Date:24/09/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/09/24/stories/2008092455991800.htm

Business

GE-branded TVs make a comeback

LOS ANGELES: More than two decades after exiting the television manufacturing business, General Electric Co. is entering a new joint partnership that will make GE-branded flat panel TVs that connect to the Internet. The giant conglomerate is granting the use of its brand for 10 years and taking a 49 per cent stake in the venture with Tatung Co. of Taiwan.