Caterpillar net misses expectations
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Caterpillar Inc , the world's top maker of earth-moving equipment, diesel engines and gas turbines, posted disappointing quarterly earnings on Friday and cut its full-year forecast, sending its shares down 3.5 percent.
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U.S. stocks fell on Friday, with the Dow knocked off its 14,000-point perch and the Nasdaq composite index down more than 1 percent after bellwether stocks Caterpillar Inc.  and Google Inc  posted disappointing earnings.
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General Mills Inc.  on Thursday posted quarterly profit that was a penny shy of analysts' estimates as increased marketing spending and higher commodity costs tempered gains.
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Package delivery company FedEx Corp.  on Wednesday reported a profit that missed analysts' forecast and said earnings growth would fall short of expectations due to continued softness in the U.S. economy.
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Caterpillar Inc. CAT.N, the world's  largest maker of heavy equipment, boosted its 2004 revenue  outlook on Tuesday, citing strong demand.
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The Internet retailer's quarterly earnings from its core  operations missed analysts' expectations.
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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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U.S. stock index futures fell on Friday, with the Dow poised to be knocked back below its 14,000 milestone, after bellwether stocks Caterpillar Inc.  and Google Inc  posted disappointing earnings.
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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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Earnings expectations were trounced, but projections don't measure up.
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Sales were lower than expected, and the quality of earnings is in question.
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Internet service provider EarthLink  Inc. ELNK.O on Tuesday posted higher quarterly profit,  boosted by cost controls, but sales fell short of analysts'  expectations.
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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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Caterpillar said earnings were hurt by soft North American machine sales, selected supply chain disruptions and higher costs.
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Shares fell as Caterpillarâs disappointing profit fueled caution over the economy, while a pullback in crude oil prices from a record high hurt shares of energy companies.
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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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Third-quarter profit, helped by sales of jet fighters and electronic warfare systems, beat Wall Street expectations, but the companyâs forecast for next year was slightly below analystsâ estimates.