Friday, July 20, 2007

US STOCKS-Futures fall on Caterpillar, Google earnings

(Reuters) - NEW YORK, July 20 - U.S. stock index futures fell
on Friday, with the Dow poised to be knocked back below its
14,000 milestone, after bellwether stocks Caterpillar Inc.
and Google Inc posted disappointing earnings.




Caterpillar, the maker of heavy construction equipment,
said quarterly earnings fell more than expected due to a sharp
drop in sales of diesel truck engines and weakness in North
American construction. For details, see [ID:nL20191126].


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