1,000 companies, inventors, and students vying for funding in a General Electric contest called the ecomagination Challenge. A half-dozen winners will get cash prizes of up to $100,000. More significantly, GE and four venture capital firms plan to invest $200 million in the best clean-technology ideas entered in the contest.

A partnership with GE could give a big boost to E-Fuel, which now has 25 employees and has sold 50 of its biofuel systems. (They retail for $10,000, though a 50 percent federal tax credit can cut the cost in half.) Quinn says GE could manufacture the machines at lower cost and deploy its army of salespeople to get E-Fuel's products to customers worldwide. "I think we'd be a multibillion-dollar company," Quinn says. "And I'm a guy that's created multibillion-dollar companies."

GE's contest is one of at least a dozen similar programs sponsored by corporations casting a wider net for new business ideas, in the process creating opportunities for entrepreneurs. Such contests have "just exploded," says Jay Rao, a professor of innovation at Babson College in Wellesley, Mass. Cisco Systems, Netflix, and PepsiCo have launched competitions to incorporate outside ideas into their businesses, offering winners cash prizes or partnership opportunities. Procter & Gamble, Starbucks, Dell, and others have pages on their Web sites...

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The wind always seems to blow on the Snake River plain, keeping this high-desert landscape of sage, potatoes and sugarbeet plants forever in motion. Still, General Electric Co. executives said the ... story.venezuelastar.com | 8/28/10 5:00 PM

Editor's note: The following guest post is by Ashkan Karbasfrooshan, the CEO of WatchMojo, a producer and distributor of premium video content. Last week, Erick posted an article on TechCrunch titled “Industry Insiders Say Online Video Advertising Is Reaching A ‘Frenzy Point.'" It was a surefire way to get online video entrepreneurs excited, right? Not so fast. The article quoted two CEOs of large online video businesses—namely Keith Richman of Break Media and Jason Glickman of Tremor Media—whose basic argument was as follows: It very well may just be the big ad networks and properties like Hulu that are seeing the vast majority of new ad dollars. While one might think that the top 10 firms in a given industry will prevail, it’s important to think of legendary General Electric CEO Jack Welch's rule that a company should be either No. 1 or No. 2 in a particular industry, or else leave it completely. Online video frequently draws comparisons to search, which today has become a two-horse race between Google and Microsoft. Considering that the high-profile and defunct Veoh was a perennial top-10 competitor in video, one wonders: is anything other than No. 1 or No. 2 in video really a winning a strategy? techcrunch.com | 8/28/10 12:00 PM

XDSL ) today announced that it has noted, with enthusiasm, the recent announcement by General Electric that as part of its push into high-tech products that it will explore hydrophobic nano-engineered... story.venezuelastar.com | 8/27/10 9:57 PM

General Electric Co. (GE) to increase its stake in the bank to more than 75% by 2012 despite recent financial asset sales by GE, the bank's chief executive, story.venezuelastar.com | 8/27/10 6:03 PM

General Electric Co. (GE) to increase its stake in the bank to more than 75% by 2012 despite recent financial asset sales by GE, the bank's chief executive, story.venezuelastar.com | 8/27/10 6:03 PM

General Electric Co. (GE) to increase its stake in the bank to more than 75% by 2012 despite recent financial asset sales by GE, the bank's chief executive, story.venezuelastar.com | 8/27/10 6:03 PM

General Electric and Hitachi are making a fresh push to win nuclear plant contracts, adding five new joint sales offices this year as competition to build new reactors intensifies. online.wsj.com | 8/26/10 7:02 AM

In an effort to push the limits of home energy efficiency, General Electric is partnering with the U.S. Department of Energy on a $5 million project to connect homes in the Western U.S. to its energy management system, LED lights, appliances and solar panels. The purpose of the project is to research home energy efficiency and test new tracking systems. GE thinks participants will be able to save 70% on their electricity bills: 30% by monitoring and adjusting their energy usage, and 40% by installing solar panels. An average home in the U.S. pays $1,240 a year for its electricity, and GE believes the program could cut this sum by $850. Normally, these types of green energy upgrades take a number of years to pay for themselves. techcrunch.com | 8/24/10 9:15 PM

