Caterpillar Upgrade Boosts Blue Chips
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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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US blue chip stocks rose on Wednesday, helped by drugmaker Merck &amp; Co. Inc. (MRK), but technology stocks fell as results from technology bellwether Cisco Systems Inc.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks rose on Thursday  as better-than-expected economic data, healthy company earnings  and merger talk lifted the mood on Wall Street.
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Paced by strength in Intel Corp. after an analyst upgrade and a bounce in Pfizer after recent losses, blue chips rallied to their best close since June 2001 Tuesday as investors stepped
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U.S. blue chips advanced on Friday  after Ford Motor Co. F.N raised its earnings forecasts, while  wireless technology provider Qualcomm Inc. QCOM.O checked  gains on Nasdaq after saying an accounting review may reduce  pretax income.
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U.S. blue chips rose on Thursday, led  by Altria Group Inc. MO.N and other tobacco stocks, after a  federal appeals court expressed skepticism about whether the  government could force cigarette makers in a lawsuit to pay  billions of dollars.
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U.S. blue chips moved higher  on  Thursday, getting a lift from Johnson & Johnson JNJ.N  following its acquisition of medical device maker Guidant Corp.  GDT.N, but broader market gains were capped after investment  bank Goldman Sachs posted disappointing quarterly revenues.
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U.S. blue chips were higher on  Tuesday, led by shares of major oil producers benefiting from  higher crude oil prices, which broke through the $50 a barrel  mark.
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Shares in Caterpillar rose in late trading Tuesday after the heavy equipment maker said continued strength in worldwide machine and engine sales would boost 2004 sales higher than previously estimated.
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Company is upgrading current support and service program to draw more mainframe customers.
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Wall Street stocks were higher at mid-morning on Tuesday, as solid earnings reports from bluechip companies propelled the Dow Jones Industrial Average above the 14,000 threshold for the first time.
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The addition of Bank of America Corporation and the Chevron Corporation will be the first change to the blue-chip stock index in almost four years.
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Stocks staged a late rally on Tuesday after Caterpillar Inc. (CAT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the world&#39;s largest maker of heavy equipment, raised its revenue outlook
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U.S. blue-chip stocks finished higher  on Friday, helped by gains in energy companies' shares,  although investors showed caution before next Tuesday's  presidential election.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks edged higher in  a seesaw session on Monday as some investors took the  opportunity to buy beaten-down shares after last week's  sell-off, but a diminishing appetite for risk limited a broader  advance.
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Caterpillar Inc , the world's top maker of earth-moving equipment, diesel engines and gas turbines, said on Friday quarterly earnings rose 21 percent as strong sales overseas offset a slump in the U.S. residential construction market.
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Wall Street stocks were firmer at mid-morning on Thursday, boosted by solid earnings from a number of bluechips, led by IBM.