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• Manufacturing – and factory singing – matters at GE -  7/3/2009
• GE's giant wind turbines set to debut in Sweden -  7/3/2009
• Analysis: Can General Motors return to its former glory? -  7/3/2009
• Surgeons offer safety tips for Fourth of July fireworks -  7/3/2009
• Worker killed at Electric Boat plant in Rhode Island -  7/3/2009
• Tesla gets loan approval from Department of Energy -  7/3/2009
• Asbestos mine/mill's ex-owner to address contamination -  7/3/2009
• Duke Energy announces management realignment -  7/3/2009
• Employee Confidence Index virtually unchanged in June -  7/3/2009
• Johns named president of Pacific Gas and Electric Co. -  7/3/2009
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