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Caterpillar downgraded
on Obama’s energy policy
Chicago Sun-Times, by Francine Knowles
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Posted By:Rat Patrol, 11/12/2012 11:39:48 PM
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| Caterpillar Inc.’s stock was downgraded to “Neutral” from “Overweight” by JPMorgan Chase & Co. analyst Ann Duignan Monday. Duignan, who had rated Peoria-based Caterpillar “overweight” since April 2009, cited pressures on the sector to reduce costs and the potential negative impact on the U.S. coal and energy sectors following the re-election of President Barack Obama in downgrading the stock. Mining remains “pressured as companies continue to assess their investment plans for the longer term, and cuts are becoming more broad-based,” Duignan said in a research note.
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Comments:
The Obozo fall out continues...Wonder if Obozo will be visiting the caterpillar plant again anytime soon with his false promises?
Please post properly as shown. LCom Staff.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
country boy, 11/12/2012 11:44:05 PM (No. 9010312)
Owners of CAT have head out to Galt´s Gulch.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Penney, 11/13/2012 12:10:26 AM (No. 9010328)
Must be 0bama´s, ´´revenge.´´ ...Is his, ´energy policy,´ akin to the hollyweird movie Chicago mafia-type thing of hitting ´em in the kneecaps to bring ´em down?
What else is in 0bama´s revenge agenda for America the Beautiful?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Jimmyfoxhound, 11/13/2012 1:14:27 AM (No. 9010359)
Who are the libs going to boycott to rectify this?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Mr. Hanky, 11/13/2012 1:49:45 AM (No. 9010380)
We´re all about to be ´downgraded´ on Obama´s no-energy policy.
Hey, how do you bankrupt a coal-fired Public Utility?
/s
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Spidey, 11/13/2012 3:44:56 AM (No. 9010434)
Caterpillar is a huge barometer stock on the Dow. If it sinks a lot of others will go with it.
You really have to be clinically insane to do the things Obama is doing and if you check the wards in Philly,he might not even be a legitimate president.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Grant Hodges, 11/13/2012 5:01:11 AM (No. 9010471)
Obama is a saboteur.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
HicksvilleKid59, 11/13/2012 5:54:26 AM (No. 9010499)
It´s Bush´s fault.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
mickturn, 11/13/2012 9:26:39 AM (No. 9010911)
Great news for me, I am looking to buy a tractor...cheap. Sorry, there has to be a thread of good in all this Communist take over of our Country!
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Rat Patrol, 11/14/2012 8:38:24 PM (No. 9015002)
The Obozo regime at work...
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