NEW YORK, May 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) today announced that it will honor Jeffrey Immelt, Chairman and CEO of GE, and Samuel Palmisano, Chairman of

General Electric announced on Friday that it plans to open an "Advanced Manufacturing Technology and Software Center" in Michigan that would employ some 1,100 scientists, engineers and technologists over the next few years.

Sources close to General Electric Corp.

General Electric Co has made noteworthy cuts in its greenhouse gas emissions since 2005 and plans to invest $1.5 billion each year by 2010 to further reduce emissions, according to the conglomerate’s annual “Ecomagination” report.

Vice Premier Li Keqiang, lauding China's current economic policies, says more multinational investments in the country would be welcome. Receiving visiting General Electric Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jeff Immelt in Beijing, Li said, We continue our opening-up policy and oppose trade protectionism