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11 min ago | 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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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

Thu Oct 02, 2008

PR-inside.com

Correction: US-Credit markets story

In a Sept. 25 story about the credit markets, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Caterpillar Inc.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Construction, Insurance

Journal Star

Cat expresses worry over economy

While Caterpillar Inc. remains in a position of strength, the meltdown of U.S. financial markets could put the company's customers and the entire economy at risk, Chairman Jim Owens told members of Congress on ...

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Construction, Insurance

Wed Oct 01, 2008

MarketWatch

Slouching into new quarter

Stocks fell slightly Wednesday, with investors entering the first session of the fourth quarter still on edge over whether Congress will pass the controversial $700 billion financial-sector bailout package.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Financial Services, Stifel Financial, Investment Services, Mining, Alcoa, Manufacturing, Construction, Insurance, IBM

The Age

US shares drop on credit woes

US stocks fell as tight credit markets and bleak economic data kept investors on edge before the Senate votes on a revamped financial sector rescue plan that was initially rejected by lawmakers.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, General Electric, Financial Services, Aerospace-Defense, Manufacturing, Construction, Insurance, Warren Buffett

MarketWatch

Market Snapshot: CORRECT: U.S. stocks fall amid bailout uncertainty

U.S. stocks fell Wednesday, the first session of the fourth quarter, with markets remaining on edge over uncertainty about whether the controversial $700 billion financial bailout package will make it through ...

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Financial Services, BlackRock, Investment Services

Tue Sep 30, 2008

PeoriaTimes-Observer

Cat, Wal-Mart team up for prescriptions

Caterpillar Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. have embarked on a pilot drug program that could revolutionize the prescription drug industry, officials from both companies said Monday.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Construction, Insurance, Retail, Wal Mart Stores

Construction Equip. Distribution

Holt Cat Honored as 'Texas Treasure'

San Antonio Business Journal Holt Cat accepted the Texas Treasure Business Award for being in business 75 years.

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Related Topix: San Antonio, TX, Manufacturing, Construction, Insurance

Mon Sep 29, 2008

Journal Star

Some specifics announced for 'The Block"

Keeping a promise to increase the public profile of the "Build the Block" campaign for the Downtown riverfront museum and Caterpillar visitor's center, project officials gathered the faithful and the press ...

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Construction, Insurance, The Street, Heavy-Metal, Peoria, IL, Peoria Metro

Construction Equip. Distribution

Caterpillar Inc. Named to Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for Eighth Consecutive Year

Caterpillar Inc. has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for the eighth straight year and has retained the leadership position in the Industrial Engineering sector for the third year.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Construction, Insurance

Journal Star

Cat employees mix it up with 'Music Man'

There's the smooth-talking con man Harold Hill. There's the willful town librarian Marian.

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Related Topix: Maroa, IL, Theater, Arts, Peoria, IL, Peoria Metro, East Peoria, IL, Manufacturing, Construction, Insurance, Entertainment

Sun Sep 28, 2008

Seeking Alpha

Caterpillar's Troubling Bond Issue

There is a new issue corporate bond today from Caterpillar and the pricing of that issue is troublesome - quite troublesome, and reflective of the dire straits of the credit market and the dysfunction which has ...

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Construction, Insurance

Sat Sep 27, 2008

State Journal-Register

Live green, save green: Couple's home preserves energy while reducing their long-term costs

A high-efficiency, wood-burning fireplace is designed to provide heat through ductwork to the rest of the Germantown Hills home built by Tom and Deb Majewski.

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Related Topix: Chemistry, Science, Germantown Hills, IL, Manufacturing, Construction, Insurance, Home Listing, Home

Herald & Review

Decatur Technical Academy's Cooperative Work Education puts students in real jobs

Aaron Leeper is following in his father's footsteps. Leeper, a senior at Argenta-Oreana High School, is working at Caterpillar Inc.

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Related Topix: Oreana, IL, Decatur Metro, Decatur, IL, Food, Agriculture, Archer Daniels Midland, Education Etc., Manufacturing, Construction, Insurance

Fri Sep 26, 2008

Wired News

Electric Cat Hauls 340 Tons

This week at the 2008 MINExpo in Las Vegas, Caterpillar unveiled a new line of electric-drive mining trucks known as the AC Series.

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Related Topix: Manufacturing, Construction, Insurance, Autos

Washington Times

Major firms on Wall Street face debt deadline

Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson enters the Capitol for a late-night meeting with members of Congress including Senate Majority Leader Sen.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Christopher Dodd, Harry Reid, US Senate, Democrat, Manufacturing, Construction, Insurance, US House of Representatives, Barney Frank

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