
Tokyo: General Electric Co, which helped build the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant damaged by Japan's earthquake and tsunami, will help the plant's operator supply electricity in the coming summer when power demand soars. GE chief executive Jeff Immelt, on a visit to Japan, met with officials at Tokyo Electric Power Co Ltd about the crippled Fukushima plant, site of the world's worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. "Immelt said GE...

07:09 PM, Apr 03, 2011

New Delhi: General Electric Co Chief Executive Jeff Immelt on Monday said it was too early to know what impact the nuclear power crisis in Japan would have on the nuclear power industry. Engineers in Japan were scrambling to head off a nuclear catastrophe after Friday's devastating earthquake, with officials saying on Sunday that three damaged nuclear reactors north of Tokyo were at risk of overheating. "It's early days. Let...

02:13 PM, Mar 14, 2011

Washington: Corporate America wants Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee to give positive indications on raising the FDI cap in insurance sector and opening multi-brand retailing during presentation of budget. In their wish list to Mukherjee, as he prepares to present his annual budget in less than 10 days, the US business houses have sought increasing FDI cap in insurance sector to 49 percent, besides reducing tariff in a whole range...

02:21 PM, Feb 19, 2011

GE always had its heart beating for India, but its strategy was blunted. ...

12:25 AM, Dec 18, 2009

US-India civil nuclear cooperation pact was agreed upon last year. ...

01:07 PM, Nov 09, 2009

Profit for the quarter ended September 30 rose to Rs 581 crore from Rs 409 crore a year ago. ...

10:58 AM, Oct 17, 2008

If the Airbus 380 is by far the biggest aircraft on earth, the GE 90 has the most powerful airplane engine. ...

07:31 PM, May 12, 2007

Though no Indian brand made it to the Brandz 2007 rankings, the Indian market is a hotbed of action. ...

04:58 PM, Apr 25, 2007