Immelt: NBCU to Post $3 Bil. Profit in '08

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NEW YORK General Electric CEO Jeffrey Immelt told company investors Tuesday that NBC Universal would post a profit of $3 billion this year and that the division has a “fighting chance to be flat” in 2009.

But Immelt also cautioned that NBCU could be down “slightly” next year. He said the TV stations business was encountering a “particularly tough” phase.

Overall, however, his tone was upbeat. Because NBCU had diversified both geographically and into the cable-network business, it is better prepared to face the recession and help the company achieve its goal of 10 percent annual profit growth once recovery takes hold, Immelt said.

He also cited the network’s move to strip a new Jay

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