Talk:General Electric/Archive 1

message: most of the current text is blatantly copied from http://www.ge.com/en/company/companyinfo/at_a_glance/history_story.htm
- Alex.tan 17:22, 29 Jul 2003 (UTC)

message: "for the past 4 years has had the highest or second-highest income (loosely thought of as profit) of any company in the world." This is not true. - Jerryseinfeld 01:50, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Income 

message: I noticed that there is no mention of GE's weapons or defense division. I have been trying to figure out where this should go but I have been going in circles. According to the NY Times GE is "one of the nation's largest military contractors" (Pentagon Disciplines G.E. For Role in Bribe Scandal RICHARD W. STEVENSON June 3, 1992). Yet there is no mention of this anywhere on the main page. I looked under List of assets owned by General Electric but found no mention of their defense division. I looked around Wikipedia and found articles like M61 Vulcan which mentions General Electric Armament division which strangely enough links to the GE main page rather than a page on the Armament division, which itself is not listed under the List of Assets owned by GE. I looked further and found that the page on Martin Marietta mentions that GE sold their Aerospace division to Martin in 1993 but the link to GE Aerospace division is empty even though, according to Kathryn Mulvey Executive Director of Infact, GE was "the leader in 50 years of the production and promotion of nuclear weapons in all phases of that business –– from design in the Manhattan Project all the way through testing and delivery" through that division. (The Multinational Monitor July/August 2001 - VOLUME 22 - NUMBER 7&8). 
So my question is, even though GE one of the largest defense contractor, and even though they still produce weapons, why is there no mention of the GE division that does these things? I may be wrong and be completely overlooking something, and I am not trying to make GE look bad nor am I looking to put their weapons division on the front page. For historical accuracy I just want to know where I should put the page on GE's defense and armament division.Adhanali (talk) 01:10, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I came to the page hoping to read about their defense division and their role as a US defense contractor.  I was surprised to not find anything here about it.  I hope someone can piece together enough to put on the p.age  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 38.104.129.34 (talk) 01:47, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: GE doesn't have "defense division".  Defense products are produced under GE Infrastructure and GE Industrial divisions of the company.   Further, GE has undergone several reorganizations in recent decades.  The "armaments division" mentioned above could simply be a misnomer on the reporter's part, or a division that is now called something else.  ++Arx Fortis (talk) 19:23, 30 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Military contractor 

message: Why not? I thought this was exactly why we had categories. Whether GE is "an electronics company" is a separate issue... but certainly GE should be included in any category in which it is an important company. Shouldn't it? Dpbsmith (talk) 17:17, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Do you realize how many categories that would add? It is better to categorize each individual division, rather than the main company. And GE doesn't really manufacture electronics per se anymore, they have mostly sold off those groups, or they are just servile to an encompassing division. Just because you see General Electric-branded items in the store doesn't mean that they are produced by GE. It would be the same thing as saying that AT&T produces telephones, when they haven't for about a decade. —Joseph/N328KF (Talk) 18:40, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

text: It'd be a huge list. Anyhow, categorize the divisions, not the parent company. —Joseph/N328KF (Talk) 13:22, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  "In addition, we can't add a category for every industry GE is involved with." 

message: Thomas Edison has been nominated on WP:IDRIVE. Vote for this article and help improve it to featured status. --Fenice 14:02, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Improvement Drive 

message: Is GE Electric in Australia??  I haven't seen their products anywhere.  I can't believe such a huge company could not exist here. Davez621 10:16, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It's fair to say that GE is pretty much in every country, even if you don't see them under their own name. Anyhow, http://www.ge.com/au/. —Joseph/N328KF (Talk) 13:23, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Old post, I know, but GE has had a huge presence in Australia in personal finance. www.gemoney.com.au is one of their sites. Leading retailers like Harvey Norman use GE as their default customer finance provider, and GE's tv advertisements have been really hard to miss (they are really cheesy). The General Gmotion on GE's financing, afaik is that they are a rip off. JayKeaton (talk) 17:32, 5 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  GE Electric in Australia? 

message: Where is the source that GE's brand is the most recognized in the world? I don't doubt this, however, it does not take a neutral stance in its current status without sources. KansasCity 03:19, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Brand 

message: Should Ecomagination be added to this article? After all, GE's new direction to being "green" company is pretty significant move IMHO.
:Yes, I think its one of the biggest initiatives by GE right now, apart from NPS. It should be added... ramit 06:55, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, here are a few links: , , , . Most of these are from notable environment friendly third parties. Infact i tried to find criticism of the initiative, but could not find any. Its a fact that GE has pledged actual big money on this initiative. It will be great to hear the other side of the story from somebody who knows, though.. -- Lost 15:01, 26 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ecomagination? 

message: Following the link to the Dow Jones history shows that it is not among the 12 original members. jhhays
:I checked the link. It clearly mentions that besides General Electric, the other 11 members were... Maybe the edit was done after your remark ramit 07:57, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Original Dow member? 

