Recent News: GE Money goes to London, William Cary, and GE & GOOG-411

GE Money moving to London
General Electric is moving the headquarters of its core consumer finance division from Connecticut to London in a move symbolising a shift in the US conglomerate's centre of gravity.
The decision by one of the largest and oldest companies in the US to relocate a business with $25bn (£13bn) of revenues a year to London underlines the increasingly global nature of GE. It is also a boost for the UK capital, which has been challenging New York's supremacy as a global financial centre....

UPDATE 2-GE names Cary to head GE Money, Nissen retiring
General Electric Co. on Thursday said William Cary has been named president and chief executive of GE Money, its consumer financial arm, succeeding David Nissen, who is retiring. Nissen, 56, is the third high-level GE executive to retire this year...

GE to Ship Google Phone, Kind Of
Tucked away in the Thomson booth at last month's CES were their GE branded phones, largely forgotten by most of the tech world. Heck, most conventional cordless phones have been forgotten by the tech world. And this is exactly what it is: not an Android phone, but a cordless phone that uses Google as an information service...

Google gets 411 button on new GE home phones
Normally we give traditional wireless home phones about as much attention around here as talking moose heads on the wall, but when the New York Times points out one which might be cool we have to check it out. They in fact seem to be right - the forthcoming GE Premiere DECT 6.0 28821FJ3 has a nifty GOOG-411 button centered for you to press for business information calls...

William H. Cary Named President and CEO of GE Money
William H. “Bill” Cary has been named president and CEO of GE Money, a leading global provider of credit services to retailers, auto dealers and consumers, GE Chairman and CEO Jeffrey R. Immelt announced today. Cary, 48, succeeds David R. Nissen, who is retiring. Cary has served as president and CEO of GE Money Europe, Middle East and Africa, the largest group within GE Money, since February 2006. He is a senior vice president of GE...