General Electric

Comcast Denies Reports It's Buying NBC-Universal

Chris Dannen — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 22:51:20 -0400

Will the cast of 30 Rock soon be making fun of a new corporate overlord? M&A bankers for General Electric may have reached a deal Tuesday to sell NBC-Universal to Comcast, reports TheWrap. Both companies have denied any deal.

GE's Hybrid Water Heater Cuts Energy Use by Half

Clay Dillow — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:50:28 -0400

Global warming, meet hybrid heating. General Electric, working with Oak Ridge National Laboratories, has developed an electric household water heater that runs on half the electricity of standard water heaters sold today. The first-of-its-kind appliance meets stringent new Energy Star criteria designed to save Americans $780 million per year.

Core4 Promises Massive Cut in Data Center Energy Use

Ariel Schwartz — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:26:53 -0400

Data centers are the hidden energy vampires of the computer industry, using about 1.5% of all power in the United States. With energy consumption expected to double to 100 billion kilowatt hours (a $7.4 billion cost in energy bills), it's become increasingly important for data centers to cut power use whenever possible. That's where Core4 Systems, a Napa, California-based startup, comes in.

Special Libraries Association Conference 2009

Fast Company Calendar — Thu, 21 May 2009 12:05:40 -0400

Cara Schatz wants to make one thing clear: Members of the SLA are, in fact, special. "They work at huge companies, like McDonald's and General Electric, and they inform C-suite decisions," says Schatz, a conference organizer. "They need to know the latest, greatest ways to find information." Attendees this year will hear a keynote from Colin Powell, discuss buzzed-about tech innovations (Twitter), and unwind at themed mixers. Web-savvy librarians who know how to party? That really is special. --Dan Macsai

U.K Planning World's Largest Smart Meter Project

Ariel Schwartz — Mon, 11 May 2009 16:52:50 -0400

In what is purportedly the world's largest smart meter roll-out , the U.K announced a plan today to put a smart meter in every home by 2020. It won't be cheap. The replacement scheme is estimated to cost over $10 billion, and homeowners will bear the brunt of the cost. But the Energy Retail Association claims that the roll-out will be cost-neutral for customers due to savings on energy bills.

Send Your Troops Deep Into Enemy Territory - Valley Forge Fabrics Inspires Employee Ownership

Kaihan Krippendorff — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:30:43 -0500

As I continue my review of Valley Forge Fabrics, I see they draw upon another tactic used by leaders like Sun Tzu and Jack Welch, former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of

Meet America’s Top Guerilla Marketer

Rob Walker — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:00:06 -0400

Like everybody else in America, Sam Ewen gets sick of marketing. "I grew up in a household that was very critical of advertising," he says. This is interesting only because of who Ewen is. We're talking in the room where his 14-person company, Interference Inc., stores the props, costumes, and supplies used in its various street-theater promotional efforts. A table is strewn with garments to be used as part of a stunt in Times Square that Interference has devised for its client General Electric.