message: The subsidiary page needs updation. GE is now divided in only six industries which are further divided in various product/ industry groups... ramit 06:55, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Ok... I have made the changes. The updated list of businesses is directly from the GE website. I have also give the link to that... ramit 07:54, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Subsidiary 

message: Doesn't any of the editors think that there should be a mention of GECIS or GENPACT in the article, Especially in the History section, when you have the GENWORTH spinoff list there. --202.63.114.107 10:28, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Since this article is not about Genpact, it's mention should come under history. See acquisitions below too. Same logic here too. Vivek 19:46, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  No mention of GECIS or GENPACT 

message: I know that many of the acquisitions that get listed here are large, but let's face it: GE is a huge and they acquire and divest a lot of companies. To list every single one would dominate this article. I think we need to exercise caution with regard to what we list. Perhaps the solution is to keep it to the most important ones (eg. RCA, Universal) and form a separate article with a timeline. —Joseph/N328KF (Talk) 14:03, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, I agree. With the number of acquisitions and divestments, it would make sense to have a separate article listing all with a timeline. This article should have only a passing mention of these. Lost 16:33, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Acquisitions 

message: Please see the discussion at Template talk:General Electric#All of GE media. —Joseph/N328KF (Talk) 12:41, 1 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Really ugly template 

message: Has GE's logo ever changed? I've seen relaly old logos exactly the same as they are now. Maybe someone can find some info on this.--Weatherman1126 (talk) 03:54, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: GE has changed its logos very often. Though it has always been a variant of the meatball. There is a link somewhere on the GE site giving all the logos chronologically. I will try to find it and place it here for you. -- Lost 03:59, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Update:Sorry couldnt find the evolution on the site. But I have definitely seen a ppt of it somewhere. Maybe you could try out www.gebrandcentral.com. But it needs a password which you can request if you have a genuine use -- Lost 04:25, 9 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Logo 

message: I find it amazing and sketchy that so many entries in Wikipedia offer a final "Controversy", "Disputed", "Discprepency" or "Critical Criticisms" heading under most categories.  While I understand the argument for not wanting to add all the companies that G.E. owns, I feel that as a matter of Wikipedia remaining a pure factual dictionary, refusing to atleast have some type of "disputed" entry about actual owned comapnies that show that this company is not just an "electric conglomerate", and steps into the realm of defense contractor makes me feel sad that Wikipedia is slowly becoming controlled by big business.  There have been many critics of G.E. and none are mentioned here, is that not a curious thing?  Even the most untaouchable entries that are turned into "log in to edit only" entries still have a counter point.  Is this not a fair comment?  Does G.E. pay a webmaster to specifically monitor their "wiki" page to keep it "clean"?  I guess we will see how long this stays up here... —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.18.173.42 (talk • contribs) 07:06, 30 August 2006  (UTC)
:My fellow editor, you seem to misunderstand the nature of this encyclopedia.  First of all, it is a wiki.  If you would like to, wikipedia:citing sources, add a criticisms section, you may go ahead and do so.  Secondly, we have a policy called Neutral Point of View.  Articles are not kept "clean;" they include whatever reasonable information our editors add to them. An editor in the employ of GE will not succeed for very long in biasing this article in favor of his or her company. Thirdly, There is no cabal. Picaroon9288•talk 02:54, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Controversy 

message: Does anybody know the real reason? 62.118.129.225 23:28, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Boeing has never favored one or another engine manufacturer, neither in its piston engine days, nor its jet engine days. Indeed, Boeing will deliver aircraft to purchasers with whatever engine they specify in the contract, provided that the engine fits the general requirements necessary to get the plane into the air. SSG Cornelius Seon (Retired) (talk) 07:36, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why did Boeing switch to GE/CFM from Pratt& Whitney? 

message: Hey what about New Zeland???? Is GE also there in New Zeland too???? If so can you give me the link would fine with it too. Thanks. Rencin Matthew.   rencin24 rencin24 06:06, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Here you are: http://www.ge.com/nz/ -- Lost(talk) 06:12, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  New Zeland??? 

message: Amazing how you omniscient Wikipedia people (individually!) have a comprehensive index on what's notable in every sector of the human experience. If you're a Wikipedia admin and you say it's not notable (i.e. you're ignorant to it) it must be crap! Who needs Wikipedia to enumerate the sum of all human knowledge when we could just ask the individual admins?
:How could you say a company founded by Thomas Edison, now with 330,000 employees worldwide isn't notable? Arx Fortis 04:38, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: So Wikipedians say: I am not intimately familiar with it, therefore it is not notable. The article on my company Chapter Zero was deleted with similar reasoning. I'm just trying to keep Wikipedia guideline enforcement consistent. If no one objects I'm going to mark this as AfD 68.38.196.212 08:39, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: This is a bad faith afd and I have reverted it. Please read WP:POINT — Lost(talk) 11:28, 11 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  AfD: Not notable 

