Caterpillar Inc.

Profits crater for equipment maker Caterpillar as mining slumps

2013-04-22 08:02:00

Heavy-equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. reported a 45% drop in first-quarter profit and cut its full-year outlook amid a slowdown in its mining business. The Peoria, Ill., company said mining companies continue to reduce their spending and new...

Caterpillar Inc. to pay $2.55 million penality [Updated]

2011-08-02 16:34:01

California toxic waste case settled

2011-08-24 16:33:46

Chinese currencyâ€™s clout on the rise

2011-01-17 16:34:37

Caterpillar's 4th-quarter profit plunges

2010-01-27 16:33:43

BP, Caterpillar and ConocoPhillips leave the U.S. Climate Action Partnership

2010-02-16 16:33:48

Strike while the iron's hot!

2007-11-06 00:00:00

As the Writers Guild of America strike shakes up the movie and television industry, some are wondering what they'll do without Jay Leno, others are asking why there's no more Heroes in this land, and still others want to know what the famously union-...

Nowhere to go but up

2007-12-17 15:15:35

By Jane Hulse, Special to The Times Santa Barbara -- BUILDING a luxury home on a gritty back-alley patch measuring only 20 feet by 20 feet seemed preposterous on its face. But Neil Ablitt and his wife, Sue, just moved into their pint-sized palace, a...

Settlement resolves Caterpillar acquisition

2013-05-18 08:34:02

Caterpillar Inc. and Mining Machinery Ltd. have announced a settlement regarding the acquisition of a company involved in the Chinese mining industry that, earlier this year, Caterpillar admitted it had drastically overpaid for. In January,...

Nappier Joins Investor Pressure On Caterpillar Over Sudan Ties

2013-05-15 14:35:47

State Treasurer Denise L. Nappier is ramping up her shareholder activism, joining critics of Caterpillar Inc. who are pushing the mining and construction equipment giant to exit Sudan. Using the power of the state's $26 billion retirement fund, Nappier...

Mexican official pitches business in Chicago

2013-05-15 00:00:00

Although news about Mexico is focused on immigration reform and border security, the country remains a leading trade partner for the U.S. and an increasingly important one for Illinois. During a visit to Chicago this week, the secretary for economic...

Union, GE wait on each other

2013-05-12 02:44:02

More than a month has passed since GE Transportation announced its intent to eliminate 1,050 jobs at its Lawrence Park Township plant and to move much of that work to a new plant in Fort Worth, Texas. But after repeated negotiating sessions between...

An worker checks the oil on a Caterpillar Inc. truck at Grupo Mexico SAB's La Caridad open pit copper mine in Sonora, Mexico.

2013-05-06 00:00:00

Ross Winklbauer, a local USW sub-district director greets members of the United Steel Workers Local 1343 in South Milwaukee after they rejected a proposed six-year contract with Caterpillar Inc. that would freeze wages, increase health care costs and give senior employees fewer protections.

2013-04-30 00:00:00

Caterpillar Inc. cut its full-year sales and profit forecast amid a slowdown in orders for mining equipment.

2013-04-22 07:43:31