General Electric

europe_troubled_mergers_96380.jpg

FILE - In this Monday, June 12, 2017, file photograph the General Electric logo appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. EU authorities are accusing General Electric, drugmaker Merck and electronics manufacturer Canon of violating European rules to push through mergers or acquisitions. The Commission is not seeking to annul the mergers, but threatening hefty fines if further investigation confirms wrongdoing. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

general_electric_ceo_66391.jpg

FILE - In this Wednesday June 19, 2013, file photo, visitors watch General Electric's turbo fan "the GEnx engine, powering the Boeing 787 Dremliner, during the 50th Paris Air Show at Le Bourget airport, north of Paris. General Electric announced Monday, June 12, 2017, that Jeff Immelt is stepping down after 16 years as CEO of the iconic conglomerate. Immelt took the helm in 2001 from legendary CEO Jack Welsh. GE is one of the world’s biggest producers of jet engines. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere, File)

general_electric_ceo_00820.jpg

This Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2017, file photo shows General Electric lightbulbs on display at a store, in Wilmington, Mass. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

general_electric_ceo_56703.jpg

FILE - In this Tuesday April 8, 2008, file photo, salesman Hank Pham puts the price on a General Electric microwave oven in the appliances section of Howard's Appliance and Big-Screen Superstore in San Gabriel, Calif. General Electric announced Monday, June 12, 2017, that Jeff Immelt is stepping down after 16 years as CEO of the iconic conglomerate. Immelt took the helm in 2001 from legendary CEO Jack Welsh. After the financial crisis, he sharply pared down the financial services business that Welsh had built up and went on a spending spree to acquire businesses in the power and oil and gas sectors. During his tenure Immelt also disposed of GE’s appliance unit and the NBC television business. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian, File)

general_electric_ceo_07500.jpg

FILE - This undated file photo shows Thomas Edison's incandescent lamp, the first practical light bulb, which was developed in 1879. Edison used carbonized bamboo for the filament. General Electric’s Jeff Immelt is stepping down after 16 years as CEO of the iconic conglomerate, having succeeded in repositioning the company as a producer of large industrial products but failing to fully revive its lagging stock price. John Flannery, president and CEO of the GE’s health care unit, will take over as CEO in August, the company said Monday, June 12, 2017. GE traces its roots to 1878, when Edison formed the Edison Electric Light Co. in New York City after having opened his famous laboratory in Menlo Park, N.J. The next year, Edison invented the first successful incandescent electric lamp. (AP Photo/File)

general_electric_ceo_92026.jpg

FILE - In this 1928 file photo, Thomas A. Edison presses the button in West Orange, N.J., which turns on street lights in Seattle. General Electric’s Jeff Immelt is stepping down after 16 years as CEO of the iconic conglomerate, having succeeded in repositioning the company as a producer of large industrial products but failing to fully revive its lagging stock price. John Flannery, president and CEO of the GE’s health care unit, will take over as CEO in August, the company said Monday, June 12, 2017. GE traces its roots to 1878, when inventor Thomas Edison formed the Edison Electric Light Co. in New York City after having opened his famous laboratory in Menlo Park, N.J. The next year, Edison invented the first successful incandescent electric lamp. (AP Photo/File)

general_electric_ceo_27560.jpg

FILE - In this Monday, April 4, 2016, file photo, General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt speaks during a news conference in Boston, held to unveil more details about GE's move to the city, pledging to spend $50 million on a series of initiatives in Boston. General Electric announced Monday, June 12, 2017, that Immelt is stepping down after 16 years as CEO of the iconic conglomerate. Immelt took the helm in 2001 from legendary CEO Jack Welsh. John Flannery, president and CEO of the GE’s health care unit, will take over as CEO in August 2017. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

general_electric_ceo_70955.jpg

The General Electric logo appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, June 12, 2017. General Electric said Jeff Immelt is stepping down as CEO and John Flannery, president and CEO of the conglomerate's health care unit, will take over the post in August. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

general_electric_ceo_18963.jpg

FILE - This April 15, 2010, file photo shows John Flannery, president and CEO of the General Electric's health care unit, at an event in New Delhi, India. General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt is stepping down and Flannery will take over the post in August 2017. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi, File)

general_electric_ceo_92507.jpg

FILE - In this Monday, May 8, 2017, file photo, General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of GE's new headquarters, in Boston. General Electric said Immelt is stepping down as CEO. John Flannery, president and CEO of the conglomerate's health care unit, will take over the post in August. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

canada_health_claims_54480.jpg

This May 24, 2017 photo shows retired General Electric workers Sue James, left, and Marilyn Harding during an interview at Harding's home in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. Both women have lost a former GE working family member to cancer, and Harding survived bladder and breast cancer. A report conducted by researchers hired by the union that represents workers at the plant found exposure to more than 3,000 toxic chemicals from 1945 to 2000 and significant health problems among former employees. GE spokeswoman Kim Warburton said the company has seen the report but can't confirm the accuracy of the claims made in it. (AP photo/Rob Gillies)

canada_health_claims_54597.jpg

This May 24, 2017 photo shows the General Electric manufacturing facility in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. For more than a decade, several hundred retirees from this plant, which produced engines for trains and ships among other things, have claimed illnesses linked to exposure to toxins inside the factory. Now, they may soon get the compensation they have sought from the provincial government, following Ontario Labor Minister Kevin Flynn publicly calling on the worker's compensation board to "bring justice" to about 300 former workers whose health claims were previously denied. (AP Photo/Rob Gillies)

canada_health_claims_37305.jpg

In this May 24, 2017 photo, retired General Electric employee Marilyn Harding shows a photo of her late husband Gerry who died of pancreatic cancer in 2010, five years after retiring from a three-decade career at GE, during an interview at her home in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. Harding, who spent nearly 40 years working at the plant until she retired in 2004, has also had cancer, as did many of her former colleagues. "Once we got out of there and retired, everyone started to get sick," she said. (AP Photo/Rob Gillies)

general_electric_headquarters_80836.jpg

General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt, center, greets construction workers following a ceremonial groundbreaking on the site of GE's new headquarters, Monday, May 8, 2017, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

general_electric_headquarters_89525.jpg

General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt, center right, takes part in a ceremonial groundbreaking along with, from left, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, GE Vice President of Boston Development and Operations Ann Klee and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, at the site of GE's new headquarters, Monday, May 8, 2017, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

general_electric_headquarters_04828.jpg

General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony at the site of GE's new headquarters, Monday, May 8, 2017, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

general_electric_headquarters_25427.jpg

The Boston skyline forms a backdrop at the site of General Electric's new headquarters prior to a groundbreaking ceremony, Monday, May 8, 2017, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

exchange_women_in_the_workforce_51876.jpg

This undated photo shows the Ken-Rad Employee badge of Ernestine Koontz with other objects in Owensboro, Ky. The Owensboro chapter of the American Association of University Women wrapped up Women's History Month by celebrating of a group of women whom Judy Adams described as pioneers, the women who worked at Ken-Rad and General Electric. (Alan Warren/The Messenger-Inquirer via AP)

ge-huge_turbine_36089.jpg

In this Feb. 1, 2017 photo provided by Ken Chapman, of Morrisville State College, a 175-ton steam turbine moves down a street aboard a large flatbed in Morrisville, N.Y. The turbine was made at General Electric's Schenectady N.Y. plant and is slowly making its way across the central section of the state while headed to Pennsylvania. (Ken Chapman/Morrisville State College via AP)

ge-huge_turbine_37337.jpg