message: What's with the analyst coverage section?  It makes no sense to have this in the article.  None of the analysts are linked to anything (internal or external).  The Yahoo link doesn't seem appropriate.  Should this section be removed?  ++ Arx Fortis 02:31, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. If there was some actual coverage, it would make sense. Right now it doesnt. — Lost(talk) 02:38, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Analyst Coverage 

message: On GE's website, Thomas Edison is listed as the company's sole founder. What do you know that GE doesn't?
Obadiaha 19:13, 3 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Old conversation, but I'll add Hogan, John (1986), A Spirit Capable: The Story of Commonwealth Edison, Mobium Press, . Pages 29-34 summarize the consolidation of Thomas A. Edison Company into Edison General Electric, thence (after Edison's departure) into General Electric Company. It is not very clear, though, since the focus at that point in the book is on Samuel Insull. Morrand (talk) 03:13, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  General Electric Founder 

message: The introduction incorrectly labels G.E. as the world's second largest company as ranked by Forbes Global. Forbes Global does not rank companies just based on their size but also on their assets, sales, profits and market capitalization. G.E. has a market capitalization of $370 billion USD which is larger than any other firm in the world. This makes it the largest company in the world based on market value. Forbes Global only lists the "leading companies" in the world which by its very nature is POV since it is Forbes' opinion. As such, I think the sentence should be deleted.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.112.123.80 (talk) 23:07, 23 February 2007
:Isn't GE the second largest company by market cap? ExxonMobil has overtaken them at over $400B.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.198.92.35 (talk) 08:12, 28 February 2007
The page now says third largest, which was true at 31/3/08, but has since been overtaken as per Reuters <http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKL0861910920080508?source=cmailer> I've added comment dating the comment to 31/3/08 as i dont think its worth updating its ranking whihc by its nature will float about all the time. I sugget this should be updated quarterly, or monthly at most 202.74.162.26 (talk) 08:26, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  2nd largest company 

message: I renamed the "Jeff Immelt" section--it seems to me that "CEO" as a section heading is more to the point in a GE entry. Cyrusc 19:24, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  CEO 

message: Moved link from main article. Does this satisfy WP:EL?
* "1000 Ways It Doesn't Work" Interactive art project imagining GE as an open system of infinite possibility
Ǣ0ƞS 20:19, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I'm re-removing the link.  The site is full of thinly veiled POV statements and implications and does not add to the encyclopedic nature of Wikipedia. ++Arx Fortis 04:12, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

text: Removing again.  A link to a site of a guy snorting cocaine and trying to give the company "presents" (such as a broken light bulb and toenail clippings in a jar) is hardly encylopedic and does not belong on the aritcle.  The link would be more appropriate for encyclopediadramatica.com.  ++Arx Fortis 21:56, 4 August 2007 (UTC)

text: This is a joke, right? Like Don Novello's The Lazlo Letters? I mean in the correspondence section Samwell Freeman (the creator of the site) asks questions of GE such as "Under the law, the General Electric Corporation, like all corporations, enjoys the same rights, privileges, and protections of an individual person. In the case of GE is this legal person a male or a female? And does it have a sexual orientation or preference? What about a favorite food?" and "Throughout its history, General Electric has maintained an average annual growth rate of 5%. After 126 years of growing do you think the corporation is tired?". It's like a goof. It's like Crank Yankers. It has no encyclopedic value that I can see. (Disclaimer: I have a relationship with GE Fanuc Automation, a subsidiary of GE, but I try to maintain a neutral POV.) --Ishi Gustaedr 14:37, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  It's not art...it's someone with a thinly disguised anti-GE agenda trying to get 15 minutes of fame.  Arx Fortis 17:44, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

text: Stop trolling and let it be.  It simply does not belong in this article.  The participant's illicit drug use and the general stupidity of the videos removes any objective, serious credibility from that site. ++Arx Fortis 19:02, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Additionally, WP:EL also states that "Links mainly intended to promote a website" should be avoided.  This is clearly the case here. ++Arx Fortis 19:06, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

text: Your opinion of the material does not determine its merit.  The material clearly is relevant and belongs in the article as many other contributors have noted.  Since the site has no advertisements and makes no money it is hard to understand how this link is promoting it. It seems you are the one who is trolling and ought to let it be.
AshevillePromise 19:44, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: "Your opinion of the material does not determine its merit."   But yours does?? .....also, "Many users"???  You mean you , Umpteee , 71.198.67.185 , and 24.186.187.91 ?  Odd how these "many users" all seem to edit primarly ONE article....this one....and with the minor exception of Umpteee, all started editing the same article in the same month and have the same opinion of the link being discussed.  ++Arx Fortis 05:21, 18 September 2007 (UTC)

