Caterpillar earnings down
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Caterpillar Inc , the world&#39;s  top maker of earthmoving equipment, diesel engines and gas  turbines, said on Friday quarterly earnings fell more than  expected due to lower truck engine sales, weakness in North  American construction markets and higher production costs.
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Stocks fell on Friday as investors   worried that the economy may get bruised by a   sharper-than-expected slowdown, which prompted them to sell   shares of big industrial companies such as heavy equipment   maker Caterpillar Inc. CAT.N.
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Lucent Technologies Inc.  on Wednesday posted lower quarterly earnings and disappointing sales despite improved demand for wireless network products, and the telecommunications gear maker's shares fell.
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Chevron Corp. , the No. 2 U.S. oil company, said on Friday its fourth-quarter profit fell, pulled down by weaker natural gas prices.
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Higher ingredient prices and restructuring costs pushed General Mills&#39; first-quarter earnings down 19 percent, the cereal giant reported Tuesday.
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TORONTO (CP) - Earnings warnings from Celestica and Coca-Cola along with a slowdown in US industrial production sent stock markets lower Wednesday.
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The aluminum maker said second-quarter profit slipped nearly 4 percent as outage costs at two smelters weighed down results.
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Stocks turned lower on Thursday, with the Nasdaq losing 1 percent, on a handful of disappointing earnings reports, including results from cable TV operator Comcast Corp .
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Caterpillar Inc. , a manufacturer of heavy construction and mining 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. blue-chip stocks fell  on  Thursday as disappointing earnings reports from companies  including Caterpillar, UPS and Amgen combined with higher oil  prices to turn investors cautious after two days of gains.
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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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The results fell widely short of Wall Street estimates and the company declined to provide earnings guidance for the next quarter.
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Stocks fell on Friday as manufacturer Caterpillar Inc's  disappointing profit fueled caution about the economy, while a pullback in crude oil prices from a record high hurt shares of energy companies.
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Home appliance maker Whirlpool Corp. on Wednesday said third-quarter earnings fell, hurt by raw material cost increases and high oil prices, and guided its annual earnings estimate lower.
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Dow Chemical Co  said on  Tuesday that fourth-quarter earnings fell, hurt by weak U.S.  housing and auto markets, spiraling energy and raw material  costs, and one-time restructuring charges.
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U.S. stocks slid on Friday after a manufacturing index showed its weakest reading in more than three years, hurting shares of manufacturers like 3M Co.  and Caterpillar Inc., and adding to worries the U.S. economy was slowing too quickly.
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Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc  on Thursday posted lower quarterly profit and forecast future earnings below expectations amid pressures on its timeshare business and shares fell nearly 4 percent.