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Ford, GE to produce 50,000 ventilators in 100 days; aim to build 30,000 per month thereafter
•Ford said the simplified ventilator design, which is licensed by GE Healthcare from Florida-based Airon Corp and has been cleared by the Food and Drug Administration, can meet the needs of most COVID-19 patients and relies on air pressure without the need for electricity.
Jack Welch, 'Manager of 20th Century' and ex-GE chief who earned moniker 'Neutron Jack' for ruthless expansion policy, dies at 84
•Jack Welch, who led General Electric through two decades of extraordinary corporate prosperity and became the most influential business manager of his generation, died Sunday at his home in New York City. He was 84
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire pledges to fight for plant where General Electric plans 1,044 job cuts
•French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Tuesday he would fight to save jobs at a General Electric Co (GE) factory in eastern France where more than 1,000 posts are threatened
London to New York in 90 minutes: In decade and a half, threat from hypersonic jets to become real
Bikram Vohra •Hermeus caused more of turbulence when it said it obtained seed capital and investments from the private sector to make a plane with a cruising speed of over 5000 kph
GE books more power plant orders, beats Mitsubishi, Siemens, sources say
•GE booked six orders for its advanced, HA-class turbines in the quarter, up from none a year ago
Google discloses that it spent $21.2 million on lobbying US government in 2018
•Facebook Inc disclosed that it also spent its most ever on US government lobbying in 2018, $12.62 million.
Vedanta wants US oil services companies to set up consortia to help develop 41 blocks in India
•Vedanta Chairman Anil Agarwal and Cairn Chief Executive Sudhir Mathur met with executives from 70 services companies this week in Houston
Vistara places orders for 19 Airbus and Boeing planes worth $3.1 billion as it embarks on ambitious expansion plans
•Vistara said it has agreed to place firm orders with Airbus for 13 aircraft from the A320 neo family and with Boeing for six 787-9 Dreamliner
General Electric loses spot in Dow Jones Industrial Average after more than a century, to be replaced by Walgreens
•A decade and a half ago General Electric was the world’s most valuable public company. But it foundered in several key industrial markets in recent years
Indian Army could soon get six AH-64E Apache attack helicopters as US approves sale in $930 million deal
•The United States government has approved a deal to sell the Indian military six AH-64E Apache attack helicopters for $930 million, the State Department said on Wednesday