Caterpillar earnings rise, but miss analysts' estimates
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Caterpillar Inc , the world's top maker of earth-moving equipment, diesel engines and gas turbines, posted higher quarterly earnings on Friday but missed analysts' expectations, and cut its full-year earnings outlook. Its shares fell more than 5 percent.
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Caterpillar Inc.  said on Friday its profit in the latest quarter rose more than 10 percent due to strong sales outside the United States.
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Deere & Co.  said on Tuesday its quarterly earnings rose a better-than-expected 19 percent, but it forecast lower profits and flat sales in 2007 as weakness in the housing market weighs on sales.
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U.S. stocks rose on Monday, boosted by  optimism about the week's earnings announcements, but record  crude oil prices limited advances.
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Caterpillar Inc. , a maker of earthmoving equipment, on Friday said quarterly earnings fell more than expected due to lower sales of diesel truck engines, weakness in North American construction markets, and higher production costs.
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U.S. stocks looked to open little  changed on Wednesday, a day after staging a late rally on heavy  machinery maker Caterpillar Inc.'s CAT.N raised sales  forecast, but high oil prices will remain on investors' minds  ahead of U.S. crude inventories data.
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Stock index futures rose on Tuesday after Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc  earnings topped analysts' estimates.
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U.S. stocks rose slightly on Monday,  as optimism that corporate earnings reports this week may come  in better than expected lent support, but record crude oil  prices reined in the advances.
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U.S. stocks could rise this week if  the first wave of quarterly earnings inject optimism about  results for the period and on economic growth that has  surprised on the upside.
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Caterpillar Inc. CAT.N reported  lower-than-expected quarterly earnings on Thursday as higher  raw material prices and retirement benefits hurt profits,  sending its shares down more than 4 percent.
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U.S. stocks rose on Monday at the start of the earnings reporting season as investors bet companies will beat profit forecasts following signs of strength in the economy.
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Stocks opened higher on Friday, buoyed by strong earnings from bellwethers Microsoft Corp and Caterpillar Inc and by optimism about an economic stimulus deal to avert a recession.
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Caterpillar Inc , a manufacturer of heavy construction and mining equipment, said on Friday its quarterly earnings fell more than expected due to lower sales of diesel truck engines, weakness in North American construction markets, and higher production costs.
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Stocks were little changed on Friday as optimism that fueled a sharp two-day rally faded on rumors of more trouble in the global financial sector, overshadowing strong earnings from Microsoft Corp and Caterpillar Inc.
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Heavy equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. on Tuesday raised its full-year sales expectations, as stronger demand in North and South America fueled a sharp increase in global machine and engine sales.
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Sales rise, but earnings and margins are on the fritz.
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The S&P 500 stock index touched a six-year high on Thursday as higher-than-expected earnings from investment bank Bear Stearns Co. Inc. , retailer Costco Wholesale Corp.  and other companies improved the outlook for steady profit growth.