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Danaher Corp. (NYSE:DHR) announced a proposed public offering of 17.5 million shares of its common stock. The public offering is being made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on file with the U.S. Securities and

Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) said on Tuesday that it has made a deal with SolarCity, and it is the biggest deal it has ever made. SolarCity will use the Google fund to help finance rooftop installations. Google Inc. is creating a $28

The U.S. Census Bureau estimated retail and food services sales for May at $387.1 billion today, down 0.2% from April, but up 7.7% from May of 2010. Economists had expected a drop of 0.7% for May. The increase from March 2011 to A

Toyota Motor Corp (NYSE:TM) has received 52,000 orders for the new Prius hybrid minivan in Japan, only one month after its launch. The new model, called the Prius Alpha had an initial sales target of 3,000, set by the company. The

Shares of Research In Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM) slid 2.20% in today's trading after Northwest & Ethical Investments, an investor, initiated a push for a shareholder vote to decide whether Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie should ret

Thoratec Corporation (NASDAQ:THOR) announced today that David V. Smith, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has resigned his position in order to pursue other business opportunities. Mr. Smith will remain with Th

Bidding on the annual power lunch with the Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett, closes today at 10:30 p.m., with the top bid remaining at $2.35 million since Tuesday. It remains to be seen whether anyone is willing and able to top las

Abbott Laboratories (ABT) announced Friday that its board of directors has declared a quarterly common dividend of $0.48 per share, marking the company's 350th consecutive quarterly dividend since 1924. The cash dividend is payabl

Research In Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM) announced today it plans to launch its BlackBerry Playbook tablet in an additional 16 markets across the globe over the next 30 days. The Playbook is scheduled to launch in: the United Kingdom, Spa

JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ:JBLU) reported today that May traffic increased 10.6% to 2.54 billion revenue passenger miles, up 2.30 billion RPMs in May of 2010. The airline's total capacity increased 8.9% in the month, resu