Posting their 4Q and year-end results this morning, Cat chairman and CEO Jim Owens said the boom-bust cycle the company experienced last year “whipsawed” them in the four quarter, when key industries took a sudden turn. Here’s the link to Cat’s press release: http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=92466&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1248076&highlight To attend a 10 a.m. CST teleconference today on these results, follow the directions outlined here: http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=92466&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1244497&highlight
Cat: 2008 an “extraordinarily challenging year”
