CNN (April 2)
“GE once did almost everything for the typical American family…. No longer. With Tuesday’s split into two companies, the break up of the once mighty industrial icon is complete.” Founded in 1892 by Thomas Edison, GE was “built into the world’s largest and most valuable company by the once legendary, but now oft-criticized CEO Jack Welch” before floundering during the 21st century.
Tags: 1892, Break-up, CEO, Criticized, Edison, Floundering, GE, Industrial, Largest, Legendary, Most valuable, Split, U.S., Welch
CNN (March 24)
While Prime Minister May “is a focus of anger at home, opinion abroad is also worsening. From a distance, Britain’s long-esteemed political establishment appears to be crumbling, one of the original architects of modern democracy floundering in archaic and arcane process. Much as the British empire eroded publicly with nowhere to hide, the nation’s humiliation over Brexit has staggered center stage.”
Tags: Anger, Brexit, Crumbling, Democracy, Empire, Floundering, Humiliation, Long-esteemed, May, Opinion, UK
