| Date | Event |
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| | Montgomery Ward folded by GE Capital due to declining sales |
| | General Electric and Honeywell agree to merge, however it is blocked by European UnionM&A chief Mario Monti.[13] |
| | Jeffrey Immelt becomes CEO, replacing Jack Welch |
| | NBC acquires Telemundo, one of the leading Spanish language television networks |
| | GE stops sponsoring the public television program The McLaughlin Group after 16 years.[11] |
| | The finance committee of the board is dissolved[8] |
| | GE Healthcare acquires Instrumentarium.[14] |
| | GE Capital acquires Transamerica Finance from AEGON, who retained the rest of Transamerica Corporation |
| | NBC acquires the entertainment assets of Vivendi Universal, excluding Universal Music and forms NBC Universal, of which General Electric owns 80% |
| | GE Healthcare acquires Amersham plc |
| | GE Capital acquires Dillard's credit card unit for US$ billi
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