Silicon Valley’s vitality depends on a constant influx of bright people who challenge its inhabitants to work harder and think smarter. And, as I noted in my last post , America’s economy depends on startups to create jobs and innovation. Skilled immigrants have provided both. So, given the miserable state of the economy, we should be laying out the welcome mat for the world’s best and brightest.  Yet they’re doing the exact opposite. Meanwhile other countries have figured out the secret of the Valley’s success and are laying out their red carpets and welcome mats, not only for the foreign skilled workers we’re turning away but also for our techies. Fifty-two percent of Silicon Valley’s startups from 1995 to 2005 were founded by foreign-born workers. And in 2006, 26% of America’s global patents —including 40% of those filed by the U.S. government, 72% of Qualcomm's, 65% of Merck & Co.'s, and 64% of General Electric's—were invented wholly or partly by foreign nationals residing in the U.S. You would think that we would develop policies to bring in more of these people. Yet, sadly, the only immigration legislation our political leaders have been able to agree on, unanimously, is to hire 1000 more border-patrol agents and to fly drones on the Mexico border—like the ones we use to kill terrorists in Pakistan—to keep the nannies, gardeners, and farm workers out. Ironically, to pay for all this, the new border-security law levies taxes on companies that the bill’s sponsor, Senator Schumer (D-NY), calls “chop shops”—because they bring in tech workers who compete with Americans and supposedly “take their jobs away”. These “chop shops” are Indian companies such as Infosys, Tata Consulting Services, and Wipro—which have the best employee-training and -development programs, and are amongst the best-managed companies, in the world. They compete head to head with American “chop shops” such as IBM Global Services and Accenture, and increasingly with management consultants such as McKinsey & Co and The Boston Consulting Group. (In the U.S., the term "chop shop" is typically used to describe an illegal business which disassembles stolen cars for selling off the parts.) techcrunch.com | 8/21/10 2:00 PM

Channel News Asia: Iran to launch first nuclear plant after decades of delay
‘TEHRAN: After decades of delay and sanctions, Iran will launch on Saturday its Russian-built first nuclear power plant in the face of Western suspicion that its atomic programme has a covert military agenda. Iran's nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi said last week that "on August 21, the Russia-supplied fuel will be transferred inside the building in which the engine" of the Bushehr power station in southern Iran is located. Salehi said the fuel transfer would be completed by September 5 and two weeks later the reactor would reach 50 per cent of its power-generating capacity, allowing it to be linked to the national grid. "It will take six to seven months to reach the maximum power level of the plant," he added. The much-anticipated launch of the more than one-billion-dollar Bushehr plant comes despite Moscow hardening its position on Iran's nuclear programme by backing a fourth round of UN sanctions against Tehran on June 9. Iran is under sanctions because of its uranium enrichment programme which the West believes is aimed at making nuclear weapons, a charge Tehran strongly denies. Iran said it is enriching uranium to power nuclear reactors which will eventually generate electricity of around 20,000 megawatts.’

Deccan Chronical: Changes in nuke bill will push trade with US firms
‘Major changes on the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage (CLND) Bill 2010 including trebling compensation and the extension of liability to private firms should see the opening up of Indian $150 billion nuclear power market as also pave the way for an early enactment in both Houses of Parliament. The parliamentary panel has suggested that compensation be raided to Rs 1,500 crore which is still much less than what an operator would be liable to pay in the United States. Nevertheless, if passed by Parliament, the CLND will ensure that nuclear companies including the US conglomerates such as General Electric and Westinghouse Electric can tap India’s nuclear power market. These private companies had been demanding clarity on the entire on the accident compensation before making their debut. Indian companies including Tata Power, L&T, GMR and Jindal were keen to be given a share of the nuclear power market. However, they have been excluded but will be allowed to operate as minority partners of the National Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL). For the present, preference will be given to state — run companies including the National Thermal Power Corporation and Indian Oil Corporation to enter into joint venture agreements with the NPCIL.’

