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Factory Orders Rise For Fifth Time In Six Months

Bloomberg | Shobhana Chandra | Posted 11.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Economic Recovery, Durable Goods, Recovery, Economy, Ford, Commerce Department, Cars, Texas Instruments, Caterpillar, Factory Orders, Stimulus, Recession, Business News

Orders placed with U.S. factories rose in September for the fifth time in six months, reinforcing signs that manufacturing will drive the economic rec...

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Stripping Massey: 81-year-old Paratrooper Leads Blockade, Court Hears $85 Million Suit

Jeff Biggers | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Ground Zero, Caterpillar, Dirty Coal, Civil Disobedience, President Barack Obama, Big Coal, Mountaintop Removal, Direct Action, Coal, Massey, Green News

Massey Energy's brutal attacks on coalfield residents and the judicial system have drawn national criticism.

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A Penny From Heaven

Dan Dorfman | Posted 09.12.2009 | New York

Penny Trenk recently pulled off the kind of financial feat that one might associate with the likes of investment whiz Warren Buffet. In sports, her feat would be like running a 4-minute mile.

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How Sweet It Is... Brazil's Sugar Ethanol Fuels China's Recovery

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

Read More: Brazil, Sugar Ethanol, Obama, Opec, Monroe Doctrine, Wal-Mart, Big Oil, Jim Owens, Agribusiness, Wto, Robert Zoellick, Ethanol, Caterpillar, Iraq, Hillary Clinton, China, Hugo Chavez, Petrobras, Imf, Energy, World News

Ethanol trade has helped make China Brazil's top trade partner, replacing Uncle Sam, who had been top dog ever since Herbert Hoover was in the White House.

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Caterpillar Joins With Progressives, Disses The Stimulus As Too Small

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Caterpillar, Economic Recovery Plan, Stimulus, Politics News

In February, President Obama made a trip to a Caterpillar factory in Peoria, Illinois, where he said his economic stimulus plan would allow the constr...

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Caterpillar Plant: French Workers Detain Bosses

AP | THIERRY BOINET | Posted 05.01.2009 | World

Read More: France, Foriegn Affairs, Advocacy, French Workers, France Economy, Caterpillar, Caterpillar Layoffs, Caterpillar Jobs, Caterpillar Job Cuts, French Caterpillar Workers, Hostage Boss, Global Financial Crisis, Foreign Affairs, Pont-Pennsylvania, World News

GRENOBLE, France — Angry French workers facing layoffs at a Caterpillar factory held four of their bosses Tuesday at the U.S. manufacturer's pla...

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Caterpillar To Lay Off 2,454 Workers In 3 States

AP | DANIEL LOVERING | Posted 04.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Layoffs, Cat, Jobs, Caterpillar, Unemployment, Caterpillar Layoffs, Business News

PITTSBURGH — Caterpillar Inc. on Tuesday announced plans to lay off more than 2,400 employees at five plants in Illinois, Indiana and Georgia as...

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Caterpillar Lays Off Thousands In 3 States, 1,726 At 2 Illinois Plants

AP | DANIEL LOVERING | Posted 04.17.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Caterpillar Job Cuts, Caterpillar Layoffs, Caterpillar, Job Cuts, Economy, Caterpillar Jobs, Chicago News

PITTSBURGH — Caterpillar Inc. on Tuesday announced plans to lay off more than 2,400 employees at five plants in Illinois, Indiana and Georgia as...

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Caterpillar Sued By Illinois Over Oil Spill

Associated Press | Posted 03.26.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Environment, Caterpillar Oil Spill Lawsuit, Caterpillar, Caterpillar Oil Spill, Des Plaines River Oil Spill, Chicago News

CHICAGO (AP) -- Illinois authorities have filed a lawsuit against Caterpillar Inc. after oil that overflowed from company waste treatment tanks spille...

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Caterpillar Cartoon

Jeff Danziger | Posted 03.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Caterpillar, Bankers, Bailout, Political Cartoons, Politics News

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Caterpillar CEO Contradicts Obama's Claim About Rehiring Workers If Stimulus Passes

ABC | Jake Tapper | Posted 03.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Caterpillar CEO, Jim Owens, Caterpillar CEO Jim Owens, Caterpillar, Jobs, Stimulus Plan, Stimulus Package, Politics News

President Obama today repeated the claim we asked about yesterday at the press briefing that Jim Owens, the CEO of Caterpillar, Inc., "said that if Co...

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Obama: Caterpillar Will Rehire If Stimulus Passes

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 03.14.2009 | Business

Read More: Jobs, Caterpillar, Stimulus Plan, Stimulus, Caterpillar Jobs, Business News

WASHINGTON — With a breakthrough deal zooming toward his signature, President Barack Obama on Wednesday thanked lawmakers of both parties for re...

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Des Plaines River Oil Spill: Caterpillar Tank Spills 65,000 Gallons Of Oil Sludge Near Joliet

AP | Posted 03.12.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Environment, Caterpillar, Des Plaines River, Oil Spill, Chicago Oil Spill, Joliet Oil Spill, Cat Oil Spill, Des Plaines River Oil Spill, Caterpillar Oil Spill, Chicago News

ROCKDALE, Ill. — The Environmental Protection Agency says cleaning up an oil spill along the Des Plaines river in suburban Chicago will take two...

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Caterpillar To Cut Another 2,110 Production Jobs

AP | DANIEL LOVERING | Posted 03.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Job Cuts, Caterpillar, Caterpillar Jobs, Cat, Business News

PITTSBURGH — Heavy equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. announced 2,110 new job cuts Friday as it scales back production amid a world economic slowd...

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Caterpillar To Cut 20,000 Jobs

AP | DANIEL LOVERING | Posted 02.27.2009 | Business

Read More: Caterpillar, Caterpillar Job Cuts, Job Cuts, Construction, Business News

Caterpillar Inc.'s fourth-quarter profit dropped 32 percent as the global economic slowdown sapped demand for heavy equipment, forcing the company to ...

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