GE CEO IMMELT
GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt talks with the press during a news conference in Beijing, China on Monday, May 29, 2006. GE marked 100 years doing business in China, signing a Memorandum of Understanding with China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) to expand cooperation in the development of advanced enviromental technologies that will support continued, sustainable growth in China over many decades. (UPI Photo/Stephen Shaver)
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BEIJING, May 26 (UPI) -- Vice Premier Li Keqiang, lauding China's current economic policies, says more multinational investments in the country would be welcome.
WASHINGTON, June 13 (UPI) -- NBC has confirmed Tim Russert, moderator of TV's "Meet the Press," died Friday in Washington of a coronary embolism at the age of 58.
FAIRFIELD, Conn., May 21 (UPI) -- General Electric Co. said Monday it agreed to sell its plastics division to Saudi Arabia's largest industrial company for $11.6 billion.
NEW YORK, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- After starts and stops over the last 30 years, alternative or renewable energy may have finally moved from a U.S. cottage industry to big business.
WASHINGTON, May 27 (UPI) -- "Green" is increasingly business -- good business -- around the globe. True, favorable regulatory and fiscal arrangements are still necessary to guarantee the v
WASHINGTON, May 11 (UPI) -- The U.S. decision to reject the Kyoto Protocol means companies doing business in the United States do not have to adhere to the stringent carbon emission reduct
FAIRFIELD, Conn., Dec. 10 (UPI) -- General Electric of Fairfield, Conn., raised its dividend Friday and announced plans to repurchase up to $15 billion of its common stock.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's visit to the United States may have been a diplomatic coup, but the jury is still out on whether he has been able to smooth economic ties, particularly trade relations, between the two countries.
FAIRFIELD, Conn., Jan. 17 (UPI) -- General Electric Co. said Friday its fourth-quarter net income dropped 21 percent after taking a large charge at its troubled reinsurance unit.
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