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Bringing Good Tax Schemes To Life

VikingSword — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 11:33:13 -0800

G.E.’s Strategies Let It Avoid Taxes Altogether. 'General Electric, the nation’s largest corporation, had a very good year in 2010. The company reported worldwide profits of $14.2 billion, and said $5.1 billion of the total came from its operations in the United States. Its American tax bill? None. In fact, G.E. claimed a tax benefit of $3.2 billion.' 'Its extraordinary success is based on an aggressive strategy that mixes fierce lobbying for tax breaks and innovative accounting that enables it to concentrate its profits offshore. G.E.’s giant tax department, led by a bow-tied former Treasury official named John Samuels, is often referred to as the world’s best tax law firm. Indeed, the company’s slogan “Imagination at Work” fits this department well. The team includes former officials not just from the Treasury, but also from the I.R.S. and virtually all the tax-writing committees in Congress.' '

The Hidden Beauty of Flight

bwg — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:33:09 -0800

Paths of Flight # 63 The number of airplanes filmed for this video. # 5k The number of airplanes in the sky every hour in the US. # 24 The number of hours spent filming airplanes for this video. # 50k The number of airplanes operating in the US skies every day. # 13 The number of flights we took to film airplanes. # 621 The number of people (in millions) that flew in airplanes in 2010. # 4 The number of security badges we wore. # 90% The percentage of US airspace covered by radar. # 1 The number of sea lions spotted while filming.

"A vicious little pup like you"

The Mouthchew — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:01:39 -0800

When "The Dark, Dark Hours" episode of General Electric Theater aired live from Hollywood on December 12, 1954, Ronald Reagan and James Dean were just two actors yet to find the roles that would define them. – The Atlantic has a six-minute video clip and some background.

Liberal media? Free press? Journalistic integrity? How quaint.

mek — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:40:04 -0800

The NYT reports that GE has brokered a deal between MSNBC and Fox News to "reconcile" Keith Olbermann and Bill O'Reilly, preventing further criticism of each other or GE. The deal went into effect June 1, the very same day Olbermann declared he was "quarantining" Fox, avoiding discussion of the channel in the future. Mr. Olbermann, who is on vacation, said by e-mail message, “I am party to no deal.” Glenn Greenwald breaks down the political consequences of the deal.

Open Rotor: Jet Engine with a Mohawk

...possums — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:18:37 -0800

Ultra-High Bypass (UHB) or "propfan" jet engines received attention in the late eighties as an economical and greener alternative to currrent GTF and ATF jet technologies. Adoption was partially prevented by industry fears that the external propellers would being seen as a step backwards. Evidently, General Electric and NASA are reinvesting in the technology.

It's Augment Your Reality Friday!

ericb — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:59:47 -0800

Hangin' with Mr. Cooper. Robert Cooper, creative director at 360° Digital Influence Ogilvy PR demonstrates GE’s Smart Grid Augmented Reality campaign "which consists of a website, a piece of paper, and blowing your mind all over your keyboard. (via The Daily What and Andrew Sullivan)

___ Days Without an Accident

Smart Dalek — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 05:46:53 -0800

Hochbetrieb [Nuts & Bolts] is a 2003 short from Germany that utilizes live actors and computer-generated effects in tribute to influences ranging from silent comedies to Charles Ebbetts' images of construction crews atop the GE Building, along with a cat & mouse cartoon from MGM guest-starring a baby and a Warner Brothers piece about an amphibian.

2008 Corporate bad

adamvasco — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 01:51:56 -0800

In the 20 years that we've published our annual list,

we've covered corporate villains, scoundrels, criminals and miscreants. We've reported on some really bad stuff - from Exxon's Valdez spill to Union Carbide and Dow's effort to avoid responsibility for the Bhopal disaster; from oil companies coddling dictators (including Chevron and CNPC, both profiled this year) to a bank (Riggs) providing financial services for Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet; from oil and auto companies threatening the future of the planet by blocking efforts to address climate change to duplicitous tobacco companies marketing cigarettes around the world by associating their product with images of freedom, sports, youthful energy and good health. But we've never had a year like 2008.

