General Electric Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Immelt speaks at a news conference in New York, October 21, 2009. Reuters Pictures 1 month ago

General Electric Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Immelt speaks at a news conference in New York, October 21, 2009.

More Photos of

Explore Photos of Related Topics

  1. In this photo relesed by General Electric, GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt unveils GE Healthcare's new Vscan, a pocket-sized ultrasound device, at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009.
  2. This undated handout image shows Comcast Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Brian Roberts. Comcast and General Electric unveiled their NBC Universal deal December 3, 2009, planning to set up a joint venture that is 51 percent owned by Comcast and 49 percent by GE. The deal would give Comcast, the top U.S. cable service provider, control of a major media conglomerate.
  3. This undated handout image shows Comcast Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Brian Roberts. Comcast and General Electric unveiled their NBC Universal deal December 3, 2009, planning to set up a joint venture that is 51 percent owned by Comcast and 49 percent by GE. The deal would give Comcast, the top U.S. cable service provider, control of a major media conglomerate.
  4. The news ticker outside the Today Show announces GE's sale of NBC to Comcast, in New York, December 3, 2009. General Electric Co's sale of a majority stake in its NBC Universal media arm to Comcast Corp marks a big step forward in what could be a time of significant restructuring at the largest U.S. conglomerate.
  5. People walk around Rockefeller Center, home of NBC's studios, in New York, December 3, 2009. Comcast Corp struck a deal to buy a majority stake in NBC Universal from General Electric Co, creating a media superpower that would control not just how television shows and movies are made, but how they are delivered to the home.
  6. The news ticker outside the Today Show announces GE's sale of NBC to Comcast, in New York, December 3, 2009. Comcast Corp struck a deal to buy a majority stake in NBC Universal from General Electric Co, creating a media superpower that would control not just how television shows and movies are made, but how they are delivered to the home.
  7. The news ticker outside the Today Show announces GE's sale of NBC to Comcast, in New York, December 3, 2009. Comcast Corp struck a deal to buy a majority stake in NBC Universal from General Electric Co, creating a media superpower that would control not just how television shows and movies are made, but how they are delivered to the home.
  8. NBC logos are seen on a door with buildings around Rockefeller Center reflected in the background at the home of NBC's studios, in New York, December 3, 2009. Comcast Corp struck a deal to buy a majority stake in NBC Universal from General Electric Co, creating a media superpower that would control not just how television shows and movies are made, but how they are delivered to the home.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. Jeff Immelt, GE and Brian Roberts, Comcast announce definitive agreement to form a joint venture to create a leading entertainment company.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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).
  15. 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.
  16. General Electric Chief Executive Officer Jeff Jeff Immelt (R) listens as former U.S. Senator Tom Daschle speaks at a news conference in New York, October 21, 2009, to discuss the company's progress on GE's Healthymagination commitments.

Recent Photos From The Wire

  1. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, talks with British Foreign Secretary David Miliband at the NATO foreign minister meeting in Brussels, Belgium, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. Clinton is in Brussels for talks aimed at rallying more allied support for the Obama administration's plan to escalate the war in Afghanistan.
  2. Nepal's Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, center, and members of the cabinet raise hands in favor of a document to highlight the negative impacts of global warming on Mount Everest, seen in the background, during a special cabinet meeting at Kalapatthar in Nepal, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. Nepal's top politicians strapped on oxygen tanks Friday and held a Cabinet meeting amid the frigid, thin air of Mount Everest to highlight the danger global warming poses to glaciers ahead of next week's international climate change talks. Kalapathar is a flat area at an altitude of 17,192 feet (5,250 meters) next to Everest base camp, the jumping point for climbers seeking to scale the peak.
  3. Nepal's Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal, center, and members of the cabinet raise hands in favor of a document to highlight the negative impacts of global warming on Mount Everest, seen in the background, during a special cabinet meeting at Kalapatthar in Nepal, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. Nepal's top politicians strapped on oxygen tanks Friday and held a Cabinet meeting amid the frigid, thin air of Mount Everest to highlight the danger global warming poses to glaciers ahead of next week's international climate change talks. Kalapathar is a flat area at an altitude of 17,192 feet (5,250 meters) next to Everest base camp, the jumping point for climbers seeking to scale the peak.
  4. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 04: Stuart Appleby of Australia plays a fairway shot on the 8th hole during the second round of the 2009 Australian Open at New South Wales Golf Club on December 4, 2009 in Sydney, Australia.
  5. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 04: Stuart Appleby of Australia plays an approach shot during the second round of the 2009 Australian Open at New South Wales Golf Club on December 4, 2009 in Sydney, Australia.
  6. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 04: Stuart Appleby of Australia plays a fairway shot on the 8th hole during the second round of the 2009 Australian Open at New South Wales Golf Club on December 4, 2009 in Sydney, Australia.
  7. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 04: Stuart Appleby of Australia putts on the 6th hole during the second round of the 2009 Australian Open at New South Wales Golf Club on December 4, 2009 in Sydney, Australia.
  8. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 04: Stuart Appleby of Australia plays a tee shot during the second round of the 2009 Australian Open at New South Wales Golf Club on December 4, 2009 in Sydney, Australia.
  9. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 04: Stuart Appleby of Australia acknowledges the crowd on the 3rd green during the second round of the 2009 Australian Open at New South Wales Golf Club on December 4, 2009 in Sydney, Australia.
  10. The area polluted by toxic acid fluid after a chemical plant exploded is seen in this general view in Yanshi, Henan province July 17, 2009. World leaders will meet in Copenhagen in December to try and agree a new deal to fight climate change. Picture taken July 17, 2009.
  11. The area polluted by toxic acid fluid after a chemical plant exploded is seen in Yanshi, Henan province July 17, 2009. World leaders will meet in Copenhagen in December to try and agree a new deal to fight climate change. Picture taken July 17, 2009.
  12. South Korea's Seok Ha Jung returns a shot to Taiwan's Cheng I-Ching during their women's singles East Asian Games table tennis qualifiers in Hong Kong December 4, 2009.
  13. Francois Pienaar (C), former captain of the South African Springboks national rugby union team, poses with his wife Nerine Winter and their sons at the Los Angeles premiere of their film "Invictus" in Beverly Hills, California December 3, 2009.
  14. An unidentified South Korean kindergartner hangs an empty water bottle on a Christmas tree during Waterful Christmas campaign for African children in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. The Waterful Campaign is to collect money to provide clean drinking water to African children.
  15. South Korean kindergartners sit under a Christmas tree decorated with empty water bottles during Waterful Christmas campaign for African children in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. The Waterful Campaign is to collect money to provide clean drinking water to African children.
  16. St. Louis Blues defenseman Carlo Colaiacovo, right, is congratulated by defenseman Erik Johnson (6) after scoring against the San Jose Sharks in the last six seconds in the third period of an NHL hockey game to tie the game and bring it into overtime in San Jose, Calif., Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009. The St. Louis Blues defeated the San Jose Sharks 3-2 in overtime.