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Caterpillar to Pay $2.5 Million in Engine Settlement with EPA

Caterpillar Inc. will pay $2.55 million to the federal government and California to settle claims it sold engines without proper emissions controls and violated emission control reporting and engine labeling regulations, the Environmental Protection Agency said.

August 1, 2011
Business

Caterpillar’s 1Q Profit Tops $1.2 Billion

Heavy equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. said Friday its first-quarter profit more than quintupled on higher sales, and its boosted its full-year earnings outlook.

April 29, 2011
Business

Caterpillar Enters Vocational Market with Its First-Ever On-Highway Truck

LAS VEGAS — Caterpillar Inc., the construction-equipment manufacturer which dropped out of the Class 8 engine market two years ago, entered the on-highway vocational truck market last week with the introduction of the first in a line of Caterpillar-branded severe-service trucks.

March 28, 2011
Business

Caterpillar Considering Logistics Unit Sale

Caterpillar Inc. said it considering selling part of its logistics business.

March 24, 2011
Business

Caterpillar Introduces Vocational Truck

LAS VEGAS — Caterpillar Inc. has introduced the CT660, the first in a line of Caterpillar-branded vocational on-highway truck models.

March 22, 2011
Business

Caterpillar’s 4Q Income More Than Quadruples

Heavy equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. said Thursday its fourth-quarter net income more than quadrupled on higher sales.

January 27, 2011
Business

Caterpillar to Buy Mining Equipment Firm for $8 Billion

Heavy-equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. said Monday it will buy a mining equipment company in a deal valued at more than $8 billion.

November 15, 2010
Business

Caterpillar Sued Over Heavy-Duty Engines

Three trucking companies are suing Caterpillar Inc. over the sale of what their legal counsel says are “defective” 13- and 15- liter diesel engines for heavy-duty trucks. The Texas law firm representing the companies now is looking for fleets to join the litigation.

August 9, 2010
Business

Caterpillar’s 2Q Income Jumps on Higher Worldwide Sales

Heavy equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. said Thursday its second-quarter net income jumped 91% on higher worldwide sales of industrial equipment.

July 22, 2010
Business

Caterpillar Swings to 1Q Profit

Heavy equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. Monday reported a first-quarter profit compared with a loss a year ago, and boosted its sales and income forecast for the year.

April 26, 2010