世界名牌博览：美国通用电气公司（在线收听）

美国通用电气公司（General Electric Company，简称GE，创立于1892年，又称奇异公司，NYSE：GE），是世界上最大的提供技术和服务业务的跨国公司。GE是在公司多元化发展当中逐步成长为出色的跨国公司。目前，公司业务遍及世界上100多个国家，拥有员工315,000人。

The General Electric Company, or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate. It is usually listed in the top three largest companies in the world. The company was started by the inventor Thomas Edison in 1890. He originally called it Edison General Electric. A series of successful mergers made the company into an industry giant. It is involved in aviation, electronics, finance, healthcare, entertainment and more. It employs over 300,000 people and has yearly revenues in excess of $150 billion. Its current slogan is ‘Imagination at Work’. Its website says: “We consider our culture to be among our innovations. Over decades our leaders have built GE’s culture — a place for creating and bringing big ideas to life. Today, that culture is the unifying force for our many business units around the world.”