The Sun: Geigered tour
‘WALKING through the abandoned town of Pripyat, which crouches in the shadow of the doomed Chernobyl power station, silence hangs heavy in the air. Even the summer breeze is unable to coax a whisper from the trees and overgrowth which choke the desolate streets. Nothing stirs in the north Ukrainian town - no sound of traffic, no children laughing, no human voices. No life. This is where, on April 26, 1986, time stood still, frozen by the explosion at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant which forced 52,000 people in the town to flee for their lives. A further 54,000 from surrounding areas had to be bussed to safety in the following days. Now, nearly 25 years on from the disaster, the scene of their anguish has become one of the strangest tourist destinations on the planet. A recent change in Ukraine's laws means guides with expert knowledge of the most contaminated spots can safely let human life back into Pripyat, if only for a couple of hours at a time. Forbes Magazine recently named Pripyat the most "exotic tourist destination in the world" and the cursed city now attracts more than 10,000 visitors a year.’

The Sun Times: Nuclear regulator accused of prejudice
‘A high-profile environmental group says Canada's nuclear regulator has "prejudiced" its public hearing by already concluding that Bruce Power's plan to ship steam generators through the Great Lakes doesn't pose a significant safety risk. Derek Stack, executive director of the Canadian-American group Great Lakes United, said the low-level radioactive waste shipments should be halted until the plan is subjected to full community consultation. "They're basically circumventing the regulatory framework for the shipment of nuclear waste," he said in an interview. Great Lakes United, a 25-year-old coalition of 150 environmental groups, has written a letter to American, Canadian and Aboriginal leaders, asking them to "use their authority to stop these shipments." The leaders include United States President Barack Obama, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Premier Dalton McGuinty and Quebec Premier Jean Charest. Letters were also sent to the Chiefs of Ontario office and the National Congress of American Indians. More than 60 non-governmental organizations have signed a petition to oppose the shipments.’

The Hindu: Work on 700 MWe nuclear reactors in Rajasthan to begin soon
'The ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of two indigenous nuclear power reactors of 700 MWe capacity each at Rawatbhatta in Rajasthan will take place in two to three weeks. This follows the clearance given to the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) on Wednesday by the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) for excavating the foundation for these two reactors, said Sudhinder Thakur, Executive Director, NPCIL. These pressurised heavy water reactors (PHWRs) will use natural uranium as fuel and heavy water as both moderator and coolant. The excavation of the
foundation for two PHWRs of 700 MWe each at Kakrapar in Gujarat was nearly complete and the NPCIL was awaiting permission for the first pour of the concrete, Mr. Thakur said. Four more 700 MWe reactors — two each at Kumharia
in Haryana and Bargi in Madhya Pradesh – would be built. The 700 MWe PHWRs are the largest reactors to be built by the NPCIL, which had earlier built two PHWRs of 540 MWe each at Tarapur in Maharashtra. There is a three-fold increase in power generation from five nuclear reactors — Rajasthan units 2, 3,4, 5 and 6 at Rawatbhatta — consequent to India receiving imported natural uranium fuel from Russia and France. “The first benefits of the Nuclear Suppliers Group to have international commerce with India have led to an improvement in nuclear power generation in Rajasthan,” the NPCIL Executive Director said.

Carnegie Endowment: Nuclear Suppliers Group and the IAEA Additional Protocol
‘Six years after talks began, the 46 countries that set rules for global nuclear trade have not been able to reach an agreement on proposed new guidelines governing the export of items used for sensitive nuclear fuel cycle activities—uranium enrichment and spent fuel reprocessing. At its annual plenary meeting in late June, the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) failed once again. This failure has led some senior officials in NSG states to reconsider the current guidelines, in part because a more ambitious project lies ahead. Countries want all members to agree that the Additional Protocol—a voluntary agreement giving the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) the right to inspect undeclared locations—should be a requirement for future trade of all nuclear materials, equipment, and technology. The NSG, however, sidelined talks on requiring the Additional Protocol for all nuclear trade until after completing negotiations on the enrichment and reprocessing guidelines. Without universal application of the Additional Protocol, the effectiveness of both the IAEA and the NSG in combating clandestine nuclear activities will be compromised. The lack of consensus on new enrichment and reprocessing guidelines is regrettable. But more problematic is a compromise reached during negotiations on these guidelines that, by exempting Argentina and Brazil, undermines the separate but important goal of establishing the Additional Protocol as the global standard on nonproliferation verification.’

