Danaher News

Danaher declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, May 22nd, AnalystRatingsNetwork reports.

To be sure, I think Agilent could do a lot to close this gap, but I'm not sure they will.

I don't want to sound like too much of a fan-boy when it comes to Danaher , but I do think it's fair to say that when even Danaher is struggling to put up a good quarter, you know the industrial sector is in a tough spot.

Washington, D.C., May 13, 2013 - Danaher Corporation announced that President and Chief Executive Officer, H. Lawrence Culp, Jr.

As the global population continues to grow, so does the demand for water. Since water is a finite resource, business that are able to collect, treat, and provide may be promising investments.

WASHINGTON, D.C., May 7, 2013 -- Danaher Corporation announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a regular quarterly dividend of $0.025 per share payable on July 26, 2013 to holders of record on June 28, 2013.

I will say right from the beginning that I haven't been a fan of Ingersoll-Rand for some time now.

Although the global economy has shown signs of improvement since the start of 2013, there is still some way to go before there is full recovery.

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Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel , one standout is the Vanguard Growth ETF where we have detected an approximate $39.4 million dollar inflow - that's a 0.4% increase week over week in outstanding units .

's stock had its "buy" rating reiterated by equities research analysts at TheStreet in a research note issued to investors on Monday, Analyst Ratings Network reports.

The Dublin, Ireland-based firm's EPS declined 8.7 percent year-over-year to $0.84, but beat expectations of $0.79. Revenue jumped 34.1 percent to $5.31 billion and fell short of the $5.43 billion Wall Street consensus.

Swiss bank Pictet & Cie.'s water fund is profiting from the Middle East's need to buy the technology to make more sea water drinkable as companies like Xylem Inc.

's stock had its "buy" rating restated by analysts at Nomura in a research report issued to clients and investors on Friday, AnalystRatings.Net reports.

You never can quite tell what the market will value on one day or the next. For much of this reporting cycle growth has been all that investors have cared about, but the market seems to be making an exception for Illinois Tool Works .