>>> HEY, WELCOME BACK. WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS AND

WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS AND CERTAINLY SAD NEWS FOR THOSE OF

CERTAINLY SAD NEWS FOR THOSE OF US THAT KNEW JACK WELCH, WERE

US THAT KNEW JACK WELCH, WERE FRIENDS OF JACK WELCH.

FRIENDS OF JACK WELCH. THE FORMER CEO OF GENERAL

THE FORMER CEO OF GENERAL ELECTRIC PASSED AWAY.

ELECTRIC PASSED AWAY. HE BECAME CHAIRMAN AND CEO OF

HE BECAME CHAIRMAN AND CEO OF GENERAL ELECTRIC, LED IT FOR TWO

GENERAL ELECTRIC, LED IT FOR TWO DECADES, HE DIED AT THE AGE OF

DECADES, HE DIED AT THE AGE OF 84.

84. HIS WIFE SUSIE ANNOUNCED THAT

HIS WIFE SUSIE ANNOUNCED THAT THIS MORNING.

THIS MORNING. HE WAS ACTUALLY CALLED MANAGER

HE WAS ACTUALLY CALLED MANAGER OF THE CENTURY BY FORTUNE

OF THE CENTURY BY FORTUNE MAGAZINE AND NEUTRON JACK FOR

MAGAZINE AND NEUTRON JACK FOR SLASHING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF

SLASHING TENS OF THOUSANDS OF JOBS.

JOBS. UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, GENERAL

UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, GENERAL ELECTRIC BECAME THE WORLD’S MOST

ELECTRIC BECAME THE WORLD’S MOST VALUABLE COMPANY AFTER

VALUABLE COMPANY AFTER MICROSOFT.

MICROSOFT. WHILE AT THE HELM, WELCH BOUGHT

WHILE AT THE HELM, WELCH BOUGHT AND SOLD SCORES OF BUSINESSES,

AND SOLD SCORES OF BUSINESSES, EXPANDING THE INDUSTRIAL GIANT

EXPANDING THE INDUSTRIAL GIANT IN THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND

IN THE FINANCIAL SERVICES AND CONSULTING AREAS.

CONSULTING AREAS. GE CAPITAL BANK WAS FOUNDED

GE CAPITAL BANK WAS FOUNDED SEVEN YEARS INTO HIS TENURE.

SEVEN YEARS INTO HIS TENURE. ACQUISITIONS INCLUDED RCA, WHO

ACQUISITIONS INCLUDED RCA, WHO THEN OWNED US, NBC.

THEN OWNED US, NBC. AND KITER PEA BODY, THE

AND KITER PEA BODY, THE BROKERAGE THAT WAS ENTANGLED IN

BROKERAGE THAT WAS ENTANGLED IN AN INSIDE SCANDAL LATER ON.

AN INSIDE SCANDAL LATER ON. AND WELCH WAS AGAIN, HE WAS

AND WELCH WAS AGAIN, HE WAS BOMBASTIC, VERY OPINIONATED, BUT

BOMBASTIC, VERY OPINIONATED, BUT ALSO, MIKA, OBVIOUSLY BELOVED BY

ALSO, MIKA, OBVIOUSLY BELOVED BY MANY PEOPLE AT NBC AND GENERAL

MANY PEOPLE AT NBC AND GENERAL ELECTRIC AND AGAIN, A GUY MANY

ELECTRIC AND AGAIN, A GUY MANY PEOPLE CALLED CEO OF THE

PEOPLE CALLED CEO OF THE CENTURY.

CENTURY. >> GAVE US GREAT ADVICE.