General Electric Co has saved itself millions of dollars simply by drawing up a list of 45 words to check out criminals who try to do business with it, according to the Independent newspaper. The company has signed up to five databases used by journalists and checks out whether potential business partners names have appeared on the databases in connection with words like crime fraud or violent. In one instance, General Electric pulled out of an airport project in Argentina after finding hundreds of articles on one of the senior figures on the Argentinian side.