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Back in February of this year, when a hyperventilating President Obama claimed that the Stimulus bill must pass with the utmost urgency, he had a pow-wow with James Owens, CEO of the machinery giant Caterpillar, Inc.

More than 800 laid off Caterpillar workers at the Mossville Engine Facility are now eligible for extra income, training and help with health insurance.

Posted on 11/13/2009 11:28 AM Publication: "Fortune" "Caterpillar stock: Rising from the rubble" Publication Date: 11/10/2009 KeyWords: CAT This even-handed assessment of Caterpillar offers two opinions on the stock -- one bullish, and one bearish.

U.S. stocks gained for a third day as a rebound in metal prices boosted commodity producers, overshadowing a smaller-than-forecast increase in industrial production.

NEW YORK US stocks rose broadly on Monday, sending indexes to fresh 13-month closing highs, after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke reinforced expectations that interest rates would stay low to spur growth.

There have been a lot of legitimate signs that our economy is starting to emerge from what has been one of the worst U.S. recessions since the 1930s.

Caterpillar Inc.'s announcement that it has reached a tentative settlement over the fees it charged its 401 plan participants may be bad news for plan sponsors, their advisers and mutual fund companies.

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U.S. stocks jumped to a new 2009 high Monday, extending a strong run fueled by investors' increasing certainty in the flow of easy money to support global recovery.

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The Louisville-based Presbyterian Church is being asked to approve a statement that "strongly denounces" the Caterpillar corporation for profiting from Israel's use of its heavy equipment for "clearly non-peaceful purposes." The church committee recommending the statement is not calling on the denomination to pull its investments from Caterpillar ...

"China is a strategically critical market for us and our strategy has been to focus on competing for leadership in China," said Rich Lavin, a senior executive of Caterpillar Tuesday.

The maker of big machinery soared as construction boomed and commodity prices skyrocketed, boosting mining and oil drilling.

Stock prices rose to the highest level in more than a year Monday as traders were encouraged by word from the Group of 20 nations pledged to continue to provide economic support to the world economy.

U.S. stocks extended a global rally, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average to a 13-month high, and the dollar slid after the Group of 20 nations agreed to maintain economic stimulus efforts.

Industrial stocks such as Caterpillar can give investors a pulse on today's global economy.

Companies have cut costs to the bone in this brutal recession. Lost jobs, shuttered facilities and difficult mergers are commonplace throughout corporate America.

Here's what Jim Cramer had to say about some of the stocks that callers offered up during the "Mad Money Lightning Round" Friday evening.

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