Caterpillar Inc., the world's largest maker of mining and construction equipment, plans to join a coalition of companies planning to build an experimental clean-coal power plant known as FutureGen, key politicians announced Monday. Gov. Pat Quinn and Sen. Dick Durbin said the addition of Caterpillar comes on ...

BOSTON (Reuters) - Diversified U.S. manufacturer Honeywell International Inc <HON.N> set a first-quarter profit target that fell short of analysts' forecasts and its shares fell 4 percent. The forecast overshadowed fourth-quarter results that were slightly stronger than Wall Street had looked for and raised concerns among some investors about the full-year prospects for the company, the world ...

Caterpillar Inc., the world's largest maker of construction and mining equipment, said Wednesday that its fourth-quarter profit fell 65 percent to $232 million, or 36 cents per share, as global demand remained weak. Those quarterly figures beat the 28-cents-per-share earnings analysts expected, but Caterpillar's outlook for ...

Caterpillar said Wednesday that its fourth-quarter profit tumbled as demand remained weak, but the maker of mining and construction equipment expects sales to rebound in 2010 as the economy improves and dealers replace inventory. Leading the way will be China and other developing countries where an increasing share ...