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...20th century, General Electric's incoming chief, Jeffrey Immelt, 45, doesn't seem at all fazed. "Believe it or not, I know, operationally, how to do this job," says the towering, outgoing Immelt. He knows how to do a lot of jobs, having spent almost 20 years at GE. Most recently he ran its medical-systems business. "It's not like I have to go up on the mountain for 40 days and come down with a bunch of stone tablets," Immelt says...
...their ancestors' graves and headed to Mombasa, where they heard that just maybe a medical clinic was needed. Today, they administer acupuncture to squirming Kenyan patients, and dry homemade noodles on a clothesline in their dining room. "We have created a little China in Mombasa," says Li's wife, Ge Yuehua, as she pushes pickled cucumbers onto my dinner plate...
...from New York asked for a meeting with Whitman, and though she ultimately sat down with them in July, she made them wait five months--not a good sign. Two weeks ago, EPA floated a proposal that would mandate dredging but scale down the scope of the work. For GE, which met with Whitman sometime before that, the plan was a valentine. "GE thought it had a deal," says an industry lobbyist...
...GE We bring goo things to life! Loses war with EPA; must clean up Hudson River sludge
...they're earning more. European sales of American-size refrigerators are growing 10% a year. And many are sold by U.S. firms. Says General Electric spokesman Terry Dunn: "Americans take big fridges for granted, but in Europe it's like owning a BMW or a Jag." Market research led GE to pitch its offerings to local tastes: stainless-steel finishes for the British and Dutch, warm colors for the Italians, artsy images for the French and Spanish...