Economy: No one has pleaded as earnestly for Congress to pass a Colombia free-trade pact as Caterpillar. Now, with earnings down and 20,000 American jobs to be lost, it's obvious why. Trade would have ...

Caterpillar operates a $428 million axle-manufacturing plant in Winston-Salem, where it had at last count a full-time workforce of 321 and 138 contract workers. The company pledged to have 392 ...

Caterpillar is planning another round of job cuts that could exceed 10,000 people through 2018, as the construction and mining equipment maker adjusts to downturns in key markets. That could amount to ...

Caterpillar is a Fortune 500 company and the world's leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives.

Caterpillar Inc., gearing down production further in response to eroding global demand, disclosed plans today to idle more than 2,200 U.S. workers, including 1,526 in Illinois.The Peoria-based ...