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WARRENDALE, Pa., Jan. 31, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SAE International announces its lineup of keynote speakers for the SAE 2012 World Congress and Exhibition, April 24-26, Cobo Center, Detroit. The SAE 2012 World Congress theme, "GetConnected," represents the new and diverse connections that will drive significant advancements in the auto industry of tomorrow. Not only does the theme symbolize literal connections, such as those between vehicles, infrastructure, the Internet and...

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- With a focus on the San Diego region's job growth, smarter technology development, solar energy storage integration and increased electric vehicle infrastructure and deployment, Smart City San Diego is delivering results. The collaborative is made up of City of San Diego, GE, UC San Diego, CleanTECH San Diego and San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E). It formed to leverage each entity's strengths to create and implement initiatives to...

Free “Diet Diary” app, available on iPhone, Google Chrome, and now Android, helps users reach weight goals with real-time tracking and synchronization. San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) January 23, 2012 MedHelp, the world’s largest health social network, provides a free weight loss solution available across the Chrome, iPhone and now the Android platforms. By giving people multiple entry points to enter their weight, exercise and food information, My Diet Diary allows users to monitor their...

Singapore, Jan 21, 2012 - (ACN Newswire) - GE Global Research, the central technology development arm for GE Healthcare and all of GE's businesses, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Singapore's Agency of Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR). This agreement will focus on advancing current medical imaging technologies and diagnostics to enable more accurate, earlier and faster clinical diagnoses of cancer and other diseases. The partnership between A*STAR and GE Global...

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Rentrak Corporation (NASDAQ: RENT) today announced the top ten DVD sales and rentals for the prior week based on estimated consumer spending. According to the company's Retail Essentials and Home Video Essentials tracking services, the top ten selling DVDs and the top ten most-rented motion pictures, per data collected for the week ending January 15, 2012 include: Rentrak Top 10 Selling DVDs* --------------------------- RANK...

BOSTON, Jan. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- With more than a half-million consumers already on board, a campaign petitioning the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to label genetically engineered (GE) food today launched the video "Labels Matter" to garner even more consumer awareness and participation. Encouraging consumers to fight to know what is in their food, the video is the result of collaboration between the Just Label It campaign (www.justlabelit.org) and filmmaker...

SOUTHFIELD, Mich., Jan. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- AIAG, a not-for-profit, member-supported organization that works with a wide range of manufacturing companies and service providers to help them operate at peak performance, announced that Robert L. Corcoran, the president and chairman of the GE Foundation, will give the keynote address at AIAG's two-day summit on corporate responsibility. The summit, to be held March 6-7 at the Michigan State University Management Education...

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- PEPCOM DIGITAL EXPERIENCE! AT CES- General Imaging (GIC), exclusive licensee of GE branded digital cameras, will showcase its new 2012 line on the eve of the Consumer Electronics Show at tonight's Pepcom Digital Experience event in Las Vegas. Underscoring its continuing commitment to deliver high-performance cameras that give consumers more features and value at unbeatable prices, the picture-perfect 2012 GE line offers consumers CMOS...

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Rentrak Corporation (NASDAQ: RENT) today announced the top ten DVD sales and rentals for the prior week based on estimated consumer spending. According to the company's Retail Essentials and Home Video Essentials tracking services, the top ten selling DVDs and the top ten most-rented motion pictures, per data collected for the week ending December 12, 2011 include: Rentrak Top 10 Selling DVDs* RANK TITLE...

More Than 60 Florida Businesses to Attend MELBOURNE, Fla., Dec. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than 60 businesses throughout Florida are participating in GE's Small Business Supplier Symposium today in Melbourne. GE Aviation is hosting the symposium to build relationships with Florida's aerospace suppliers, creating significant business opportunities across the state. State Senator Thad Altman and Brevard County Commissioner Andy Anderson will join GE Aviation and the...