Jeffrey 'Jeff' Immelt, chairman and chief executive officer of General Electric Co. (GE), speaks at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) 2012 Economic Summit in Stanford, California, U.S., on Friday, March 9, 2012. The Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR) is a nonpartisan economic policy research organization that unites economic talent from all parts of Stanford University. Photographer: Tony Avelar/Bloomberg via Getty Images