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• GE credit rating cut is unlikely, analyst says
The analyst expects GE's portfolio to ultimately reflect a smaller contribution from financial services, the exit of its traditional industrial operations and a greater contribution from its infrastructure segment.
• Huge landowner gets a closed-door deal
Plum Creek's shift from logging to real estate reflects a broader shift in the Western economy, from one long grounded in the industrial-scale extraction of natural resources to one based on accommodating the new residents who have made the region ...
• Report: Biofuels blamed for food price crisis
Leaders of the G8 leading industrial countries meet next week in Japan, where they will discuss the food crisis and come under intense lobbying from campaigners calling for a moratorium on the use of plant-derived fuels.
• CDC fields the ‘No Go Team’
... got the task, it assigned it to a small group in the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, or NIOSH, in Morgantown, W.Va., which had previously been investigating farm accidents, construction accidents — even deaths by industrial ...
• Oil spikes to record above $117 a barrel
On Thursday, the Dow Jones industrial average fell nearly 360 points, and in afternoon trading Friday was down more than 100 points. “When money has nowhere to go, it is parked in commodities as it is one of the few investment instruments that ...

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» Arcelor - Steel producer with plants in Europe and Latin America.
» GE Fanuc Automation Europe S.A. - Supplier of factory automation controls. Products and services include CNCs, motion control, PLCs, monitoring and control software, and lasers.
» Rotomade - Manufacturer, located in Foetz, of rotational moulded plastic parts and products for industrial use.
» Tri-Con S.A. - Producer of batteries and battery charging technology. Overview of products and operating instructions.