Siemens’s growth spurt has even placed it ahead of its archrival, General Electric (GE), long the world’s dominant industrial company, on some measures.

按某些标准看，西门子的迅猛增长甚至将其主要竞争对手，在世界上长期占据统治地位的通用电气公司抛在了身后。

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'This acquisition aligns with Bright food's long term strategy to build resource related businesses which also include food-related, dairy, wine and nutrition products,' Ge said in a statement.

葛俊杰在一份公告中称，这次收购符合光明食品建立资源相关业务的长远战略，这些业务也包括食品相关、奶、酒和营养产品。

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Many health providers now employ statistical tools like Six Sigma, long used by firms like GE to reduce variability in manufacturing, and other methods borrowed from industry.

许多医疗业者开始借用其他产业的专业统计工具，例如六个标准差，已经在「通用」等公司行之多年，有效减少生产制造的误差。

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For a long stretch GE has been near the top of environmentalists' most-hated lists.

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One thing is clear: in productivity and profitability Hitachi-MHI has a long way to go to match GE and Siemens.

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Below is a long-term dividend history chart for GE, which the report stressed as being of key importance.

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