Just weeks after becoming President Obama’s top outside adviser on reducing joblessness, General Electric chief executive Jeff Immelt faced two major public relations crises.

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Immelt under heat while addressing GE taxes, nuclear scare

Something to think about as tax day nears: General Electric is so good at doing their taxes, the government pays them. In 2010, the company reported global profits of $14.2 billion, $5.1 billion of which came from the U.S. But using a combination of…

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GE Pays No Taxes

General Electric is skilled at avoiding taxes, lately to the extent that the Treasury owes the company money.

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But Nobody Pays That: G.E.’s Strategies Let It Avoid Taxes Altogether

The Dow Jones is continuing to decline in the wake of the disaster in Japan. The Dow index dropped more than 200 points by midday Tuesday, with General Electric shares dropping 4.2 percent amid anxiety over the company’s involvement in designing the…

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Dow Down Over 200 Points

US President Barack Obama is to name Jeffrey Immelt, the boss of General Electric, as head of a new economic advisory panel.

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GE boss to head new economy panel

General Electric announced Thursday that it had agreed to continue the environmental cleanup of the Hudson River under tighter new federal requirements.

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G.E. to Continue Hudson Cleanup Under New Rules

The agency limited how much contamination General Electric can seal on the riverbed rather than remove.

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E.P.A. Sets Tighter Rules for Hudson River Cleanup

General Electric said on Monday that it had reached an agreement to buy the British oil services company Wellstream for $1.3 billion, two months after a lower offer from G.E. was rebuffed.

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DealBook: General Electric to Buy Wellstream