Recent News: GE to buy Boeing Aircraft, China, GE Healthcare, GE Real Estate, and Locomotives in Serbia

GE in talks for 40 to 50 Boeing planes: Bloomberg
General Electric Co, the world's No. 1 aircraft lessor, is in talks with Boeing Co to buy 40 to 50 of its 737 jetliners to meet demand from airlines upgrading their fleets, Bloomberg said on Monday, citing a person familiar with the negotiations....

GE Unit May Buy at Least 40 Boeing 737s, Person Says
General Electric Co., the world's biggest aircraft lessor, is in talks with Boeing Co. to buy 40 to 50 of its 737 jetliners to meet demand from airlines upgrading their fleets, a person familiar with the negotiations said...

Group says GE supplier in China subjects workers to toxins
A new report says a Chinese factory that makes light bulbs for General Electric Co. subjects many of its employees to 64-hour work weeks and toxic mercury used in the production process...

GE Real Estate Buys 206,000-SF Office Bldg. in Houston
GE Real Estate purchased Oak Park Office Center II, a 206,362-square-foot Class A office building in Houston, TX, from Realty Associates Oak Park II LP, a development venture between TA Associates Realty and Myers, Crow & Saviers Ltd. for an undisclosed amount. Harris County Appraisal District values the property at about $16 million, or about $77.50 per square foot...

GE Healthcare Completes Acquisition of VersaMed Corporation
GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company, has completed the acquisition of VersaMed Corporation, a provider of portable critical care ventilators for respiratory care...

Serbia: GE might participate in modernisation of Serbian railways
Director of the Serbian railways Zeleznice Srbije Milanko Sarancic and head of General Electric (GE) in South East Europe Giuseppe Recchi talked today in Belgrade about the possibility of GE taking part in the electrification of the Nis-Dimitrovgrad line....