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San Jose residents will have an opportunity to work up an appetite for Thanksgiving dinner and also help three charities by participating in a Turkey Trot in downtown San Jose this morning.

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The Law Offices of Brian M. Felgoise, P.C. announces an investigation into possible breaches of fiduciary duty and violations of state law, among other things, in connection with a proposed merger of Semitool, Inc, , with Applied Materials, Inc.

A research firm that develops advanced textiles for the automotive, aeronautics and defense industries says it will open a new facility in South Carolina, creating 120 new jobs.

As reported, Applied Materials Inc. and Semitool Inc. this week announced a definitive agreement for Applied to acquire the outstanding shares of Semitool for $11 per share in an all-cash tender offer.

A Pennsylvania Law firm is calling the proposed sale of a Kalispell company "suspicious." In making the announcement, Howard G. Smith says his law office is looking into whether the Semitool Board of Directors breeched a fiduciary duty to shareholders in agreeing to sell the company to Applied Materials, Inc.

They are business plans that measure success beyond bottom lines. Instead of moving inventory and selling services, these entrepreneurs aim to bring electricity to those without lights, nutrition to those who will die without supplemental vitamins and low-cost solar hearing aids for those who otherwise couldn't afford them.

A California-based technology company says it's buying Kalispell-based Semitool for $364 million.

Applied Materials, Merck and Braunschweig University Awarded Funding by German Government for OLED Research Applied Materials, Inc., Merck KGaA and the Braunschweig University of Technology today announced that they have been awarded a grant by Germany's Federal Ministry of Education and Research to develop processes to lower the cost of ...

Today: Verizon is on track to sell 600,000 Droids this year, an analyst says. Applied Materials has offered $364 million to buy Semitool.

Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that it is investigating potential claims against the Board of Directors of Semitool, Inc.

The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange: NYSE: Assured Guaranty Ltd., up $4.32 at $25.53 Shares of the bond insurer hit a 12-month high after its quarterly loss narrowed despite big losses in credit derivative contracts.

The next generation in lighting technology clearly will be LEDs - but the next but one is already in sight: Organic LEDs offer even more design options than conventional LEDs.

Applied Materials Inc. said Tuesday it offered to buy Semitool Inc. for $364 million in cash, a move the company says will broaden its portfolio of chip manufacturing equipment.

Macy's and Applied Materials will highlight a relatively quiet session Wednesday, as both will report quarterly earnings during a day when bond markets will be closed.

The general improvement in results is proof of the growing momentum in the semiconductor capital equipment market.

EQUIPMENT SECTOR is showing distinct signs of pulling out of its horrific 2009 downturn.

Austin-based startup ActaCell Inc., which is developing advanced battery cells, has received a grant worth as much as $1 million from the Texas Emerging Technology Fund.

Amid a rebound in its results, Applied Materials Inc. on Wednesday said that it expects to reduce its workforce by approximately 1,300-to-1,500 positions, or 10-to-12 percent, over a period of 18 months.

The Walt Disney Co. posted a surprise 18 percent increase in fourth-quarter earnings Thursday and announced an executive job switch that might point to an eventual successor to Chief Executive Robert Iger.