( via ). The people behind the facade. Only Dole does not list its management on its web page. AIG: Money for Nothing. Cargill: Food Profiteers. Chevron: "We can't let little countries screw around with big companies". Constellation Energy: Nuclear Operators. CNPC: Fueling Violence in Darfur. Dole: The Sour Taste of Pineapple. GE: Creative Accounting. Imperial Sugar: 13 Dead. Philip Morris International: Unshackled. Roche: Saving Lives is Not Our Business.

Grace Chang

carter — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 08:44:47 -0800

In the 1960s and 1970s Hong Kong had a thriving film industry, dominated by studios such as Cathay Stu dios. One of Cathay's most fabulous stars was Grace Chang (Ge Lan), referred to by some as the Marlene Dietrich of Hong Kong Chinese cinema. Her greatest hit was The Wild Wild Rose (Ye mei gui zhi lian), based on Bizet's Carmen. The showstopper is her version of Habanera (YT). Another popular film is Mambo Girl. Grace Change home page (in Chinese). More numbers on YouTube (descriptions sometimes uncertain due to my lack of Chinese): Wild Wild Rose (?) Mambo Girl Jajambo Jajambo (song and dance version) Flying Car Song ??? More YT clips of Hong Kong in the 50s and 60s I discovered this music after watching some Wong Kar Wai films a while back.

...GE had long done business with the bin Ladens. In a misguided attempt at corporate synergy, I called GE headquarters...

amberglow — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 13:31:03 -0800

"You Don't Understand Our Audience" --what John Hockenberry (formerly of NBC, now at MIT Media Lab) learned about network news--good guys and bad guys, the "emotional center", synergy, facts, and why fewer and fewer watch nowadays.

Conspiracy Theory Rock

riotgrrl69 — Sat, 12 Aug 2006 14:35:49 -0800

Media-opoly from Saturday Night Live's TV Funhouse skit created by Robert Smigel broadcast in 1998 on NBC, a subsidiary of GE. Not broadcast since, apparently.

Got To Investigate Silicones from GE

Pretty_Generic — Wed, 24 Aug 2005 10:41:36 -0800

silicones [ISO/IEC 10918-1:1994] [silicones silicones [ISO/IEC 11172-3:1993]]

Green makes green

blahblahblah — Tue, 10 May 2005 07:10:29 -0800

"We're at a tipping point where energy efficiency and emission reductions also equal profitability," The world's largest company announces a massive commitment to the environment. Though not everyone agrees, both consumers (as suggested by this modern-day protest song) and market conditions are making "greener" companies the winners, even in the largest industries. Is the market the solution to environmental problems?

GE

SandeepKrishnamurthy — Thu, 29 Apr 2004 07:42:21 -0800

Got GE? GE's new ads are great- esp. the piano with water drops. Any other Web ads impress you lately? I presume everybody remembers this thread.

ge imagination site

donkeysuck — Tue, 21 Jan 2003 15:15:22 -0800

is crayola doomed?

GE

riffola — Fri, 14 Sep 2001 12:48:51 -0800

GE pledges $10 million to a fund that will assist the families of the firefighters, police officers and emergency rescue personnel who perished while responding to the attack on the World Trade Center. Cisco Systems has made gifts to key relief and support organizations serving the New York City and Washington D.C. areas, including a $6 million donation. Microsoft is making a donation of $10 million in cash and technical services. Know of any other companies that are doing something similar?

hijinx — Thu, 25 Jan 2001 08:00:33 -0800

The year is 1995, and GE Information Services is looking to sell off its unprofitable online service GEnie. (Here is a rate sheet.) GEnie Lamp Apple II offers some thoughts on the sale, and here is a synopsis of the big online services after GEnie's demise (choice quotes abound!)

The _real_ next President is chosen

MattD — Mon, 27 Nov 2000 07:33:35 -0800

The _real_ next President is chosen ... well, of the Fortune 500, anyway. Today, Jack Welch tapped his successor as CEO of the worldest largest and most profitable public corporation, General Electric. As expected, he chose an executive in his early 40's which (with luck) will give GE another king with a 20+ year reign.