General Electric-GE to capitalize on global healthcare trend

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General Electric-GE to capitalize on global healthcare trend

posted on Apr 01, 2009 04:23AM

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General Electric-GE to capitalize on global healthcare trend, FT reports

04/01 07:00 AM

The Financial Times reports that GE (GE) Healthcare is preparing a sales and marketing campaign in an effort to capitalize on its belief that solving the world's healthcare needs will be a "mega-trend". It is expected to roll out in the next few weeks as governments are scrambling to find financially viable solutions to the problems of aging populations, increased medical costs and the spread of diseases. [Reference Link]:[http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b1c19f6a-1...

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