[BC] General Electric

[Ed Susterich]

GEICO is not part of GE, nor was it ever--  GEICO was originally Government
Employees Insurance COmpany,  later renamed GEICO.  It is now part
ofBerkshire Hathaway run by Warren Buffett.
GE did spin off some of their insurance business to what is now Genworth
(insurance and investments).
----- Original Message -----
From: "Glen Kippel" <glen.kippel at gmail.com>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 2:51 PM
Subject: Re: [BC] General Electric


> AFAIK, GE still makes locomotive engines.  And then, there is the General
> Electric Insurance Company, better known as GEICO.
>
> On 12/30/06, Mark Humphrey <mark3xy at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 12/29/06, PeterH5322 <peterh5322 at rattlebrain.com> wrote:
> >
> > > General Electric is the ONLY company which has ALWAYS been in the Dow
30
> > > Industrials for as long as that important business index has existed.
> > > Based upon that, General Electric is probably the most important
single
> > > company in this country's history.
> >
> > For those of you interested in GE's contributions to broadcast
> > technology, a DVD is now available, which discusses the history of
> > Electronics Park, the large plant along the Thruway (I-90) near
> > Syracuse where transmitters, audio consoles, radios, and TV sets were
> > made.  Info at:
> >
> > www.mmiclients.com/electronicspark/
> >
> > I recently contacted Steve Auyer, the GE retiree who narrated this
> > program, and he shared some nice photos of early GE FM gear which I
> > will post online soon.
> >
> > As some of you know, what remained of GE's broadcast equipment
> > business in the '60s was sold to Harris, and the consumer electronics
> > lines were also sold or moved to other plants.  The Electronics Park
> > facility was sold to Lockheed Martin, which still uses a couple of the
> > large buildings for radar systems manufacturing.
> >
> > Like RCA, the GE "brand" no longer has any material connection with
> > the real General Electric when applied to low-end consumer products
> > such as housewares.  Take a close look at the label on a modern-day
> > "GE" iron, coffemaker, blender, etc. and you see it's actually a
> > Wal-Mart POS made in China.   I find this a bit discomforting, but I
> > guess "that's progress".
> >
> > Mark
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