Corporate Guest List Revealed for Obama Meeting with China's Hu Jintao

[somone]

http://www.aolnews.com/2011/01/18/corporate-guest-list-revealed-for-obama-meeting-with-chinas-hu/

Corporate Guest List Revealed for Obama Meeting with China's Hu Jintao
Jan 18, 2011 – 7:11 PM

Who wants a piece of the Chinese action? The White House today released a list of U.S. corporate leaders who have been invited to attend a meeting on Wednesday with China's President Hu Jintao this week. The aim of the meeting is to pave the way for future exports for American companies.

"You'll see important commercial relationships that our CEOs have and want to expand in China that the president believes is important to make a forceful case in front of both the CEOs from China as well as President Hu," Press Secretary Robert Gibbs told reporters today. So who made President Obama's guest list?

1. Steve Ballmer, CEO Microsoft
2. Lloyd Blankfein, CEO Goldman Sachs
3. Jeffery Immelt, CEO, General Electric
4. Jim McNerney, CEO, Boeing
5. Aris Candris, CEO, Westinghouse Electric
6. John Chen, Former Chief Executive, Sybase Inc.
7. Muhtar Kent, Chief Executive, Coca-Cola
8. Ellen J. Kullman, CEO, DuPont
9. Greg Page, CEO, Cargill Inc.
10. Jim Thornton, Chairman of Holdings, HSBC
11. David Rubenstein, Managing Director, Carlyle Group
12. Paul Otellini, CEO, Intel Corp.
13. Adrew Liveris, CEO, Dow Chemical

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. Seems pretty representative.

:shrug:

[ananda]

2. That is essentially the government.

nt

[panader0]

3. Well, I'm offended that I wasn't invited

being the president of Full Circle Building Corporation!
Oh yeah, I went bankrupt a year and a half ago.

[arcane1]

4. Here's hoping the talk of exports will pertain to prodicts, not jobs n/t

[Starry Messenger]

5. "I'd like to thank all the people who made this possible..." n/t

[Exilednight]

6. Goldman Sachs? Why am I not surprised?