General Electric Company (GE)

BY: Jaydeep Goyani

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.

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Cleaner Environment

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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

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Stock 52 week:

High: $23.75 Low: $18.02

Video

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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.