Costs Weigh on Caterpillar, Stock Falls
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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 profit,  sending its shares down nearly 5 percent.
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U.S. stocks declined on Wednesday, dragged down by the heavily weighted energy sector and climbing bond yields, which revived concern about higher interest rates and their impact on corporate profits and merger activity.
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Caterpillar Inc. CAT.N said on  Thursday its quarterly earnings more than doubled on strong  demand for its engines and heavy earth-moving equipment, but  concerns about high costs helped drag the shares down more than  4 percent.
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U.S. stocks tumbled on Friday, battered by disappointing results from such bellwethers as Caterpillar and Google, and more signals that fallout from the risky subprime mortgage market may spread.
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Stocks dropped on Friday after heavy equipment maker Caterpillar Inc cut its profit forecast and warned the housing slump was spilling over into other parts of the economy.
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U.S. blue chips were higher on Tuesday  after a brokerage upgraded Caterpillar Inc. CAT.N and crude  prices fell for a third session, easing investor fears that  costly oil would squeeze company profits and slow growth.
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U.S. stocks ended sharply lower on Friday, with all three major indexes snapping a three-week streak of gains, after disappointing results from companies such as Caterpillar Inc.  and Google . Concerns about more credit problems tied to the subprime mortgage market added to the weaker sentiment.
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Stocks fell sharply on Wednesday, with the Nasdaq composite index dropping 1 percent, after data showing higher-than-expected labor costs fueled concern that inflation and rising interest rates will squeeze corporate earnings.
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U.S. stocks fell on Friday on concerns   that slowing economic growth would hurt corporate profits,   especially among large industrial corporations like Caterpillar   Inc.CAT.N
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External cost pressures dragged on the company's first-quarter results.
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U.S. technology stocks ended lower on Thursday as concerns about business spending dragged down shares of bellwethers such as Intel Corp , while caution before Friday's payrolls data limited a broader market advance.
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U.S. blue chips were little changed on  Tuesday as an upgrade on Caterpillar Inc. CAT.N and a  three-session drop in oil prices offset weakness in technology  shares.
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European equities were sharply lower on Monday after engineering group Caterpillar reported on Friday that the US housing slowdown was hitting the wider economy.
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Stocks fell on Wednesday, with both   the Nasdaq and S&P 500 earlier dropping more than 1 percent, as   Intel Corp. INTC.O dragged other tech issues lower and   surging U.S. labor costs renewed inflation concerns.
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US BLUE-CHIP stocks slid lower yesterday, pulled down by industrial bellwether Caterpillar, but technology shares remained higher after EBay posted strong earnings.
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Stocks fell, with the S&P briefly down 1 percent, on Friday as declines in defensive shares and talk of more trouble in the global financial sector offset strong earnings from companies, including Honeywell International Inc .
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U.S. blue-chip stocks fell on Thursday  as disappointing earnings from companies including Dow  component Caterpillar and higher oil prices weighed on  investors after two days of solid advances.