Still on the block, some analysts say, are GE's appliance, lighting, industrial controls and water chemicals businesses.
G.E., which has paid a stock dividend since 1899, was mainly a manufacturer of appliances, light bulbs and other electrical equipment in the 1930s.
Its home products includes kitchen supplies, cookware, small appliances, light bulbs, storage containers, frames, candles, craft supplies and kitchen, bed and bath soft goods.
Because of zirconium's excellent resistance to corrosion, it is often used as an alloying agent in materials that are exposed to aggressive environments, such as surgical appliances, light filaments and watch cases.
Some 30 or so divisions have been streamlined into just five: consumer electronics; domestic appliances; lighting; medical systems and semiconductors.
Philips Electronics NV, in full Royal Philips Electronics NV, major Dutch manufacturer of consumer electronics, electronic components, medical imaging equipment, household appliances, lighting equipment, and computer and telecommunications equipment.
But nothing drew a reaction quite like the giant doll house behind glass, whose rooms and appliances lit up and whirred while a narrator talked about conserving energy.
With Energy-Star appliances, lighting fixtures designed for compact fluorescent lighting and other amenities, Ms. Biberman says she expects residents' utility bills to be 30percentt less than they would otherwise be.
WASHINGTON — The White House has blocked several Department of Energy regulations that would require appliances, lighting and buildings to use less energy and create less global-warming pollution, as part of a broader slowdown of new antipollution rules issued by the Obama administration.
The other half would result from legally required increases in the use of alternative energy sources like wind — 29 states have approved such mandates — as well as stronger state and city efficiency standards for appliances, lighting and buildings.