text: It certainly does not. Don't add it again. (I've written more on the talk page of "Umpteee".) -- Hoary 05:18, 30 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  External link 

message: I propose to remove the  template. It clutters the page and NBC Universal is already mentioned as a subsidiary in the  template. It gets quite messy if all subsidiaries have a template in the parent company's article, particularly for large corporations. Ǣ0ƞS 08:18, 4 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Remove template 

message: *Why doesn't this article include GE's controversial business dealings with Iran that sends over $50 million dollars a year to Iran? 24.46.123.59 (talk) 03:04, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This is relevant: http://firedoglake.com/2009/08/04/keith-olbermann-gives-contradictory-statement-to-glenn-greenwald/ Look around for the background to this, there's lots more info and articles out there, ones that are more reliable I would say than that one, but I link to that one because it just happens to be the one I have open in a tab right now. 91.110.248.184 (talk) 19:14, 10 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  Although it is on topic, it doesn't exactly directly relate GE dealings with Iran but rather argumentation over the alleged dealings of Iran and GE.--@Discover10 00:21, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  GE and its Dealings with Iran 

message: Anyone interested in including a section in the article about what they actually do? D prime (talk) 23:38, 27 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  What They Do 

message: Anybody else notice that this article reads a lot like an advertisement?  Just glancing through the first few paragraphs:
"GE, which was a conglomerate long before the term was coined, is arguably the most successful organization of this type."
It was my understanding that encyclopedias dealt with facts, not points which could be argued.  Acknowledging it as "very successful" would be sufficient.
"In 1876, Ohio-born Thomas Edison opened a new laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. Out of the laboratory came arguably one of the most famous inventions of all—a practical incandescent electric lamp. By 1890, Edison had organized his various businesses into the Edison General Electric Company."
This reads like something that came right off GE's webpage (which I am not discounting).  Again, facts are needed here, not rhetoric.
155.8.89.2 (talk) 19:45, 5 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: In fact, it did come right off the web page:  .  I'll delete that right away--but don't have time to inspect carefully right now.Ccrrccrr (talk) 04:22, 6 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: As it says in the archive, there is no information given in the article about GE's military contracts, past or present. --IronMaidenRocks (talk) 23:21, 24 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neutrality in Article? 

message: I eliminated this sentence from the CEO chapter: 
"Currently Jeffrey Immelt is trying to clean up the financial mess left over from the Jack Welch era.  Because of the unbalanced ratios left by Mr. Welch, GE lost its AAA credit rating."
The reasons are obvious.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.84.168.194 (talk) 11:41, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  CEO 

message: Not a single word about labor-management relations or unions in the whole article? What bullshit.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.114.117.52 (talk) 02:58, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Labor relations 

message: Okay, I do believe that we should remove the "enhanced" and "famous" bits of the sentence as unsourced non-neutral statements, but the fact that G.E. has one of the oldest short domain names is most probably notable enough to be mentioned in the article. [|Retro00064|☎talk|✍contribs|] 01:43, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, for the sake of argument and starting from the original statement, removing what's not cited or is someone's personal opinion, we're left with "The value of the brand is enhanced by the ownership of the famous and very short GE.com domain name which was registered August 5, 1986, years before Internet became known to the public, a performance which places General Electric on Rank 3 of the VB.com Internet Hall of Fame.VB.com Internet Hall of Fame"  What remains looks like just plain WP:REFSPAM – an uninteresting factoid about when the domain was registered, then a  generous plug and link for vb.com.  Sorry, but it doesn't belong.  User:79.97.92.11 should be thanked for removing it, and any similar mentions of vb.com in Wikipedia should be removed as well.  --CliffC (talk) 02:48, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Okay, I agree. It is always good to start a discussion on a contested change, etc., so that you can get the input of others. Thanks! [|Retro00064|☎talk|✍contribs|] 03:11, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sentence on www.ge.com in the article 

message: Hi. I removed a mispelled template in a recent edit - I think the correct tempate should have been Template:NBC Universal - if this is a valid template please re-add.Sf5xeplus (talk) 12:11, 12 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  templates 

