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Caterpillar is an iconic American corporation, producing everything from the tractors and earth-moving machines that come in archetypal construction yellow to footwear and boots. Its early 1900s tractors helped revolutionize the construction industry - and inspired the first military tanks that took to battle in World War I. But now Caterpillar is facing a very 21st century ordeal, one that almost all other companies face amid what is arguably the gravest economic crisis since the Depression. On Monday, Caterpillar joined other U.S. companies in announcing the collective loss of some 75,000 jobs at operations worldwide. (See pictures...
...razor wire and limited their interaction with the crowd to shooing them off an adjacent helipad. The refugees built tents of sticks and rags in front of the gates. "Nobody ever gets into the base," said Meshaq Shebani, 22, a roadside diesel vendor. He eyed the rows of yellow and red flowers around a spot marked vip parking next to the commander's tent. "They don't protect us. They just sit there drinking...
What are the keys to a successful liquidation? Start with the signs. At the Circuit City near Manhattan's Lincoln Center, Fried, fresh off a nine-week job running clearance for a Mervyn's store in California, has plastered the storefront window with seven somewhat garish red and yellow posters: Store Closing Sale! Nothing Held Back! Entire Store on Sale! Inside, the discount stickers (30% off for furniture, mobile phone accessories, and cables, 20% off CDs and DVDs, 10% off everything else) and sale rules (no returns, no checks) are ubiquitous. "If we look obnoxious, we're doing our jobs...
...Tonight Show with Jay Leno. On the heels of news reports that Sarah Palin hoarded a $150,000 wardrobe budget, Leno jokingly asked Michelle if she paid "$60-, $70,000 for that outfit." Obama bragged, "Actually, this is a J. Crew ensemble." Chen says sales of that yellow outfit spiked. (See pictures of the fashion of Michelle Obama...
...home page of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection website shows the daily progress of the border-fence construction - green for completed, yellow for under construction and red for planned. There is a line of green and yellow for the 693-mile border between Mexico and the states of California, Arizona and New Mexico. The colors turn to red on the far western and eastern edges of the 1,241-mile Mexico-Texas border. In between, there are just small patches of red, since only 110 miles of Texas border fence are planned in the initial stage...