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• Wall Street Closes Out Worst Year Since Depression

  ReutersUK - 2008-12-31

  By Chuck Mikolajczak and Chris SandersNEW YORK (Reuters UK) - Wall Street closed out its worst year since the Great Depression on Wednesday after an unstoppable credit crisis and a dreadful economic outlook left investors questioning their faith in stock markets.A string of financial disasters culminating in the collapse of...

  Tags: S&P, Stock, The Dow Chemical Co., Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., Investor, American International Group Inc., Caterpillar Inc., Chevron Corp., Exxon Mobil Corp., General Motors Corp., McDonald's Corp., Pall Corp., Qualcomm Inc., Research In Motion Ltd., S&P 500, Textron Inc., Toll Brothers Inc., Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

• U.S. Manufacturers Cut Jobs and Pay

  ReutersUK - 2008-12-22

  By James B. KelleherCHICAGO (Reuters UK) - Several U.S. manufacturers added their names to the growing list of companies making job or benefit cuts to weather the global financial crisis.Caterpillar Inc CAT, the world's largest maker of heavy construction and mining equipment, said Monday it is cutting white-collar pay by...

  Tags: Job, Caterpillar Inc., FedEx Corp., KEMET Corp., Manpower Inc., Roper Industries Inc., Steelcase Inc., Textron Inc.

• Manufacturers Cut Jobs, Pay Amid Downturn

  Reuters - 2008-12-22

  By James B. KelleherCHICAGO (Reuters) - Several U.S. manufacturers added their names to the growing list of companies making job or benefit cuts to weather the global financial crisis.Caterpillar Inc, the world's largest maker of heavy construction and mining equipment, said Monday it is cutting white-collar pay by up to...

  Tags: Job, Caterpillar Inc., 401(k), Retirement Plans, Recruitment & Selection, Benefits, Manufacturing, Human Resources

• Caterpillar Announces Pay Cuts, Buyouts

  Reuters - 2008-12-22

  By James B. KelleherCHICAGO (Reuters) - Heavy equipment maker Caterpillar Inc said on Monday that it would cut white-collar pay by up to 50 percent and offer buyouts to some employees as it looks to cut costs during what it characterized as "uncertain times."The news, which sent Caterpillar's stock down...

  Tags: Caterpillar Inc., 401(k), Retirement Plans, Sales Force Management, Investment, Benefits, Human Resources, Sales

• Bleak December Spurs Manpower to Withdraw Profit Forecast

  Reuters - 2008-12-22

  By Scott MaloneBOSTON (Reuters) - Staffing services company Manpower Inc MAN withdrew its fourth-quarter profit forecast on Monday, saying demand for temporary workers had been light in December as a spreading global recession prompted U.S. industrial firms to idle plants to cut costs.The company in October had told investors it...

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• Caterpillar: Does It Deserve the Goldman Downgrade?

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-12-14

  Ryan Barnes submits: Goldman has gone from from permabull (remember the $200 oil “super-spike” call from May?) to permabear in less than one year’s time. Earlier this year the call was for an average spot price for crude to be somewhere between $110 and $120 through 2011, while today the...

  Tags: Materials/Industrials, Ryan Barnes, Caterpillar Inc.

• Bond Expert: Wednesday Wrap

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-12-03

  John Jansen submits: Prices of Treasury coupon securities, on balance, registered very modest gains today in featureless trading. The yield on the 2 year note slipped one basis point to 0.88 percent. The yield on the 3 year note fell 3 basis points to 1.06 percent. The yield on...

  Tags: US Market, John Jansen, Caterpillar Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co.

• Which Companies Are Set to Benefit from the Obama Response?

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-25

  Ryan Barnes submits: I just finished listening to Obama’s press conference announcing the new economic team, and the market seems generally disappointed by the lack of juicy details. We wanted to hear how big the stimulus package would be, and we secretly hoped to hear that capital gains rates would...

  Tags: Materials/Industrials, Ryan Barnes, Caterpillar Inc.

• Terex Should Buy Back Its Shares in Place of Fantuzzi

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-24

  Sunil Shah submits: The juncture we find ourselves at can be simply summarized as highly anxious credit and stock markets with uncertain but anemic economic growth forecasts. Though the carnage in equity markets may well be indiscriminate and savage, Terex TEX is down a massive 80% this year,...

  Tags: Materials/Industrials, Sunil Shah, Caterpillar Inc., Terex Corp.

• How to Protect Against Falling Caterpillar

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-11

  click to enlarge Unlike other stocks falling since the beginning of the year, Caterpillar CAT kept its growing trend line until June 2008. As a company that gets 60% of its revenue from outside of North America, its stocks had been profiting from the declining U.S. dollar. But the...