message: diff
==Controversy over media ownership==

Of the major corporations that dominate and control the American media landscape, the company, General Electric is one of the largest and most influential. In 2009 its revenue was as high as $157 billion, ranking it among the largest earning of the media owning companies.Ownership Chart: The Big Six  General Electric’s media-related holdings include networks such as: NBC, Telemundo, Universal Pictures, Focus Features, 26 television stations in the United States, and cable networks MSNBC, Bravo, and Sci Fi channel. In addition, it also owns 80 percent of NBC Universal.Think and Ask, 2004
General Electric has been the center of a great deal of controversy due to its massive ownership and control of media sources. General Electric has been considered by many to be by no means a hands off owner of NBC.Beder, Sharon   Its power of ownership has been evident through the censorship and control of information displayed by the media sources that it controls. For instance, NBC journalists have a record of not pointing out GE’s environmental record.  In addition, when a group named INFACT created commercials urging the boycott of GE products, the commercials were banned from being aired on NBC.  In 1990, NBC Nightly News ran a fourteen minute coverage over a three day span about a breast cancer detection machine produced by GE, without mentioning the fact that it was produced by NBC’s owners. Meanwhile, the device did not receive any coverage by any of the other major news networks.
General Electric has also come under criticism and controversy for its influence over other media sources that it does not own. It has been able to influence other media through its advertising and sponsorship.  It cutoff a multimillion dollar deal to fund Audubon TV specials when its special on logging and ranching encouraged a campaign threatening to boycott GE products.  In addition, PBS was a beneficiary of sponsorship by GE when it decided not to screen the Oscar winning documentary, Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons, and Our Environment. The reason that PBS gave for not airing the documentary was that it was financed by INFACT, which was boycotting GE.
General Electric also uses its media control to improve its environmental image. It spends millions of dollars on commercials and sponsorship on TV programs to ensure its environmentally friendly image.  In addition to commercials, it also uses its ability to censor media information. In 1995 GE was sued by the environmental group Ozone Action for advertising its refrigerators as “ozone safe,” when in reality they utilized ozone-depleting hydrochlorofluorocarbons.  GE has portrayed itself as an environmentally friendly company despite numerous occurrences that prove otherwise. Four of its factories are on the EPA’s list of most dangerous industrial sources of toxic air pollution. It has also been sued in several states for environmental destruction ranging from radioactive waste found in sewage to the dumping of PCB’s into rivers.  GE was also subject to one of the highest PCB fines ever and had its PCB handling license suspended due to “unreasonable risk to human health and environment.” Yet, despite all of these instances GE is still ranked as one of the top ten companies in Environmental Reputation, a rank that many have attributed to its media clout.Beder, Sharon
The issue here is that the entire section relies on a single source, yet makes claims such as has been considered by many. This topic way well be notable and need a section or article on it. But the section above is not suitable. Any enviromental problems might be better covered by concentrating on the facts, rather than an alledge attempt to censor media coverage. Thanks.83.100.225.131 (talk) 13:17, 9 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Section removal 

message: In March 2011, The New York Times reported that despite earning $14.2 billion in worldwide profits, including more than $5 billion from U.S. operations, General Electric did not owe taxes in 2010. General Electric had a tax benefit of $3.2 billion. This same article also pointed out that despite their continually diminishing tax liability since the 1990s, GE has laid off one-fifth of their American workers since 2002.[42]
This statement that GE owed no taxes in 2010 is misleading...perhaps correct to state they owed no US Federal level taxes...
65.90.67.4 (talk) 21:21, 4 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Recent Controversies section 

message: * Tea-Party Attacks Put GE on Defense by Kate Linebaugh October 10, 2011 in the Wall Street Journal
** (video) Tea-Party Attacks Put GE on Defense 10/10/2011 2:59:16 PM ... GE is struggling to fend off attacks from conservatives over its relationship with the Obama administration and ventures in China.  See Talk:Tea Party movement #Add Energy Policy section: Get the Energy Sector off the Dole and List of wind turbine manufacturers for example.
* At GE, Robo-Lawyers; Oil-and-Gas Unit Tests Online Resolution to Control Costs by Vanessa O'Connell October 10, 2011
99.190.85.209 (talk) 19:10, 11 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[WSJ]] resources 

message: In the 'Notable appearances in media' section, is the info about 30 Rock relevant?  I'm not a big follower of the show (seen a few here and there), so for anyone who does watch it a lot: Do they ever make any reference to GE?  If not, then it seems like a bit of a stretch to call that a notable appearance in the media. AdventurousSquirrel (talk) 23:45, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  30 rock 

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message: lets work on some new ones, eh?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.172.114.52 (talk) 18:24, 6 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  these pictures suck 

message: GM's involvement should be mentioned in the article, in history section, not only as a link below the article.
Nikolaneberemed (talk) 20:32, 11 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Phoebus cartel 

message: The section on mergers etc. is disorganized and repetitive.  In particular, the dealings with Comcast seem to be overly repeated again and again unnecessarily, making it repetitive. Kdammers (talk) 11:46, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Acquisitions and spin-offs etc. 

