Quotations

«Looking into 2006, the current economic environment remains positive and is in line with our expectations.»

«I made a few tough calls in 2005 that may have had a short-term impact on the stock. The sale of Insurance Solutions for a loss is one of them. But I know you will be happy with these decisions over time.»

«I am so confident, in fact that I have asked the Compensation Committee of our board to pay my cash incentive bonus in GE performance shares for 2005.»

«Some people think that big companies can't grow. We use our size as a basis for growth. Globalization is an area where size is an immense advantage.»

«I think NBC is starting to turn. It's just a cycle we're going through.»

«We continue to see good fundamentals across the rest of our businesses, and our earnings guidance remains consistent with prior expectations,»

«We have estimated the losses at GE Insurance Solutions from the storm and its aftermath, and despite this impact, we are confident we will deliver on our commitment to shareholders and are reaffirming our earnings guidance for the third quarter and the year.»

«[One of the optimists is eco-designer Bill McDonough , whom we bumped into in Beijing, at the Fortune Global Forum this May. As chair of the China-U.S. Center for Sustainable Development, he believes China will be forced to become a leading incubator of environmental innovation simply because the in-country collision between people's needs and the ability of natural systems to support them is already so acute. As he notes,] The Chinese have to build new housing for 400 million people in 12 years. ... While Europe has been a driver for innovation in cleaner technologies, China promises to be its market.»

«GE has a rich heritage of providing customers with essential, inventive home products,»

«This reorganization will enable Lighting and Appliances to provide more cost-effective and pointed approaches to supporting all of our customers needs,»