  Tags: Caterpillar Inc., Seeking Alpha, Investment, Finance, Vlada Kynsky, Materials/Industrials

• Ticking Financial Bombs at Caterpillar

  BNET - 2008-11-05

  Jim Owens, Chairman and Chief Executive of Caterpillar, told analysts on the company's third-quarter 2008 earnings call he believes demand in emerging markets, especially for energy and mining equipment, should offset weaker construction spending in the U.S., Europe, and Japan. What he and other executives failed to mention on the...

  Tags: Financial, Caterpillar Inc., Special Purpose Entity, Asset Management, Financial Accounting, Balance Sheets, Financial Services, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Finance, Financial Statements, David Phillips

• Pair Trade: Farm and Construction Machinery

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-04

  Joe Kunkle submits: For my explanation on pair trading, please see here. The challenging economic environment has brought much of the production for machinery producers to a grinding halt. As credit markets tightened, new financing for construction projects also slowed, causing many of the firms to lower the near-term and 2009...

  Tags: Construction, Industry, Seeking Alpha, Joe Kunkle, Government, Investment, Strategy, Finance, Management, Astec Industries Inc., Caterpillar Inc., Materials/Industrials

• Caterpillar Is Undervalued

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-11-02

  Caterpillar CAT the heavy machinery manufacturer has been hit hard on concerns about a global economic slowdown. Some analysts are however still bullish on the company. The stock is trading close to a 52-week low ($CAT has dropped nearly 50% in the last 12 months). How does the current...

  Tags: Caterpillar Inc., Seeking Alpha, Investment, Manufacturing, Finance, Valuecruncher, Materials/Industrials

• Caterpillar: James Owens at Purdue University

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-10-31

  Glen Bradford submits: You know the guy that follows up a lecture’s question and answer session by politely and verbosely introducing himself and thanking the speaker before asking the dumbest and most self-evident question that you could ever think of? He made it to the Talk on Ethics that I...

  Tags: Purdue University, Speaker, Ethics, Caterpillar Inc., Seeking Alpha, Glen Bradford, Business Ethics, Leadership, Management, Materials/Industrials

• Caterpillar: Revving Up Growth

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-10-30

  Max Zeledon submits: I have always been a big fan of  Caterpillar CAT. It’s one of the best managed  global brands in the world. And if you’re looking for value, it doesn’t really get any better than this. The company has plenty of cash ($3.7 billion of free cash flow...

  Tags: Caterpillar Inc., Seeking Alpha, Sales Strategy, Operational Accounting, Marketing Research, Financial Services, Sales, Finance, Marketing, Max Zeledon, Transport

• Active Power Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-10-24

  Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. Operator Instructions. Our first question comes from Richard Baxter of Ardour capital. Richard Baxter -Ardour Capital Good morning. I have a question on the auction rate securities, the 825,000. Can you explain a little bit more about the initial bonds you have and what...

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• Caterpillar, Inc. Q3 2008 Earnings Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-10-21

  Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions. Our first question today is coming from Andrew Obin. Your line is now live. Andrew Obin - Merrill Lynch Yes, good morning. Just a question on mining and oil and gas. In two months, we went from BHP Billiton talking about a very significant CapEx...

  Tags: Alliance, Call Transcript, Customer, Earnings, Caterpillar Inc., Taxes, Free Trade, Strategy, Financial Planning, Finance, Management, Seeking Alpha

• Earnings Preview: Caterpillar

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-10-20

  Caterpillar Inc.. CAT is expected to report Q3 earnings Tuesday Oct. 21 before market open, with a conference call scheduled for 11:00 am ET. Guidance Analysts are looking for EPS of $1.42 on revenue of $12.45B. The consensus range for EPS is $1.31 to $1.51, while the consensus range for...

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• Caterpillar Could Really Deliver on Earnings

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-10-20

  Ryan Barnes submits: The global construction, engine, and infrastructure giant reports earnings before the bell on Tuesday, and judging from the stocks' activity last week, investors are expecting a blowup. Caterpillar CAT was one of the few industrial stocks unable to make a discernable bottom over the past 7 sessions,...

  Tags: Earnings, Caterpillar Inc., Seeking Alpha, Ryan Barnes, Financial Accounting, Investment, Finance, Materials/Industrials

• Caterpillar Inc. Sets New Aggressive Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Goal Following the Achievement of Previous Goal

  - 2008-10-09

  PEORIA, Ill., Oct. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Caterpillar Inc. has pledged to reduce its total absolute global greenhouse gas GHG emissions by 3 percent from 2006 to 2015. The company has committed to the reduction goal as part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Climate Leaders program,...

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