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General Electric (GE) has announced an open innovation challenge that seeks breakthrough ideas to create smarter, cleaner, more efficient electric grids, and accelerate the adoption of smart grid technologies. allafrica.com | 8/18/10 9:17 AM

The suit seeks $3.7 million and the defendants include the driver, Tito Jose Feliciano, and his employer ; the City of Portland ; and Portland General Electric .

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　Hulu, the rapidly growing hub for online television and movies, is planning an initial public offering that could value the firm at more than $2 billion, the New York Times reported. 　　The company, which streams popular shows such as "Glee" and "Modern Family," is in talks with investment banks to go public as soon as this fall, people briefed on the matter told the newspaper. 　　General Electric affiliate NBC Universal owns a third of Hulu.com, the most popular US website for vi ... english.people.com.cn | 8/16/10 2:32 PM

General Electric Co affiliate NBC Universal owns a third of Hulu.com, the most popular US website for viewing television shows. Hulu also is owned by News Corp and Walt Disney Co. www.dnaindia.com | 8/16/10 8:18 AM

By MATTHEW STURDEVANT, msturdevant@courant.com , August 12, 2010 hc-butterfly-general-electric-0813-20100812 The tiny crevices of butterfly wings are the ideal design for nanotechnology that could make subway stations safer, according to scientists at Fairfield-based General Electric Co.

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The installation of what's being dubbed "North America's first public quick-charge station" is now complete at the parking garage of the World Trade Center building in downtown Portland, OR. The nation's first public charger is capable of taking most electric vehicles from zero to 80 percent charge in just 20 to 30 minutes.

The grand opening was lead by Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski, who's seen in the video below cautiously attaching the charging cable to the Nissan Leaf . As Engadget reports, use of the quick-charge station is free of charge, but entry into the public parking garage will set you back three dollars.

Follow the jump to read more about the nation's first public quick-charge station and don't forget to watch the Nissan Leaf as it inches its way in for an electron fill up. Hat tip to Raymond!

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Fighting to secure hundreds of jobs in Indiana and Cincinnati, Rolls-Royce and General Electric have taken their battle to Twitter, Facebook and newspapers to win Senate support for their F-35 jet fighter engine.

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NEC Corp announced Aug 6, 2010, that it will start testing a rapid charger for electric vehicles (EVs) in collaboration with Portland General Electric Co (PGE). techon.nikkeibp.co.jp | 8/9/10 2:16 AM

On December 3, 2009, the cable giant Comcast announced plans to buy NBC/Universal from General Electric in a $28 billion merger.

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Aug. 4 (Bloomberg) -- New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo unveiled an investigation of CareCredit, a division of General Electric Co.’s GE consumer finance unit, saying users of its health-ca... story.venezuelastar.com | 8/4/10 8:35 PM

SAN FRANCISCO -- New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday he is investigating predatory health care lenders, including a health credit card service offered by a General Electric Co. unit.... story.venezuelastar.com | 8/4/10 7:56 PM

Intel and General Electric plan to form a healthcare joint venture focused on so-called "telehealth" and independent living. www.eetimes.com | 8/2/10 11:25 PM

Louis Burns, vice president and general manager of Intel's Digital Health Group, and Omar Ishrak, senior vice president of GE and president and CEO of GE Healthcare Systems. story.venezuelastar.com | 8/2/10 7:48 PM

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General Electric may have a host of smart appliances in the works , but looks like one Indesit may beat it to the punch -- at least on the washing machine front. The Italian home appliance firm just unveiled a ZigBee-compatible washer at the Freescale Technology Forum in Florida this week, capable of communicating with the smart grid and then timing its loads according to variable electricity cost. We can't find a single detail beyond that, except that it uses one of Freescale's ZigBee radio chips, and that this particular washer appears to be destined for Indesit's Hotpoint-Ariston label with the company's Aqualtis auto-detergent dosage technology built right in. We can tell you're on the edge of your seat. No word on pricing or availability, and no, we don't know if it will tweet when your load is done . Press release after the break.

