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Reality TV Called to Capitol Hill

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:31:37 GMT

Rep. Diane Watson (D-Calif.), who has sent a letter to GE chairman Jeffrey Immelt with questions about Bravo's role with the White House party crashers, is preparing a symposium on the conduct and ethics of reality television in general.
Source: Variety

CEOs, Union Leader agree: Manufacturing strategy crucial

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:59:44 GMT

She assured the audience that the panel of speakers – Dan DiMicco, President and CEO of Nucor Corp. ; Bill Ford Jr. , Executive Chairman of Ford Motor Co. ; Jeff Immelt, Chairman and CEO of General Electric; John Engler, President and CEO of the National...
Source: The Hill

Taylor Marsh: Can an 'Innovation Economy' Save the U.S.?

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:58:22 GMT

"The New Frontier is not a set of promises. It is a set of challenges."
Source: Huffington Post

Hamilton Project likely to have a say on jobs initiative

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:29:14 GMT

President Obama is scheduled to meet tomorrow with CEOs, small business owners, economists and others with ideas about how to get jobless Americans back to work.
Source: Muckety.com

Obama picks the brains of business

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:57:43 GMT

When President Barack Obama convenes his White House jobs summit on Thursday, he’ll be seeing one of his favorite CEOs: Eric Schmidt of Google.
Source: The Politico

GE overpaid Vivendi

Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:37:40 GMT

Jeffrey Immelt cost General Electric an extra $300 million to acquire Vivendi's 20 percent stake in NBC Universal -- and he owes it all to Barry Diller.
Source: New York Post

SLAM !!! Karl Rove "Bitch Slaps" Obama On Today Show

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:42:44 GMT

Matt Lauer always seems as if he is the emptiest of empty suits, and today was no different.Former George W Bush adviser Karl Rove appeared on the Today Show this morning, and Lauer looked kind of confused as he read of the list of questions probably...
Source: Yid With Lid

GE returns to roots as it looks to spin off NBC

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:09:58 GMT

FILE - In this file photo taken Oct. 14, 2009, the General Electric (GE) logo is shown on a microwave oven at Best Buy in Mountain View, Calif. As GE prepares for an expected $30 billion deal that will give control of NBC to cable operator Comcast Corp.
Source: San Diego Union-Tribune

Quoted in 'How General ElectricEngineered its Presence on Capital Hill'

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:22:15 GMT

Jeffrey Immelt said in Wall Street Journal:

I'm a lifelong Republican, right. So I can sit here and say this is horrible, this is terrible. Let the market reign. Blah, Blah, blah. It's just not going to be that way

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Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:53:34 GMT

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.

Quoted in 'What's the Deal with NBC Universal?'

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:04:52 GMT

said in Advertising Age:

GE Chief Executive Jeffrey Immelt and Comcast toppers Brian Roberts and Steve Burke, I'm not so sure I'd be going out on a limb. God forbid we let a deal happen first before declaring what the management strategy will be.

A conversation with Jeff Immelt

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:13:10 GMT

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Fri, 26 Jun 2009 17:25:19 GMT

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 Mi...