The FINANCIAL -- IBM announced that in conjunction with Safer Internet Day,it will release free Internet safety training tools for students and have thousands of volunteers working to help raise awareness and educate students and businesses on Internet safety and digital responsibility.

The FINANCIAL -- Nickelodeon, the number-one entertainment brand for kids, announced today a global broadcast acquisition with Classic Media and Corus Entertainment's Nelvana for the new half-hour series, Life With Boys. 

The FINANCIAL -- Participants in the music instrument industry are optimistic about growing sales in 2012 even as they acknowledge that consumer demand has been muted in recent years, according to survey results released today by GE Capital, Commercial Distribution Finance.

The FINANCIAL 00 Surface mine operators are finding it harder to deliver the same amount of minerals in the same time with existing technologies.According to General Electric Company, the ore being uncovered has lower concentrations of minerals as existing sites become more mature.

The FINANCIAL -- GE announced the availability of its new GE TS1000 coalescer, a gas turbine filtration product that delivers improved plant performance and lower maintenance costs to customers operating power generation facilities in harsh conditions near coastal environments.