Anne Eisele, a GE spokeswoman, says the company "strongly disagrees with the premise" it is selling assets to raise cash.

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GE's Eisele says the appliance business is off the market and she isn't aware of plans to sell the others.

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Merck spokeswoman Pamela Eisele said that the FDA did not ask for any information about the ongoing study, called IMPROVE-IT, to test whether Vytorin lowers heart attack risk compared to Zocor.

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