General Electric, the world's largest industrial group, is starting to feel the ripple effects from the global financial crisis in its Chinese and Indian operations.
Nani Beccalli, head of GE International, forecast economic growth would slow in the two Asian countries. This had already had an impact on the results of the conglomerate, which derives more than half of its revenues from non-US businesses.
"The credit crunch is affecting everybody, including China and India. Internationally we grew by 22 per cent last quarter [in revenues]. But we could have grown by 27 per cent or 30 per cent so, yes, it had an effect," Mr Beccalli told the Financial Times.
The comments mark a shift in GE's assessment of emerging markets in Asia and highlight the nervousness some industrial executives have shown about a possible slowdown in growth there.
Many of the world's largest industrial companies, such as GE, Siemens and ABB, have enjoyed very strong growth in markets such as China, India and the Middle East.
But some of them are so dependent on that growth that even a small slowdown in those markets could knock several percentage points off their growth - as happened at GE, whose international business provided one of the good points in a disappointing first quarter.
Other industrial companies are upbeat in public about Asia, but some are still worried. Peter L?scher, Siemens' chief executive, said last month that if a recession in the US went on for much longer "it is clear it will have an impact on growth in Asia".
全球最大的工业企业集团通用电气(General Electric)在中国和印度的业务正开始受到全球金融危机的连带影响。
通用电气国际业务主管纳尼•贝加利(Nani Beccalli)预测，这两个亚洲国家的经济增长将放缓。这已经对这家综合企业的业绩产生了影响。通用电气超过一半的营业收入来自美国以外的业务。
贝加利告诉英国《金融时报》，"信贷危机正在影响着每一个人，包括中国和印度。全球范围内，我们上季度的（营业收入）增长了22%。而我们本应该可以增长27%或30%的，因此，确实，信贷危机有影响。"
该评论标志着通用电气对亚洲新兴市场的评估发生了转变，并突显出一些工业界高管对这些地方增长可能放缓的紧张。
许多全球最大的工业企业，如通用电气、西门子(Siemens)以及ABB，近年得益于中国、印度以及中东等市场非常强劲的增长。
但是，这些企业中有一些如此依赖于这种增长，以至于这些市场即便出现小幅减速，都可能使得他们的增长下降好几个百分点--就像通用电气的经历一样。它的国际业务在全集团令人失望的首季业绩中是亮点之一。
其它工业企业在公开场合对亚洲的前景表示乐观，但有些企业仍然担心。西门子首席执行官罗旭德(Peter Loscher)上个月表示，如果美国的衰退持续更长的时间，"显然会对亚洲的增长产生影响。"
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Nani Beccalli, head of GE International, forecast economic growth would slow in the two Asian countries. This had already had an impact on the results of the conglomerate, which derives more than half of its revenues from non-US businesses.
"The credit crunch is affecting everybody, including China and India. Internationally we grew by 22 per cent last quarter [in revenues]. But we could have grown by 27 per cent or 30 per cent so, yes, it had an effect," Mr Beccalli told the Financial Times.
The comments mark a shift in GE's assessment of emerging markets in Asia and highlight the nervousness some industrial executives have shown about a possible slowdown in growth there.
Many of the world's largest industrial companies, such as GE, Siemens and ABB, have enjoyed very strong growth in markets such as China, India and the Middle East.
But some of them are so dependent on that growth that even a small slowdown in those markets could knock several percentage points off their growth - as happened at GE, whose international business provided one of the good points in a disappointing first quarter.
Other industrial companies are upbeat in public about Asia, but some are still worried. Peter L?scher, Siemens' chief executive, said last month that if a recession in the US went on for much longer "it is clear it will have an impact on growth in Asia".
全球最大的工业企业集团通用电气(General Electric)在中国和印度的业务正开始受到全球金融危机的连带影响。
通用电气国际业务主管纳尼•贝加利(Nani Beccalli)预测，这两个亚洲国家的经济增长将放缓。这已经对这家综合企业的业绩产生了影响。通用电气超过一半的营业收入来自美国以外的业务。
贝加利告诉英国《金融时报》，"信贷危机正在影响着每一个人，包括中国和印度。全球范围内，我们上季度的（营业收入）增长了22%。而我们本应该可以增长27%或30%的，因此，确实，信贷危机有影响。"
该评论标志着通用电气对亚洲新兴市场的评估发生了转变，并突显出一些工业界高管对这些地方增长可能放缓的紧张。
许多全球最大的工业企业，如通用电气、西门子(Siemens)以及ABB，近年得益于中国、印度以及中东等市场非常强劲的增长。
但是，这些企业中有一些如此依赖于这种增长，以至于这些市场即便出现小幅减速，都可能使得他们的增长下降好几个百分点--就像通用电气的经历一样。它的国际业务在全集团令人失望的首季业绩中是亮点之一。
其它工业企业在公开场合对亚洲的前景表示乐观，但有些企业仍然担心。西门子首席执行官罗旭德(Peter Loscher)上个月表示，如果美国的衰退持续更长的时间，"显然会对亚洲的增长产生影响。"
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