BIRMINGHAM, MI. - JUNE 26: Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm introduces Jeff Immelt (left), Chairman and CEO of General Electric, at a press conference where he announced that GE will open an advanced manufacturing technology and software center in Michigan June 26, 2009 in Birmingham, Michigan. The center is expected to employ nearly 1100 new GE workers and will be located at the Visteon Village site in Van Buren Township. Getty Images logo Getty Images 5 months ago

BIRMINGHAM, MI. - JUNE 26: Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm introduces Jeff Immelt (left), Chairman and CEO of General Electric, at a press conference where he announced that GE will open an advanced manufacturing technology and software center in Michigan June 26, 2009 in Birmingham, Michigan. The center is expected to employ nearly 1100 new GE workers and will be located at the Visteon Village site in Van Buren Township.

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  1. U.S. President Barack Obama meets with the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, November 2, 2009. From L-R are: Obama, John Doerr, Richard Trumpka, and Jeff Immelt.
  2. NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 24: Jeffrey Immelt, Chairman and CEO of General Electric, appears on a panel at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) on September 24, 2009 in New York City. The Fifth Annual Meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) looks to gather prominent individuals in politics, business, science, academics and religion to discuss global issues such as climate change and peace in the Middle East. The event, founded by former president Bill Clinton after he left office, is held the same week as the General Assembly at the United Nations as most world leaders are in New York.

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  1. US President Barack Obama (L) talks about Jeff Immelt (R), Chairman & CEO, General Electric (GE), during meetings with the President�s Economic Recovery Advisory Board (PERAB) in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, November 2, 2009. Seated alongside Obama are: John Doerr (2nd L), partner at Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers and Richard L. Trumka (2nd R), president, AFL-CIO.
  2. General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt speaks at the WEB 2.0 summit in San Francisco, California October 20, 2009. Immelt said he was "totally OK" with keeping control of NBC Universal, the TV and movie entertainment house now reportedly a takeover target for top U.S. cable operator Comcast.
  3. In this Nov. 15, 2009 photo released by General Electric via Business Wire, General Electric Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt, right center, and Aviation Industry Corp. of China (AVIC) President Lin Zuoming, shake hands at an announcement in Beijing, China. General Electric's aviation unit is teaming with AVIC to develop and market electronic systems for commercial aircraft customers, including the C919 narrow-body aircraft that China hopes will compete with jets made by industry giants Boeing and Airbus.
  4. U.S. President Barack Obama meets with the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, November 2, 2009. From L-R are: Obama, John Doerr, Richard Trumpka, and Jeff Immelt.
  5. US President Barack Obama (L) speaks during meetings with the President�s Economic Recovery Advisory Board (PERAB) in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, November 2, 2009. Seated alongside Obama are: (L-R) John Doerr, partner at Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers; Richard L. Trumka, president, AFL-CIO; and Jeff Immelt, Chairman & CEO, General Electric (GE).
  6. President Barack Obama meets with the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board (PERAB), Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are, Chairman of the Economic Recovery Advisory Board Paul Volcker, the president, Venture Capitalist John Doerr, AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka, and GE Chief Executive Officer Jeff Immelt.
  7. Indonesian activists wear masks featuring US President Barrack Obama (L), Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (2nd L), President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso(2nd R) and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd during a protest against biodiversity offset programs, in Jakarta on November 18, 2009. Scores of environment activists held a protest against the program of biodiversity offset as they believed that biodiversity offsets are conservation activities intended to compensate for the residual, unavoidable harm to biodiversity caused by development projects, and is not the real solution and will ruin ecological dignity of developing countries.
  8. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: In this photo illustration, a copy of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' sits on end on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  9. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) open boxes of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' as other books sit on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  10. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Matt Cross (R) puts copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  11. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) put copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  12. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) put copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  13. WIXOM, MI - SEPTEMBER 10: Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm speaks at an event at the abandoned Ford Wixom Assembly Plant September 10, 2009 in Wixom, Michigan. Ford Motor Company is joining forces with two green energy companies, Xtreme Power of Austin, Texas and Clairvoyant Energy of Santa, California, to redevelop the plant into an energy park.
  14. WIXOM, MI - SEPTEMBER 10: Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm speaks at an event at the abandoned Ford Wixom Assembly Plant September 10, 2009 in Wixom, Michigan. Ford Motor Company is joining forces with two green energy companies, Xtreme Power of Austin, Texas and Clairvoyant Energy of Santa, California, to redevelop the plant into an energy park.
  15. WIXOM, MI - SEPTEMBER 10: Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm speaks at an event at the abandoned Ford Wixom Assembly Plant September 10, 2009 in Wixom, Michigan. Ford Motor Company is joining forces with two green energy companies, Xtreme Power of Austin, Texas and Clairvoyant Energy of Santa, California, to redevelop the plant into an energy park.
  16. WIXOM, MI - SEPTEMBER 10: Ford Motor Company Executive Chairman Bill Ford sits with Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm at an event at the abandoned Ford Wixom Assembly Plant September 10, 2009 in Wixom, Michigan. Ford Motor Company is joining forces with two green energy companies, Xtreme Power of Austin, Texas and Clairvoyant Energy of Santa, California, to redevelop the plant into an energy park.

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