GE to donate 1 billion - cancer reasearch - TNBC first

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minxie
minxie Member Posts: 484
edited June 2014 in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

http://news.yahoo.com/ge-invest-1-billion-cancer-research-133252266.html

let's hope they succeed!

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  • LRM216
    LRM216 Member Posts: 2,115
    edited September 2011

    I'm hoping right along side of you, Minxie.  Thanks for posting!

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  • Morgan513
    Morgan513 Member Posts: 664
    edited September 2011

    This is great news! 

    Thanks for posting!

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  • jancie
    jancie Member Posts: 2,631
    edited September 2011

    And at the same time they are cutting back majorly health benefits of their employees and recently had a total reduction in staff.

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  • Titan
    Titan Member Posts: 2,956
    edited September 2011

    Soo..is this donation a tax deduction or what...however..I will take it...at my company..though small, we have had lay offs, reduced wages etc....at the same point we still donate to tons of things..

    I dunno....sometime we don't know the story behind the story..maybe someone high up there has tn..you just don't know

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  • jancie
    jancie Member Posts: 2,631
    edited September 2011

    Titan - don't get me wrong - I am glad that money is being spent towards research.

    However, I also believe this is a publicity stunt.  How can you sit there and lay off employees world wide and we are talking about a lot of them - reduce their health benefits to where it is going to cost them quadruple what it does now, constantly state that they have to make all of these reductions because their profit margin isn't what it is supposed to be yet......turn around and give all of this money for research.  Yes, I am deeply impacted by what is going on within the company - things that don't hit the news like this did.

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  • Sugar77
    Sugar77 Member Posts: 2,138
    edited September 2011

    I worked for GE for many years. I sure hope this helps.

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  • livinglarge
    livinglarge Member Posts: 161
    edited September 2011

    Read the articles closely.  With GE everything as double meaning and the ultimate goal is profits.  With that said we might all benefit if only by accident by their ploy for headlines (as well as their attempt to suck up to Saudi and China).  I will take a cure anyway we can get one. 

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  • thenewme
    thenewme Member Posts: 1,611
    edited September 2011

    Wow, this is awesome news!  My hubby was laid off from GE a while back, so I have definite mixed feelings about it, but it's just the nature of his business, and I agree - we need research money.  It was weird to benefit from GE imaging equipment everywhere as I was going through treatment, and it made it much easier for me to let go of the layoff resentment!  Of course the bottom line is profit for any business, and I'm happy to support them and don't begrudge them making a profit. 

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  • livinglarge
    livinglarge Member Posts: 161
    edited September 2011

    Absolutely agree.  If they can make a profit and help with finding a cure I am behind them 100%.  My husband and I have worked for GE for many many years.

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  • Meggy
    Meggy Member Posts: 530
    edited September 2011

    Cure please.

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