General Electric Chief Executive Officer Jeffrey Immelt speaks at a news conference in New York, in this October 21, 2009 file photo. General Electric Co, which will release its latest quarterly earnings report on January 22, 2010, is on track to report its eighth straight quarter of profit declines, with investors looking for evidence the largest U.S. conglomerate is stabilizing its hefty finance unit. Immelt last month told Wall Street that the world's biggest maker of jet engines and electric turbines expects flat earnings in 2010, as it sells its NBC Universal media business and continues to whittle back GE Capital. Picture taken October 21, 2009. REUTERS/Mike Segar/Files (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS)