Light bulb factory closes; End of era for U.S. means more jobs overseas

WINCHESTER, VA. - The last major GE factory making ordinary incandescent light bulbs in the United States is closing this month, marking a small, sad exit for a product and company that can trace their roots to Thomas Alva Edison's innovations in the 1870s. Light - Business - Business and Economy - China - Incandescent light bulb

Light bulbs: The odyssey of a bright idea

WINCHESTER, Va., Sept. 8 (UPI) -- The light bulb dreamed up by Thomas Alva Edison is on its last legs as a product made in the United States, a victim of regulations, General Electric said. United States - Thomas Edison - General Electric - Incandescent light bulb - Thomas Alva Edison

Thomas Edison’s Philippine films

THOMAS EDISON, as all Filipino schoolchildren know, was a prolific inventor whose many patents include what was to be later developed into the modern light bulb. What they do not know is that we owe Edison a lot for making movies possible.

GE's Dim Bulb Move Shines A Light On Corporate America's Poor Priorities

What's happening in my hometown tells the story in a nutshell, or rather, a light bulb, of everything that's wrong in American business today. This month General Electric will close its last incandescent light bulb factory in America. 200 workers will be laid off as G.E. moves to production of the new compact fluorescent (CFL) bulbs to another plant. That plant being shut down is in my hometown ...

DARKER SIDE OF INNOVATION: GE closing its last incandescent bulb factory in the U.S.

WINCHESTER, Va. — The last major GE factory making ordinary incandescent light bulbs in the United States is closing this month, marking a small, sad exit for a product and company that can trace their roots to Thomas Alva Edison's innovations in the 1870s.

Economic Outlook: Steelworkers vs. China

By ANTHONY HALL United Press International The United Steelworkers union has a leveraged cry for help in a complaint that says China unfairly subsidized clean-energy companies. China - United Steelworkers - Sustainable energy - United States - World Trade Organization