It’s a Wrap: GE, NBC Part Ways, Together They’ve Changed History
February 12, 2013
The sale of GE’s remaining stake in NBC Universal (NBCU) to Comcast today caps a historic, century-long…
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New Berlin Landmark: Reagan’s “Tear Down This Wall” Challenge to Gorbachev Cast in Bronze and Set in Stone
September 20, 2012
Making History: Andrew Littlefair (Trustee, Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation Board), Philip D. Murphy (US Ambassador to the…
Thomas Goes to Hollywood: There is Hardly an Industry that Thomas Edison Did Not Touch. New Book Gives Kids (and Adults) a Tour of His Genius
July 26, 2012
Where do tattoo needles come from? Once upon a time, there was a great inventor called the…
The Hush-Hush Boys: GE Engineer Speaks About a Top Secret Program that Launched the Jet Age in America
July 16, 2012
Jet travel is second nature to us, but not too long ago the Jet Age was a…
The Late Oscar Winner Ernest Borgnine Appeared on GE Theater
July 9, 2012
Oscar winner Ernest Borgnine, one of Hollywood’s best-known tough guy characters, died on Sunday. He was 95.…
Leaving on a Jet Train: How Don Wetzel Brought Train Travel into the Jet Age
June 21, 2012
In the summer of 1966, railroad engineer Don Wetzel bought a pair of GE jet engines from…
