thinkstockOctober 8, 2015: Markets opened lower on Thursday but buying in the energy and materials sectors kept stocks near the break-even line until the FOMC minutes were released. The minutes indicated a…
thinkstockOctober 6, 2015: Markets opened lower on Tuesday following August’s higher-than-expected U.S. trade deficit of $48.3 billion. The Nasdaq Composite was weighed down again today by biotech weakness and little enthusiasm for…
thinkstockOctober 5, 2015: Markets opened higher on Monday and followed a trend line higher all day. The reports on non-manufacturing PMI were weaker than expected, but both Asian and European markets traded…
Apple was named the most valuable global brand in the 2015 Interbrand World's Best 100 Global Brand survey, with Google in second place.
thinkstockOctober 2, 2015: Markets opened lower on Friday, but in a near-miracle retracing fought broke back into the green in the noon hour. The weak start to the day’s trading could have…
thinkstockOctober 1, 2015: Markets opened higher on Thursday after the morning report the new claims for unemployment benefits were nearly in-line with expectations and that continuing claims have reached a 15 year…
Friday's top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations include Caterpillar, Coca-Cola, Intel, 3M, Nike and Box.
Caterpillar's job cuts of 10,000 workers are a reminder that oil patch and infrastructure companies are in rising trouble.
Wikimedia CommonsCaterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) plans a reorganization of its divisions across the company in an effort to improve efficiency and reduce complexity. Specifically, the company announced Thursday morning, a reorganization in…
thinkstockSeptember 24, 2015: Markets opened lower on Thursday as U.S. markets once again took the lead from Europe where a German magazine called into question the ability of a BMW diesel-powered vehicle’s…
Caterpillar announced Thursday it plans a reorganization of its divisions across the company in an effort to improve efficiency and reduce complexity.
Chris Lange thinkstockSeptember 23, 2015: Markets opened higher on Wednesday, but weakness in basic materials, industrials, and energy weighed the indexes down. Commodities also struggled as a report on manufacturing in China posted a…
Investors who were hoping for an uptick in Caterpillar sales in the world's growth markets are going to have to wait.
Jon C. Ogg thinkstockSeptember 18, 2015: Markets opened lower on Friday as investors reacted to further uncertainty related to an interest rate hike. Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen left the door open to an increase later…
thinkstockSeptember 15, 2015: Markets opened higher on Tuesday following early morning reports of an increase in retail sales and drops in both industrial production and in the Empire State manufacturing survey. Crude…
