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General Electric Company (GE). BY: Jaydeep Goyani. http://www.worthview.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Thomas-edison.jpg. Start of GE:. In 1890, Thomas Edison founded the Edison General Electric Company.
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General Electric Company (GE) BY: Jaydeep Goyani
http://www.worthview.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Thomas-edison.jpghttp://www.worthview.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Thomas-edison.jpg Start of GE: • In 1890, Thomas Edison founded the Edison General Electric Company. • During the same time Thomson-Houston Company, led by Charles A. Coffin, emerged as a competitor. http://www.investors.com/image/LS0121_ph110120_345.jpg.cms
Working • GE has 36,000 technicians working in R&D across the world: • New York, USA • Rio De Janeiro, Brazil • Munich, Germany • Bangalore, India • Shanghai, China
Product • Appliances • Aviation • Consumer electronics • Electrical distribution • Electric motors • Energy • Entertainment • Finance • Gas • Healthcare • Lighting • Locomotives • Oil • Software • Water • Weapons • Wind turbines
Stock • 52 week: • High: $23.75 • Low: $18.02
Video • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w0HnD8Oobg
Facts • 1896, GE was one of 12 companies listed on Dow Jones Industrial Average, but now it’s the only original company listed on the index. • GE sold its 49% stake in NBC Universal for $16.7 billion to Comcast. • With this money GE will buy back $10 billion worth of stock.