Tag: General Electric

• Thursday, July 5th 2018 - 08:35 UTC

  Brazil Investigation into medical equipment fraud; top GE official arrested

  

  Brazilian police arrested a senior General Electric Co executive on Wednesday, as part of a sprawling investigation into fraud in medical equipment tenders overseen by health authorities in the state of Rio de Janeiro, police and prosecutors said.

• Wednesday, June 20th 2018 - 08:37 UTC

  General Electric loses its place in the Dow Jones average after more than 100 years

  

  General Electric is losing its place on the Dow Jones Industrial Average after more than 100 years in a move that reflects a fall in the firm's fortunes and changes to the US economy. Walgreens Boots Alliance is to take its spot on the financial index, which tracks shares of 30 companies deemed representative of the US economy. The change takes effect on 26 June.

• Tuesday, September 20th 2016 - 12:54 UTC

  General Electric pledges US$ 10bn in Argentina over the next decade

  

  U.S. industrial conglomerate General Electric will invest US$10 billion in Argentina over the next decade, vice chairman John Rice said on Monday, the latest foreign company to announce new plans since President Mauricio Macri took office.

• Monday, June 23rd 2014 - 07:29 UTC

  French energy 'jewel' Alstom taken over by General Electric

  

  The board of directors of French power-to-rail group Alstom unanimously approved US conglomerate General Electric's 12.35 billion Euro bid to acquire its energy business.