GE to cut over 1,000 jobs in French power operations US industrial conglomerate General Electric says that it would cut more than 1,000 jobs mainly at its gas turbine operations in eastern France - part of a wave of European layoffs as it tries to stem losses in its power generation business. Local officials warn of "a new hardship" for the region, which has been hit hard by the decline of mining and heavy industry over the past decades. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES