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5 hrs ago | SixSig.info

"Caterpillar Inc. Uses Six Sigma Teams to Achieve Greenhouse...

Posted by: meikah 13 October 2008 8:48 pm That's the news on CSRWire . Projects implemented by Six Sigma teams focused on heating efficiency, more efficient lighting and control of equipment and can be ...

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Construction, Insurance

20 hrs ago | Herald & Review

Muse from the past: Retired Caterpillar worker scores with old-time tome on violin tuning

Herald & Review/Lisa Morrison James Parsley does not play the violin but is a musician and recognized the importance of information in a book called 'Violin Tone Pecularities' that he found in a garage sale.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Construction, Insurance, Decatur Metro, Decatur, IL, Symphony, Arts, Libraries

Sun Oct 12, 2008

Reuters

Some Depression-era U.S. dividends still flowing

Businesses generally don't get a lot of credit from investors when they maintain or even raise their dividends -- but that was before the current financial crisis hit and forced many companies to cut or suspend ...

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Construction, Insurance, Industrial Machines, Security, United Technologies Corporation

Sat Oct 11, 2008

Construction Equip. Distribution

Caterpillar Inc. to Announce Third-Quarter Financial Results

Caterpillar Inc. will release 2008 third-quarter financial results at 6:30 a.m. Central time on Tuesday, October 21, 2008.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Construction, Insurance, Securities and Exchange Commission, Corporate / Securities Law, Law, Financial Services

Fri Oct 10, 2008

Construction Equip. Distribution

Caterpillar Maintains Dividend Rate- Marks Milestone Achievement of...

The Board of Directors of Caterpillar Inc. today declared a quarterly cash dividend of forty-two cents per share of common stock, payable November 20, 2008, to stockholders of record at the close of business ...

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Construction, Insurance

CSRwire.com

Caterpillar Inc. Sets New Aggressive Greenhouse Gas Emissions...

PEORIA, Ill., Oct. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Caterpillar Inc. has pledged to reduce its total absolute global greenhouse gas emissions by 3 percent from 2006 to 2015.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Construction, Insurance, Peoria, IL, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Law, Law

Journal Star

Caterpillar to create new divisions

Caterpillar Inc. will create several new divisions and make changes in assignments of officers, all to improve its focus on its customers, the company announced Thursday.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Construction, Insurance, Marketing

Thu Oct 09, 2008

Fool.com

The Real Threat to the U.S. Economy

So far, all eyes have focused on the big companies hit by the credit crunch . But for most people, the worst effects on the U.S. economy will come from further down the economic chain -- as small businesses ...

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Related Topix: Small Business, Warren Buffett, Manufacturing, Construction, Insurance, Home, Mortgage

Investopedia

CAT Leading The Bounce

Revenue Offsetting Rising Costs Caterpillar will be releasing its third-quarter earnings on October 21.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Construction, Insurance, American Express, Financial Services, Banking, JP Morgan Chase , Semiconductors, Startups, Intel, Electronics

PeoriaTimes-Observer

Peoria has a different drug problem

The Greater Peoria Area has a drug problem. "Duh," one might say. But, this drug problem is not one played out on street corners.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Construction, Insurance

Wed Oct 08, 2008

Trailer/Body Builders

Caterpillar Pays Dividend For 300th Consecutive Quarter

The Board of Directors of Caterpillar Inc. today declared a quarterly cash dividend of 42 cents per share of common stock, payable November 20, 2008, to stockholders of record at the close of business October ...

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Construction, Insurance

Lawn & Landscape

Caterpillar, Trimble Navigation Announce Joint Software Development Venture

Earth-moving equipment manufacturer Caterpillar Inc. and Trimble Navigation Ltd.

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Related Topix: Scientific Instruments, Manufacturing, Construction, Cable & Satellite, Trimble Navigation, Telecom, Insurance, Startups, Peoria, IL, Peoria Metro

Merle Widmer's Peoria Watch

Elected Officials - It's Past Time For More of You to Show Some Guts

Some say we need new schools. How can any politician say no? It would look like they were against education.

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Related Topix: Libraries, Manufacturing, Construction, Insurance

Tue Oct 07, 2008

International Business Times

Shares of Dow component Caterpillar decline

Shares of heavy equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. dropped to their lowest point in more than three years Monday amid fears that government bailout efforts may fail to halt a global economic slowdown.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Construction, Insurance, Peoria, IL, Peoria Metro

Mon Oct 06, 2008

Journal Star

Gordon / Biz File: Cat stock's slide reflects global outlook, credit crunch

Posted Oct 06, 2008 @ 11:11 AM Knowing the continuing strength of Caterpillar Inc.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Construction, Insurance

Bloomberg Business News

Bernanke May See Lending to Companies, States as Next Credit-Crisis Fronts

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke may find the next fronts of the financial crisis to be just as chilling as last month's downfall of Wall Street titans: its spread to corporate America and state and ...

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Related Topix: Ben Bernanke, Duke Energy, Energy, Manufacturing, Construction, Insurance, Gannett Co, Media, Publishing, California Government, California, Home, Mortgage

Sun Oct 05, 2008

CSRwire.com

Caterpillar and Trimble Form New Joint Venture to Improve Customer...

PEORIA, Ill. and SUNNYVALE, Calif., Oct. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The world's leading earthmoving equipment manufacturer, Caterpillar Inc.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Construction, Insurance, Scientific Instruments, Cable & Satellite, Trimble Navigation, Telecom, Peoria, IL, Peoria Metro, Arts, Industrial Design (Product Design), Marketing

Netscape

1.0 Scale of 1 to 10Read: 18Propped: 10Comments: 0Click Prop It to Raise Score

Caterpillar 797B - The biggest dumptruck in the world >> Posted By gomboc 1 hour, 32 minutes ago in Science & Technology 1.0 Scale of 1 to 10 Read: 18 Propped: 10 Prop it The Caterpillar 797B is an ultra class ...

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Construction, Insurance

Sat Oct 04, 2008

Crain's Chicago Business Weekly Edition

The factory becomes the bank

The credit upheaval is pressuring Caterpillar Inc., Boeing Co. and other capital equipment makers to finance more loans for their customers, but rising interest rates threaten to keep some of those buyers on ...

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Construction, Insurance

Fri Oct 03, 2008

PeoriaTimes-Observer

If they build the Peoria museum, the Duryea car will come

The sun shone through the windows on the southeast corner of the Main Street branch of the Peoria Public Library on Thursday morning, illuminating the cobwebs and dust that clung in spots to the 1898 Duryea ...

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Related Topix: Peoria, IL, Libraries, Manufacturing, Construction, Insurance

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