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July 28 (Bloomberg) -- Three former bankers with a General Electric Co. unit that sold investment contracts to state and local governments were indicted for conspiring to profit at taxpayers’ ex... story.venezuelastar.com | 7/28/10 4:52 AM

WASHINGTON — General Electric Co. will pay $23.4 million to settle federal charges that some of its subsidiaries paid illegal kickbacks to the Iraqi government in order to win contracts under a ... story.venezuelastar.com | 7/27/10 9:44 PM

General Electric is confident enough on the outlook to raise its dividend . Leave it to David Rosenberg, one of Bay Street’s well-known bears, to think otherwise. In his Monday note to clients, th... story.venezuelastar.com | 7/26/10 6:31 PM

THE dollar opened higher today as US corporate earnings and better-than-expected stress test results on European banks lifted investor sentiment on financial markets. story.venezuelastar.com | 7/25/10 10:33 PM

In this June 23, 2010 photo, a paddle boat is secured to a tree at Woods Pond in Lee, Mass. The picturesque pond, on the Housatonic River about eight miles downstream from the closed General Electric ... story.venezuelastar.com | 7/25/10 8:23 PM

General Electric delivered a shot of confidence to US investors when it raised its dividend on Friday, pushing the S&P 500 through the key 1,100 level. GE gained 3.3 per cent in high volume after... story.venezuelastar.com | 7/24/10 5:29 AM

bank stress tests and a dividend increase by US conglomerate General Electric.The rally capped a strong week in which all major stock indices surged more than 3 per cent.Most European stocks gained ea... story.venezuelastar.com | 7/23/10 11:54 PM

The latest second-quarter earnings reports also convinced investors that the economic recovery is proceeding. And so did announcements that General Electric is raising its dividend and reports that Fr... story.venezuelastar.com | 7/23/10 11:52 PM

The latest second-quarter earnings reports also convinced investors that the economic recovery is proceeding. And so did announcements that General Electric is raising its dividend and reports that Fr... story.venezuelastar.com | 7/23/10 11:51 PM

General Electric Co moved to raise its dividend by 20 percent on Friday, in a sign that the largest U.S. conglomerate has put the worst of the financial crisis behind it. economictimes.indiatimes.com | 7/23/10 11:13 PM

US conglomerate General Electric is raising its quarterly dividend by 20% because of its improving financial performance. www.bbc.co.uk | 7/23/10 10:35 PM

Emerging-market stocks fell for a third day as Bank of America Corp, Citigroup Inc and General Electric Co posted worse-than-estimated sales, fueling concern the global economic recovery will falter. The MSCI Emerging Markets Index slipped 0.8 percent to 941.44 as of 3:08 pm in Singapore, adding to a two-day, 1.3 percent retreat. Currencies also weakened, led by the South Korean won and Malaysia's ringgit. Samsung Electronics Co and Hon Hai Precision Industry Co led declines among export ... english.people.com.cn | 7/20/10 8:55 AM

FARNBOROUGH, England • Aircraft leasing firms made a major comeback on Monday, as industry veteran Steve Udvar-Hazy dropped US$4-billion on A320s and former arch-rivals at General Electric Co. doubl... story.venezuelastar.com | 7/19/10 9:52 PM

add to Business Exchange July 19 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks fell after revenue at Bank of America Corp., Citigroup Inc. and General Electric Co. missed analyst estimates and a gauge of U.S. consumer ... story.venezuelastar.com | 7/19/10 5:49 AM

FILE - In this photograph taken Oct. 14, 2009, the General Electric (GE) logo is shown on a microwave oven at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif. General Electric Co. posted its first quarterly profit g... story.venezuelastar.com | 7/17/10 4:15 PM

The U.S. dollar fell to a seven- month low against the Japanese yen on Friday as disappointed corporate earnings and weak consumer confidence put the dollar under selling pressure. General Electric Co, the largest U.S. conglomerate, and top U.S. financial groups Bank of America Corp and Citigroup Inc. all reported declines in quarterly revenues from the prior year. The University of Michigan's index of consumer sentiment fell to 66.5 in early July from 76, showing consumers were less optim ... english.people.com.cn | 7/17/10 7:50 AM

North American stock markets appear set to open lower after a batch of disappointing earnings reports out of the United States offset good news from General Electric and BP.

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