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[Minyanville] Eyeing the Bubble as China Pulls Back - Minyanville.com: China’s decision to implement an exit strategy from their monetary and fiscal easing has investors spooked. There's now a lot of hand-wringing, Yardeni argues, about the sustainability of China’s economic expansion if central bankers over there are now going to tap on the brakes.

[WSJ.com: Real Time Economics] Amid Layoffs, Caterpillar's Bleak Economic Outlook - Real Time ...: While the company may save money by outsourcing what little is left of the Union workforce they are ridding themselves of the very reason why many companies have purchased Caterpillar equipment in the past. So it should be of no suprise why the stock keeps falling.

[News] Caterpillar and Catо Dealers Combine Resources to Offer Customers ...: For owners of Catо equipment who might find that once-thriving businesses are now challenged by today's economic and regulatory climate, Caterpillar Inc. and Cat dealers are ready with a "stimulus package" designed to help owners work .

[WSJ.com: Washington Wire] Stimulus Money Flows to States - Washington Wire - WSJ: from Business Week, March 2009: 'Proposals for a stimulus bill pushed infrastructure stocks to unsustainable heights. Caterpillar (CAT) surged 39% from the market lows in November to early January.

[FrontPage Magazine] The Lies of Obama | FrontPage Magazine: President Obama evidently believes that he can solve any problem with a speech.  But he really does not care whether what he says is true or not, nor does he feel any responsibility to honor the assurances and promises he makes.  As a result, this nation is now in a position where it cannot believe a word that he says, and that amounts to an unprecedented crisis of confidence in the Presidency. Democratic government will atrophy if we allow lying on this scale to count as the business as usual of politics.

[Israpundit] Israpundit » Blog Archive » U.S. Climate Action Partnership: By ...: Its declining fortunes and revenues probably have something to do with its new business model that relies on government mandates to compel businesses to buy its products. As Aesop told us long ago, birds of a feather flock together, and the U.S. Climate Action Partnership is not the kind of company in which we would want any corporation that we owned to be seen.

[Minyanville | Stock Market | Investment | Finance | Money | Hoofy & Boo] Minyanville: I think the Chinese will do so. Indeed, I think that by acting now to cool off their economy, they are increasing the chances that their economic expansion will last longer and won’t end badly with the popping of speculative bubbles.”

[TradersHuddle] TradersHuddle.com - Stocks Close to the Lows of the Session on ...: Overseas, China raised its banks’ reserve requirements for the first time since June 2008, in an attempt to cool the world’s fastest-growing major economy. According to an announcement in China’s central bank Web site, the proportion of deposits that banks must set aside as reserves will increase by 50 basis points from Jan.

[Oxbury Publishing] Earnings and Market News: Caterpillar Inc. (CAT), Citigroup Inc ...: (CAT) said President Barack Obama missed a great opportunity to rebuild America's infrastructure, stating that the $787 billion stimulus plan was rather disappointing when compared to the funds shelled out for such .In fact, China's economy is roughly one-third the size of the United States, yet has allocating over three times as much for infrastructure projects.

[Wizbang] Caterpillar Crawling Along. Barely (Wizbang): When you say, "I'm looking forward to the day this blog stops celebrating bad news." I'm wondering why was okay for you and your kind to celebrate bad news when Bush made an alleged miss-step or any time our soldiers died you and your kind celebrated that like it was a triumph - something to brag about. I had the feeling you and your kind were happy that our soldiers died which proved the liberals were right about being against the war (before they were for the war) that was HIGHLIGHTED day in and day out by your kind and the main stream media - you know, Oprah, The View, Comedy Central, Late Night Talk Shows and other prestigious News outlets like that.

[Cat Stock Blog] Peoria Journal Star: Caterpillar CEO will promise to rehire laid ...: Well, given Cat’s Fort Knox mentality about guarding company information (and carefully telling only what it wants known), it’s safe to assume this was an approved leak. I can’t imagine anybody talking to the press without authorization when the company’s looking for reasons to reduce expenses.

[Talk Back] Talk Back » Blog Archive » TALK BACK: Friday's Employment Report ...: Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, in a speech in Houston today, compared China’s censorship of the internet to Europe’s Nazi hate crime laws and the U.S.’s anti-child porn laws. This comes a week after rival Google stood up to China, putting at risk its business future in that country.

[Mises Economics Blog] Nothing to see here - Mark Thornton - Mises Economics Blog: "Caterpillar [CAT 59.61 1.76 (+3.04%) ] led Dow gainers, up 3 percent, after the construction-equipment maker smashed analyst estimates with profit of 64 cents. It also raised its full-year outlook, saying it's seeing signs of recovery."

[Cat Stock Blog] Caterpillar Inc. earnings: Wonderful 2008; woeful 2009 | Cat Stock ...: We expect 2009 will be the weakest year for economic growth in the postwar period. We are expecting recessionary conditions to persist in most of the world throughout the year, with no growth in the world economy.

[My Wealth Blog - Take Control of Your Finances] Is the Dow Over-Valued? | My Wealth Blog: With interest rates near zero and government’s stimulus, the Dow is fairly valued. However, the economy might be substantially weaker ahead and the last 8 months rally might be just based on cost-cutting or hope.

[Brad Warthen's Blog] Brad Warthen's Blog: Caterpillar view of 'Buy American': For starters we need a "National Export Strategy” that keeps U.S.-made goods in demand globally, U.S.-based companies competitive and U.S. workers employed””including tens of thousands of Caterpillar and supplier employees.  The approval of these “provisions”, as they are written, could have a devastating impact on the operations of the Greenville Engine Center, Cat Logistics and the Marine Center of Excellence, as well as the lives of our employees and their families.

[Cat Stock Blog] When will Caterpillar become a “buy” again? | Cat Stock Blog: Chris Sleight, editor of International Construciton magazine says, “The potential boost to the global construction industry from fiscal stimulus packages over the next two years could be enormous. US$ 355 billion is greater than the GDP of many medium-sized countries, and in terms of construction it is greater than the size of the German market - the fourth biggest market in the world.”

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