GE building on basics to expand health business
International medical equipment and solutions provider GE Healthcare, a subsidiary of General Electric co, plans to increase its sales in China's grassroots market to half of its business in the nation within five years, from less than 20 percent at present. Rachel Duan, president and chief executive officer of GE Healthcare China, said ...
APC expands grad program for skills shortage
American Power Conversion (APC) by Schneider Electric has expanded its TAFE graduate program, Encompass, to include skills the company has struggled to find during the ICT skills shortage.The program enables graduates to gain both external and internal on-the-job training in each stage of the data centre lifecycle, including planning, building and operations. it includes 13 ...
Egging Energy Efficiency for Profit – Express Healthcare
Egging Energy Efficiency for Profit Energy conservation in hospitals is important, not only for reducing carbon footprints, but also as a way to increase profitability. Michael Sullivan, Vice President-Healthcare Solutions, Schneider Electric, explains how, and details specific steps hospitals can take There is a growing need for Indian hospitals to make a more conscious effort ...
The Housing Bet Warren Buffett Wishes He Could Make
In the past few years Warren Buffett has faced some criticism for urging investors to follow his lead without acknowledging that his reputation and pocketbook allow him to cut far better deals than the average investor. from big-money investments in General Electric and Goldman Sachs Group in 2008 to Bank of America last summer, Buffett ...
Michells Instruments’ Intrinsically-Safe Dew-Point Transmitter Now Aids in Safe and Efficient Electric Power Generator Operation
The improved Easidew IS Dew-Point Transmitter now monitors moisture impurity in hydrogen, preventing downtime in electric power generation.Rowley, MA (PRWEB) March 29, 2012 Michell Instruments announces that their Easidew IS Dew-Point Transmitter can now help prevent internal corrosion of the hydrogen cooling loop in electric power generators. the Easidew IS can easily & safely ...
Repairing past neglect
The all-important lifecycle costs of equipment can be directly impacted by the amount of time and money a terminal is prepared to put aside for maintenance provision. But who does this work best - the terminal's own engineers or outside specialist contractors? It’s a debate that continues to rage in the industry. In France, the ...
High gas prices may be holding back the economy
Rising gas prices and uncertainty over demand have and are holding the economy down, author and former General Electric CEO Jack Welch told CNBC. Welch believed the economy was on the cusp of a strong comeback when GDP growth hit 3 percent. but high gas prices and hard to obtain credit have made it difficult ...
W.Va. delegation blasts EPA power plants proposal
CHARLESTON, W.Va. West Virginia's congressional delegation joined Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin on Wednesday in bashing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over a plan to limit heat-trapping pollution from new power plants, calling it a job-killer for the state and its coal industry. The rule announced Tuesday could either derail or jump-start plans for 15 new ...
Manjung 4 power plant to boost TNB Janamanjung revenue
MANJUNG: TNB Janamanjung Sdn Bhd expects revenue to hit RM4bil once the 1,000MW Manjung 4 coal-fired power plant is ready for commercialisation in the first quarter of 2015. “The first three Manjung power plants which are collectively running at full capacity at 2,100MW currently generate about RM3bil,” TNB Janamanjung chief operating officer/general manager Shamsul Ahmad ...
RSEB debt restructuring cleared, banks hopeful of replicating model across industry
"The restructuring exercise has got an in-principle approval from the finance ministry and will be completed soon," said a senior official of a state-run bank. RSEB has a total cash deficit in excess of Rs 8,500 crore and is one of the worst-performing state-run power utilities after the Tamil Nadu SEB. A consortium of ...