GE is promoting the smart grid with ads that show a scarecrow singing "If I only had a brain" from "The Wizard of Oz" while bouncing along an old power line.

通用电气公司正在推广智能电网，广告中有一个来自“绿野仙踪”的稻草人沿着一条旧电线蹦蹦跳跳并唱道“如果我有大脑”。

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If you are a Caterpillar worker in Illinois, if you work for GE, if you work for any of the major manufacturers in the United States that sell to these countries, you want a part of that action.

如果你是伊利诺斯州的履带工人，如果你为通用电气公司工作，如果你为出售产品给这些国家的美国里任何一间主要的制造厂工作，那么你就想要成为这些行动的一份子。

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Following that logic, if the U.S. went to war with Pakistan, then GE would derail the trains? That's just silliness.

按照这种逻辑，如果美国与巴基斯坦开战，是不是通用公司就会让火车脱轨？

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Mr. Watson's invention looks to be part of a design competition, thus we're not exactly sure if GE or Kitchen-Aid has contacted him regarding a deal, but hopefully we'll soon see these things replacing those antiquated versions we're all forced to deal with now.

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But 123 House Democrats joined with 110 Republicans to remove funding for fiscal 2011, meaning that the GE-Rolls engine is in jeopardy if the Senate fails to provide funding and then prevail in a conference between the two chambers to reconcile spending measures.

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John Hess, son of the company founder, will hold on to the CEO title, but the non-executive chairmanship will go to John Krenicki, former GE vice chairman, if shareholders approve during the company's annual meeting next week.

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