message: i dont know when it was founded, but my granddad, in about 1950, worked for General Electric, meaning that it was founded before 1998  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.18.92.151 (talk) 21:08, 27 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Founded 

message: This edit https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=General_Electric&diff=605904448&oldid=605903904
As it was the section was almost 100% "corporate promotion" and did not increase understanding in a neutral way. It was not written in a way appropiate for an encyclopedia and much of the content was not suitable.
Prof.Haddock (talk) 15:24, 26 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Remove "peacock" section

message: Wouldn't it be proper in the interest of neutrality to list the connections to both Weimar/Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia? 
No judgements needed (E.G., Soviet Russia being electrified by G.E. has no moral bearing).  
But it is part of GE's history and should be mentioned, also that GE's products were used on US and Russian soldiers in the war. 
Similar to how the article ignores much of Edison's founding involvement - General Electirc became General Electric AFTER it was Edison's General Electric (Per History channel documentary - I leave more thorough research to others. The documentary was on the "robber barons", not on G.E.)  Condier, though, that GE itself acknowledges that detail: http://www.ge.com/about-us/history/thomas-edison.
-Bill Cruice
(Minor legal note: It is IMPOSSIBLE to sign away your rights, esp. in perpetuity, so the acknowledgement below: "you irrevocably agree to release your contribution" - this is impossible. Otherwise, slave contracts would be legal...  Just run it by legal. It's the "irrevocably" part, I believe. Not likely to come up in court, but might as well note it.)  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.250.175.26 (talk) 13:51, 25 June 2014 (UTC)
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message: For reasons described at Talk:Pollution of the Hudson River#About this article I created the article Pollution of the Hudson River. I have deleted the content in this article which was covering this topic and replaced the content which was here with the lede of that pollution article and a link to the pollution article.
I propose that anyone with comments post them at that article, because multiple articles had been covering the topic of "pollution of the Hudson River", and I likewise have directed them all to that article. It is best to post there because this new pollution article affects several articles.  Blue Rasberry (talk) 16:16, 2 January 2015 (UTC)
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message: I italicized the index component links (Dow Jones, S&P). If that is not what you want, please remove it. Fairly OddParents Freak (Fairlyoddparents1234)   C 23:22, 14 February 2013 (UTC)
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message: I'm not sure if anyone else has noticed, but the "Lifetime award from United for a Fair Economy" seems horribly misleading to me. Instead of being a positive award, the actual award is for BAD work practices. The wording at the introduction obfuscates this idea.
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message: The opening should say "not to be confused with Edison Illuminating Company"  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edison_Illuminating_Company.
Because that company is often called Edison Electric Illuminating Company, which is too close to Edison Electric Company.Anorlunda (talk) 18:13, 14 August 2015 (UTC)
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message: http://legis.wisconsin.gov/assembly/97/allen/media/1139/statementgeclosing.pdf
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message: How does all this figure with Boston's aggressive work to mitigate expected sea level rise, as it has published it on the City of Boston website, under Greenovate Boston?Sea Level in Boston Harbor, City of Boston website, accessed 1/17/2016A Climate of Progress: City of Boston Climate Action Plan Update 2011, Update ReportClimate Ready Boston: Municipal Vulnerabilty to Climate Change
Recent data suggest that the rate of sea-level rise is increasing. Projections of sea-level rise for Boston range from 2 feet to as much as 6 feet by the end of the century, depending on how fast ice in Greenland and Antarctica melt.
Fairfield, Connecticut is vulnerable, but the Boston Seafront in South Boston is maximally vulnerable.General Electric's new Boston location wasn't always so hot, William J. Kole, Associated Press, Jan. 14, 2016, 2:35 PM, accessed 01/17/2016Rising water levels threaten Boston’s waterfront  Is General Electric managed by climate deniers?MaynardClark (talk) 04:51, 17 January 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: The end of the century is 84 years away, so there's no hurry. Many buildings don't last that long anyway. - BilCat (talk) 06:44, 17 January 2016 (UTC)

text: MaynardClark, please note that talk pages are not forums, and that your statements are actually off-topic. However, I judged your comments to be in good faith, especially as you have included sources, and of concern to people holding your views, and I responded in kind. If responding here, please focus on editing the article itself, rather than the topic of Climate Change and its effects on Boston Harbor. If GE is working with the City of Boston in some way to protect the Harbor as part of its HQ move, as revealed by any reliable published sources, then it's possible that such info could be included in the article. Thanks. - BilCat (talk) 19:30, 18 January 2016 (UTC)
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message: According to the GE fact sheet, the current headquarters is in Boston, not three cities, but just Boston.  Of course, GE hasn't relocated all its headquarters personnel to Boston (yet), but still the fact remains that the HQ address is only in Boston.
Now, if anyone wants to address nuances related to HQ personnel working in other cities during the transition, perhaps that can be done in a limited, well-sourced manner. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 21:52, 19 September 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: There is only one main headquarters, and on their fact sheet, it is shown as Boston.  We're not talking about where headquarters jobs are located but the official location of such.  If you can't trust GE's own fact sheet, what can you trust?  Also, it's bad form to revert against the strongest possible reliable source, and might be seen as disruptive in nature. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 18:11, 20 September 2016 (UTC)

text: OK, but can you trust the Crain's article you just posted?  It says (in July): "The company will declare Boston its official corporate home next month".  So, I say we not argue against two hard sources, OK? Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 18:22, 20 September 2016 (UTC)

text: Also, this article is about the company as a whole.  Division HQs are a different matter. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 18:24, 20 September 2016 (UTC)

