1. General Electric Company (GE) BY: Jaydeep Goyani

2. 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.worthview.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Thomas-edison.jpg http://www.investors.com/image/LS0121_ph110120_345.jpg.cms

3. Cleaner Environment

4. 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

5. Product  Appliances  Aviation  Consumer electronics  Electrical distribution  Electric motors  Energy  Entertainment  Finance  Gas  Healthcare  Lighting  Locomotives  Oil  Software  Water  Weapons  Wind turbines

10. Stock  52 week:  High: $23.75  Low: $18.02

11. Video  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w0HnD8Oobg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w0HnD8Oobg

12. 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.