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General Motors Co. signaled that it could take months to find a new chief executive after the surprise resignation Tuesday of Fritz Henderson.

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U.S. stock-market futures were mostly weaker Monday, with investors focused on developments in Dubai's debt situation and early results from the U.S. holiday shopping season.

Deere & Co., the largest U.S. maker of farm equipment, says its board of directors has elected CEO Samuel R. Allen as chairman of the board.

In the search for a new executive to run General Motors, outsiders are in. The troubled company's new government-appointed board wants GM to change faster than it did under fallen CEO Fritz Henderson, and it will look for a replacement from outside the automaker's bureaucratic culture.

Last week and on the heels of its mostly better-than-expected results, Option Watch discussed the pre-earnings option activity in Deere & Co.

This morning, Goldman Sachs upgraded the steel industry to Attractive as the firm sees prices nearing the bottom.

Whirlpool Corp. Shares at household white-goods manufacture, Whirlpool are higher by 3.6% today at $76.85 and a single combination trade in its options has landed it on our radar screen today.

Wells Fargo & Co and JP Morgan Chase analysts both upgraded farm equipment maker Deer & Co today.

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John Deere Power Systems announced last week that it has partnered with Crown Equipment to develop and produce a 2.4L liquefied petroleum gas industrial engine for the new Crown C-5 Series forklift.

Deere & Company reported a worldwide net loss of $222.8 million for the fourth quarter ended October 31, compared with net income of $345.0 million for the same period last year.

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Deere & Co. posted a fourth quarter net loss of $222.8 million, or 53 cents per share, as compared to a net gain of $345 million, or 81 cents per share, in the same quarter last year.

Deere and Co. reported a $223 million loss for the fourth quarter as big charges and a 28 percent decline in sales of farm and construction equipment as demand slumped amid the global economic downturn.

An improved 2010 revenue forecast prompted an analyst to slightly increase his profit estimate for Deere & Co.

Do you see a trend here? Companies are beating diminished forecasts and investors cheer when results trump estimates.

Planes, trains and automobiles are in motion and carrying a full passenger load anxiously strapped in, but the same can't be said about Mr.

Deere & Co., the world's largest maker of farm equipment, reports earnings for its fiscal fourth quarter on Wednesday before the market opens.

In Wednesday's pre-market it appears Deere & Co. is somewhat in the headlights rather than the spotlight as investors take modest profits with shares off about 1.50%. The reaction follows the company's strong current results which included an earnings beat of $0.20 per share and better-than-expected sales of $4.73B which topped estimates of $4.33B.