text: Again, this article is about the whole, global company, and check out this article that includes this official tweet from GE: "Today GE’s Global Headquarters officially moved to Boston. We’re happy to be here!".  What don't you get about this? Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 18:33, 20 September 2016 (UTC)

text: Because my sources and the Crain's source you brought here make the single global headquarters for GE as a whole being in Boston rather obvious. At any rate, since I believe the content as currently presented is incorrect, we are going to have to push toward a solution one way or another.  And it doesn't have to be resolved today.  Will it be a third opinion or RfC? Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 19:02, 20 September 2016 (UTC)

text: We are talking about GE's global headquarters above everything else. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 19:23, 20 September 2016 (UTC)

text: My sources, two of which come directly from GE, are about as strong as it can get.  I find it interesting that you would argue against your own company's official tweet and their fact sheet. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 19:23, 20 September 2016 (UTC)

text: From a three-edit new account.  I think it's obvious that your characterization is not in good faith. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 19:23, 20 September 2016 (UTC)

text: Jenimcphersoncow, the only sources you've presented both state that GE is moving its corporate/global headquarters to Boston. Please stop edit warring or you risk being blocked. - BilCat (talk) 01:03, 22 September 2016 (UTC)

text: Please quote those passages stating that there are three global headquarters, because I'm not seeing them there. Both sources,  and , talk of moving the corporate/global headquarters to Boston. - BilCat (talk) 03:15, 22 September 2016 (UTC)

text: Even in the face of the hardest of reliable sources, this idea of "3 global headquarters" persists.  There is only one General Electric parent company, and that's what this article is about.  GE themselves have declared their HQ to be in Boston as of August 22.  Any edits against this fact is disruptive. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 09:38, 22 September 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: My gut instinct is that the root of this is some sort of internal GE politics between the divisions. Beyond that I haven't a clue. - BilCat (talk) 15:30, 22 September 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe there's a misunderstanding that GE's divisions and their separate headquarters are covered in subarticles. Another aspect is that headquarters jobs are not yet centralized at the official HQ site (Boston).  A possible compromise, unless anyone would detest the clutter, would be to show underneath the official overall headquarters where headquarters workers are currently located, followed by a list of division headquarters locations. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 13:49, 24 September 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I appreciate the desire to compromise. Perhaps the information on division HQs would be okay in the body of the article, but not in the infobox IMO. I think the infobox should just include the corporate headquarters in Boston. An article on an individual division can show that division's HQ, though. Thanks, Bahooka (talk) 13:56, 24 September 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I tend to agree with you, Bahooka.  I was about to add that I don't think there's any precedent that would back up the compromise I was describing but that such a compromise wouldn't be "wrong".  We tend to keep infoboxes uncomplicated and list a single headquarters location, like for Ford Motor Company or Yum! Brands.. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 13:59, 24 September 2016 (UTC)
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message: To follow up from previous discussion, yesterday I reported Jenimcphersoncow as a sockpuppet master of the sockpuppet Diamondscientist67, who brought in a false "second opinion" on this matter. 
Also, I have reverted back to the previous Boston HQ version of the article and added a second hard reliable source to back up the fact that GE's (top corporate) global headquarters is in Boston as of August 22.  Any changes against hard reliable sources is disruptive and unfair to readers, who expect to read well-sourced facts. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 15:28, 21 September 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Jenimcphersoncow, the only sources you've presented both state that GE is moving its corporate/global headquarters to Boston. Please stop edit warring or you risk being blocked. - BilCat (talk) 01:03, 22 September 2016 (UTC)

text: Please quote those passages stating that there are three global headquarters, because I'm not seeing them there. Both sources,  and , talk of moving the corporate/global headquarters to Boston. - BilCat (talk) 03:15, 22 September 2016 (UTC)

