GE involvement in Australia dates back to 1902 when it installed one of its electric motors in Sydney to open the Pyrmont Bridge over Darling Harbour. Today GE Australia and New Zealand operates through several businesses servicing a vast array of diverse markets and customers. From jet engines to power generation, financial services to medical imaging to news and information, GE people worldwide are dedicated to turning imaginative ideas into leading products and services that help solve some of the world's toughest problems.
GE 3rd Quarter 2008 EarningsGE announced third quarter 2008 earnings from continuing operations of $4.5 billion, or $.45 per share, down 12% and 10%, respectively, from third quarter 2007, driven primarily by a decrease in financial services earnings. Ecomagination puts into practice GE’s belief that financial and environmental performance can work together. In fact, GE’s environmental technologies are helping solve some of the world’s toughest challenges as well as Australia and New Zealand's toughest challenges. From energy technologies such as clean coal, wind, solar and gas turbines, through to aircraft engines that are 15% more efficient -even the latest water reprocessing solutions, ecomagination technologies are helping make the world a better place. |

