Microsoft and General Electric are planning to enter one of the so-called ambitious joint ventures, following which the powers of both the software giant's will become one and will primarily serve and aim to develop large-scale data platforms with GE Healthcare's expertise in building health care applications.

General Electric Co. (GE) has some good plans for putting up the country’s largest US solar-panel plant. Though the company has yet to decide upon the location but it definitely has about three months in hands to finalize one.

General Electric (GE) has announced plans to purchase 25,000 electric vehicles. This historically large acquisition will begin with an initial purchase of the 12K GM-made Chevy Volts, which will see the company reach its goal of converting about 50% of its fleet to electric. The company has not announced what exactly these vehicles will be.

General Electric Co. said that its healthcare unit is planning to acquire diagnostics Company Clarient Inc. in order to expand its business into cancer diagnostic and therapy selection tools.

Substantiating an earlier Adweek report that Google and General Electric Co’s NBC Universal have gone their separated ways, the companies recently revealed that they have severed their 2008-signed advertising-sales deal.