October 25, 2012 EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio — October 25, 2012 — (NYSE:GE) — The magical experience of baseball played under the lights may have been most aptly described by James T. Golden, Jr., a Cincinnati Enquirer sports ...
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American manufacturing companies are marching on Moscow. At a time when tepid growth at home, a slowing Chinese economy and recession in much of Western Europe is dogging Corporate America, Russia is getting newfound attention as a growth ...
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Ikea announced earlier this month that it will switch to selling only LED bulbs and lamps by 2016, becoming the first U.S. home furnishing retailer to do so. The announcement is fitting, as LED lighting technology celebrates its 50th ...
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October marks the fiftieth anniversary of the invention of the LED (light-emitting diode) by General Electric's Nick Holonyak, father of the GaAsP visible LED. That decade-old innovation in the lab is finally about to seriously disrupt ...
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It didn't get much attention, but this week marked the 50th anniversary of the invention of the first visible light-emitting diode, or LED, a technology that is well on its way to transforming the lighting industry. It was on Oct. 9, ...
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Fifty years ago today, 33-year-old GE scientist Dr. Nick Holonyak, Jr., invented the first practical visible-spectrum light-emitting diode (LED), a device that GE colleagues at the time called "the magic one" because its light, unlike ...
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SSL industry celebrates 50th birthday of visible LED light 10 Oct 2012 LEDs are ubiquitous now, but fifty years and a few days ago they were completely unheard of until General Electric scientist Nick Holonyak Jr invented a visible red ...
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GE Lighting today announced John Strainic, a leader with a proven track record in lighting, will head the business's North America Consumer Lighting operation. In this newly created role, Strainic will be responsible for driving growth for ...
EAST CLEVELAND, Ohio — Oct. 8, 2012 — (NYSE:GE) —GE Lighting today announced John Strainic, a leader with a proven track record in lighting, will head the business's North America Consumer Lighting operation. In this ...
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Public Storage, the world's largest owner and operator of self-storage facilities, is expected to save up to $1.9 million in lighting costs annually after changing the way it illuminates its exterior signage. GE's LED sign lighting ...
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In what would be the state`s largest installation of LED street lighting,Xcel Energy wants to put up 529 of the energy-saving street lamps in West St.Paul,an experiment that could open the door to more cities making the switch--and possibly ...
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US Nuclear Regulatory Commission gives go-ahead for GE-Hitachi venture to build a first-of-a-kind facility. The General Electric/Hitachi venture Global Laser Enrichment(GLE)has received official assent to build what would become the ...
Equinix,the provider of network-neutral datacentres,is adding 4,000 square metres of datacentre space with an additional capacity for 1,400 cabinets at its London Slough LD5 International Business Exchange(IBX)datacentre. Equinix will ...
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Initial decision by Atomic Safety and Licensing Board clears way for construction of a uranium laser enrichment facility. The Atomic Safety and Licensing Board(ASLB)of the US ...
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Salesforce.com's CEO Marc Benioff(pictured)kicked off the firm's Dreamforce event with a keynote entitled"Business is Social".He drew on the experiences of high-profile customers and their thoughts on the importance of social in business. ...
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