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Tuesday 11/17/2009 7:50 AM ET - BusinessWire

RESTAT, rated as the sixth largest Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) in the U.S. according to Business Insurance, recently launched Align, an innovative new program that combines a preferred pharmacy network with cost-plus pricing. Following a one-year pilot program with Caterpillar Inc. and WalMart, RESTAT is launching Align as a proven way for self insured employers to reduce the cost of their pharmacy benefit.

Monday 11/16/2009 10:12 AM ET - Comtex SmarTrend(R)

SmarTrend, our proprietary pattern recognition system, called an Uptrend for Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) on October 15, 2009 at $54.15.

Since then, Caterpillar has returned 10.4% as of today's recent price of $59.80. Want to profit from these alerts?

Monday 11/16/2009 9:31 AM ET - FreshBrewedMedia

Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) ended the last trading session at $58.78. So far the stock has hit a 52-week low of $21.71 and 52-week high of $61.28. Caterpillar stock has been showing support around 57.69 and resistance in the 59.79 range. Technical indicators for the stock are Bullish and S&P gives CAT a positive 4 STAR (out of 5) buy rating. CAT appears on the Investors Observer Analysts Favorites list. For a hedged play on this stock, look at a Jan '10 55 covered call (CAT AK) for a net debi

Thursday 11/12/2009 9:00 AM ET - PR Newswire

The World Resources Institute (WRI) Center for Sustainable Transport, EMBARQ, has been awarded the 2009 Roy Family Award for Environmental Partnership from Harvard University. The honor is recognizing EMBARQ's Mexico City Metrobus transit project that is designed to address traffic congestion, air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and safety. Key to the project's success was the Caterpillar Foundation's $7.5 million grant to assist in the development of the initiative.

Wednesday 11/11/2009 10:16 AM ET - BusinessWire

USG Corporation (NYSE: USG), a leading building products company, has announced the election of Richard P. Lavin, Group President of Caterpillar Inc., to its Board of Directors.

Mr. Lavin is responsible for Caterpillar's Earthmoving and Excavation Divisions, operations in China and Japan and other Asia Pacific operations. Mr. Lavin is a member of the board of directors of the U.S. China Business Council, U.S. India Business Council and the U.S. Korea

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Bid/Size

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Ask/Size

58.10

Price Open

58.61

Previous Close

58.24

Day High

57.04

Day Low

1.81

Beta (5yr)

61.28/10/20/09

52wk High/Date

21.71/3/3/09

52wk Low/Date

36.1 Billion

Market Capitalization

622.7 Million

Shares Outstanding

56.51

Volatility Avg (1 Year)

8.2 Million

Avg Vol (10 day)

27.2x

P/E Ratio

2.13

EPS (TTM)

0.42 (11/20/09)

Declared QRTR Div explain

2.90%

Yield

10/22/2009

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Caterpillar Inc vs. Peers

Company Market Cap YTD Price Performance
CAT

Caterpillar Inc

36.1B
+29.7%
TEX

Terex Corporation

2.2B
+17.2%
DE

Deere & Company

21.5B
+32.7%
UPS

United Parcel Service, Inc.

57.1B
+4.3%
CMI

Cummins Inc.

9.4B
+74.0%

Company Background

Caterpillar Inc. (Caterpillar) operates in three principal lines of business: Machinery, Engines and Financial Products. Machinery deals with the design, manufacture, marketing and sales of construction, mining and forestry machinery. Engines business deals with the design, manufacture, marketing and sales of engines. Financial Products, consists primarily of Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation (Cat Financial), Caterpillar Insurance Holdings, Inc. (Cat Insurance), Caterpillar Power Ventures Corporation (Cat Power Ventures) and their respective subsidiaries. In April 2008, Satyam Computer Services Limited acquired Caterpillar's market research and customer analytics operations. In April 2008, Caterpillar expanded its Global Mining business through the acquisition of Lovat Inc. (Lovat), a global manufacturer of tunnel boring machines used in the construction of metro, railway, road, sewer, water main, penstock, mine access, high voltage cable and telecommunications tunnels.

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