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.

Vocabulary:

1.  Conglomerate

2.  Unifying

Reading Comprehension:

1.  What helped GE grow into a large business?

Exercise:  Put the following words in grammatical sequence.

The General Electric Company, or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate.usually in top is listed the Itthree largest companies in the world. The company was started by the inventor Thomas Edison in 1890.

Exercise:  Fill in the blank using the correct verb.

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

Exercise:  Review GE stock.

http://www.ge.com/investor-relations/stock-information

1.  How much is GE stock worth?

2.  What is GE's 52 week high?

3.  What is GE's 52 week low?

4.  How many share of GE are there?

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