Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) reported today that revenue was down nearly $19 billion (37%) and were earnings down 75% for full-year 2009.

Unlike Apple (AAPL), RIM (RIMM) and Palm (PALM) present investors with special risks because they are essentially single product line companies.

Despite adding 2.2 million customers in the fourth quarter of 2009, Verizon (VZ) came in a penny short of analysts' expectations.

According to an article in Barron's, shares of Sara Lee (SLE) could run up 40% or more after its push into healthier products.

According to Halliburton (HAL), a recovery in natural gas demand could result from increasing industrial demand and draw-downs in storage.

Lower sales, lower margins, higher restructuring costs and a dwindling customer adds up to a pretty grim outlook for Harley-Davidson (HOG) in 2010.

General Electric (GE) reported a 19% drop in earnings for Q4 2009, compared with the same period in 2008. Still, that beat analysts' estimates by $0.02 per share.

Wall Street certainly seems to think the new Massachusetts Senator will derail health care reform, which should send health insurers and big pharma stocks higher.

Williams Companies plans to transfer it gas pipeline business and other assets to Williams Partners in a move that will put the MLP on the playing field with the big boys.

Citibank reported a big loss today, like JPMorgan before it. Here's why the other big banks are likely to follow suit.

Starbucks Corp. is getting its wings clipped along with the market today ahead of earnings. What will be more interesting than Starbucks' actual earnings report is how this impacts the other coffee-trade stocks.

Kraft finally sealed the Cadbury deal, but Hershey still has time to make a counter offer. But maybe Hershey should be more concerned about getting gobbled up itself.

Citigroup (C), Bank of America (BAC), Wells Fargo (WFC), Morgan Stanley (MS) and Goldman Sachs (GS) are just a few of the banks reporting earnings this week.

Stocks trading around $1 per share could be your ticket to easy street, or they could leave you holding nothing but pennies. Take a look at these seven high-profile dollar stocks to see which ones are worth the risk.

The latest round of record-breaking snow isn't all bad. In fact, these five cold weather stocks could actually bring red-hot returns to investors savvy enough to take advantage of the extreme weather.

In today's tepid economy, the thing that matters most might be revenues as a measure of a company's performance. By that measure, JPMorgan (JPM) reported numbers this morning that have probably dampened optimism about a re-awakening economy.

Target announced today that it will resume a $10 billion stock buyback program.