. >> deneen borelli what is your relationship with jeffrey immelt? >> i can say he knows who we are, myself and my husband tom because we have gone to numerous shareholder meetings. innocence is with jeffrey immelt he is in the industry of energy so they can sell renewable energy products a really fair hiding behind the government. this is a publicly traded company mind you and they want the government corporatism to help with their bottom line and i think that's wrong. really that's our tax dollars being used to influence ge's on line i think that's wrong. >> corporate cronyism you call it. >> cronyism, corporatism. anytime government is involved with big business it's collusion in people and to recognize it's happening. >> do with tom? >> use my husband and we are well-known a different shareholder meetings and we make the news and again it's another way for people to be empowered, to ask the questions why are you making these decisions or choices that are not in the best interest of shareholders, simple questions but they don't like to be put on t

erik: massively important for jeffrey immelt's effort to transform ge back into an industrial company. in 10 years i promise you they will go back to a giant conglomerate that has a financial company. i started with siemens 10 years ago and it is the same thing. executives like to buy things better than they like to sell. erik: quick number 5 -- we talk about whether m&a will shut down, and there is a market that has effectively shut down and that is the investment-grade debt market here in america. more props to the "financial times." it has been 10 days since an issuance, the longest drought of issuance in at least 10 years. matt: 10 days. that is surprising. why is that? erik: because it is a volatile market and i think more a sellers' rike than panic. not for high-end traders? erik: high-end? matt: high-yield. erik: more news from bonnie. vonnie: senate democrats bob casey of pennsylvania and bobby cremins came out in favor of the iranian deal. of the u.s. isrt preparing to extend sanctions over the fighting in ukraine. according to "the wall street journal, was quoted sanctions a

jeffrey immelt was asked about the possibility of ge moving its headquarters from connecticut to a stately tax policy. you fed up with connecticut? >> listen, i think we're a high-tech exporter. we want to be looking forward in a place that's going to be supportive of where the company's going. we want to be someplace where people support job creation, what's attractive to talent, good cost of living, and that is very supportive in terms of what a high-tech exporter has to be all about. it is a global battle that we're in and we need people on our side. >> ge employs 800 people in its headquarters along and nearly 6,000 employees across connecticut. what should connecticut do if they want to keep ge? scott cohn, start off with you. every year you report on top states for business for cnbc. where does connecticut stand in all of it? >> reporter: well, it's interesting that jeff immelt is talking largely about cost of doing business because our research has general lip sholy that businesses are sort of moving away from that and concentrating much more on workforce. here's how connecticut's