Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Grounded in central Illinois throughout its century-long history, heavy equipment manufacturer Caterpillar has seemingly been ...

War, in all its horrors, tends to breed innovation and accelerate technological development. There's hardly a better example than the First World War, where the stalemate of trench warfare on the ...

Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) acquired agricultural technology startup Monarch Tractor, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The purchase marks a shift for a company that ...

The story of how Caterpillar came to central Illinois started more than a decade before the company was officially created. Caterpillar, as it is known today, was created through the merger of Holt ...