text: Even in the face of the hardest of reliable sources, this idea of "3 global headquarters" persists.  There is only one General Electric parent company, and that's what this article is about.  GE themselves have declared their HQ to be in Boston as of August 22.  Any edits against this fact is disruptive. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 09:38, 22 September 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: My gut instinct is that the root of this is some sort of internal GE politics between the divisions. Beyond that I haven't a clue. - BilCat (talk) 15:30, 22 September 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe there's a misunderstanding that GE's divisions and their separate headquarters are covered in subarticles. Another aspect is that headquarters jobs are not yet centralized at the official HQ site (Boston).  A possible compromise, unless anyone would detest the clutter, would be to show underneath the official overall headquarters where headquarters workers are currently located, followed by a list of division headquarters locations. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 13:49, 24 September 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I appreciate the desire to compromise. Perhaps the information on division HQs would be okay in the body of the article, but not in the infobox IMO. I think the infobox should just include the corporate headquarters in Boston. An article on an individual division can show that division's HQ, though. Thanks, Bahooka (talk) 13:56, 24 September 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I tend to agree with you, Bahooka.  I was about to add that I don't think there's any precedent that would back up the compromise I was describing but that such a compromise wouldn't be "wrong".  We tend to keep infoboxes uncomplicated and list a single headquarters location, like for Ford Motor Company or Yum! Brands.. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 13:59, 24 September 2016 (UTC)
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message: In subsidiaries list, GE Home and Business no longer exists.
Also, GE Lighting, GE Current, GE Energy Connections, GE Power, GE Renewable Energy and GE Digital are missing from the list.
Here are their URL's
GE Lighting
http://www.gelighting.com/LightingWeb/splash.jsp
GE Current
http://www.currentbyge.com/
GE Energy Connections
http://www.geenergyconnections.com/
GE Power
http://www.gepower.com/
GE Renewable Energy
https://www.gerenewableenergy.com/
GE Digital
http://www.ge.com/digital/
Also, in the redirect of subsidiaries list GE Energy no longer exists as that was broken up into what is now parts of GE Energy Connections, GE Power, GE Renewable Energy and GE Oil and Gas and the name for GE Energy management is now GE Energy Connections.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.225.34.109 (talk) 16:48, 17 October 2016 (UTC)
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message: If anyone can access it, there's an article in the IEEE Annals of the History of Computing (Volume: 17, Issue: 4, Winter 1995) called "The rise and fall of the General Electric Corporation computer department".  I have a strong hunch this will go far in backing up the content in the Computing section. Stevie is the man! Talk • Work 20:21, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
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message: Hello, I work for GE Renewable Energy. I'd like to add a link from the Subsidiaries section in the right hand column - 'GE Renewable Energy' is there as text, I'd like to get this changed to a link to the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GE_Renewable_Energy page, please.
Thanks
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replies: text: I added the links. --Ita140188 (talk) 03:18, 13 June 2018 (UTC)
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message: Updated CEO section under Corporate Affairs to reflect breaking news regarding Flannery’s replacement. Tatoranaki (talk) 12:04, 1 October 2018 (UTC)
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message: Does anyone know why this was included? If not, we should remove.
--Deus Et Machina (talk) 23:25, 12 November 2019 (UTC)
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message: A former division of GE. It contains very little information. This information is better managed at the main entry. In general, these divisions are little more than than the sums of their parts. At major companies like General Electric, we do best to actually create articles for daughter companies, while skipping the (fluid; in this particular case already dissolved) intermediate level. BTW GE Industrial was created by someone who briefly engaged in the business structure of GE and nothing else. gidonb (talk) 02:57, 5 January 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: Support the merge; seems like a no-brainer. I can assist in merging if required. GoodCrossing (talk) 14:11, 28 May 2020 (UTC)

text: Support this merge, it makes complete sense. Usernameisentered (talk) 15:30, 29 May 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merge of [[:GE Industrial]] into [[:General Electric]]  

message: Hello fellow Wikipedians. Full disclosure, I work for TaxWatch.
In August 2020, we published an article on GE, explaining why the UK's HMRC is accusing GE of fraud.
The Financial Times also did a long piece on the case here.
GE stands accused of taking a loan of $4.9 billion Australian dollars, moving it from the US, to Luxembourg, to the UK, to Australia, and back to the US again, creating something known as a "triple dip" tax advantage. This tax advantage is worth $1bn (USD), which is cited in GE's 2019 10-k.
HMRC accuse GE of misleading them in discussions around this tax advantage, and omitting notes from a meeting.
I believe a section should be added to the 'fraud' part of the GE Wiki, however, given my conflict of interest, I believe someone else should write it.
Happy to answer any questions on the report.
Thanks, --Alex0190 (talk) 10:18, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fraud Allegations - UK investigation 

message: The section on computing is a bit spare.  See http://www.dvorak.org/blog/ibm-and-the-seven-dwarfs-dwarf-five-ge/ Kdammers (talk) 03:28, 9 August 2020 (UTC)
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message: Deal finalised - see Alstom
GE Power and Water merged with acquisition to form new division GE Power. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Xiiophen (talk • contribs) 15:00, 2 November 2015 (UTC)
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message: It' would be useful to reference "King of the Seven Dwarves" By Homer Oldfield...
It's a great history of GE's computer division  
https://www.amazon.com/King-7-Dwarfs-Homer-Oldfield/dp/0818673834/ref=la_B001KHVSFI_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1479488484&sr=1-1
Having worked at Honeywell's Computer Division, we had a few old timers who were leftovers from GE. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Patbahn (talk • contribs) 17:02, 18 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  king of the Seven Dwarves 

message: A sentence in the first paragraph reads: "In 2011, GE ranked among the Fortune 20 as the 14th most profitable company, but later very severely underperformed the market (by about 75%) as its profitability collapsed."  Sounds kinda wonky and imprecise.  Any help rewording this would be appreciated. Magnolia677 (talk) 14:41, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Awkward