General Electric is weighing a sale of its consumer-lighting business, which for decades defined the company following its co-founding 125 years ago by Thomas Edison, the inventor of the first ...

It has agreed to sell GE Lighting's business in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Turkey, as well as its Global Automotive Lighting business, to a company led by a former GE executive. General ...

General Electric said it agreed to sell its Current lighting division for an undisclosed amount, continuing to separate from a business central to its historical roots.

That is at the direction of some City Council members who recently raised the matter while considering the annual electric street lighting assessment legislation. Supplying street lighting has ...

1878— The Edison Electric Light Co., a precursor to General Electric, is incorporated. 1892— Merger of Edison General Electric and Thomas Houston Electric forms the General Electric Co. as it ...

General Electric has finally found a buyer for its lighting business and will be selling off its last consumer-facing business after more than 120 years of operation. Boston-based GE said today it ...