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Caterpillar | Caterpillar Raises Record $15.2 Million in United Way Campaign
18 Nov 2024
Caterpillar employees and retirees, together with the Caterpillar Foundation, have pledged more than $15.2 million to United Way chapters.
Caterpillar Paves the Way for Future Technology Advancements with Launch of Autonomous Cat® 777 Off-Highway Truck at Luck Stone Quarry
18 Nov 2024
Caterpillar has successfully demonstrated the fully autonomous operation of its Cat® 777 off-highway truck.
Caterpillar | Cat Financial Announces Third-Quarter 2024 Results
18 Nov 2024
Cat Financial announced third-quarter 2024 sales and revenues.
Caterpillar | Caterpillar Reports Third-Quarter 2024 Results
18 Nov 2024
Caterpillar Inc. announced third-quarter 2024 sales and revenues.
Caterpillar | Caterpillar Inc. to Announce Third-Quarter 2024 Financial Results
18 Nov 2024
Caterpillar will release third-quarter 2024 financial results on Oct. 30.
Caterpillar | Caterpillar Announces Appointment of New Independent Director
18 Nov 2024
Nazzic Keene to Join the Board.
Caterpillar | The Future Starts Today at MINExpo 2024 for Caterpillar
18 Nov 2024
Caterpillar Inc. will immerse visitors in the mine site of the future at MINExpo 2024.
Caterpillar | Caterpillar Introduces Dynamic Energy Transfer Solution
18 Nov 2024
Cat® Dynamic Energy Transfer (DET) is a fully Caterpillar-developed system.
Caterpillar | COO Joe Creed and Group President Denise Johnson Fireside Chat
18 Nov 2024
Chief Operating Officer Joe Creed and Group President of Resource Industries Denise Johnson are expected to participate in a fireside chat at MINExpo
Caterpillar | Caterpillar Expands Lafayette Large Engine Center
18 Nov 2024
Caterpillar has broken ground on a major expansion at its large engine facility.
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Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
How Quaker Oats grabbed customers’ attention
By Kiron Kasbekar | 07 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats, the American food products giant that was created in 1901 through the merger of many older oat millers, and was acquired by a bigger foods giant, Pepsi, in 2001, has been an innovative company. One example of its innovativeness shows in its packaging – the cereal box it launched in 1915.
Company story – Cunard Line
By Kiron Kasbekar | 12 Jan 2024
The Cunard Line started its life in Glasgow in 1839 as the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company when Samuel Cunard was awarded the first British transatlantic steamship mail contract.
Samuel Slater – textile tycoon or traitor?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Dec 2023
Samuel Slater is a name that holds significant importance in the annals of American industrial history. Often referred to as the ‘Father of the American Factory System’, Slater's contributions played a pivotal role in shaping the nation’s industrial landscape.
Underwood Typewriter Company – an icon of the past
By Kiron Kasbekar | 21 Dec 2023
You’ve probably never heard of Underwood typewriters. For the company folded up in 1963 – 60 years ago. You may not even have seen and handled a typewriter, unless someone in your family owned one.
The rise and fall of Chrysler
By Kiron Kasbekar | 16 Dec 2023
A century ago, the American automobile industry was more crowded than a vegetable market on a Sunday morning, with such a wide variety of stuff on sale that buyers were spoilt for choice. Buyers could pick and choose, bargain, pay up and drive out with the newly purchased vehicle.
TRW – the tide turned
By Kiron Kasbekar | 13 Dec 2023
There used to be an American company called Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc. This company, which was a global supplier of automotive systems, modules, and components to car and truck manufacturers, started small, as most companies do. Then, as the automotive industry grew bigger, so did TRW.
The rise and fall of Nokia
By Aniket Gupta | 07 Dec 2023
My interest is stories about dominant companies that failed all of a sudden. These companies were once etched into people’s minds but have since become a symbol of nostalgia. One such company, which was the biggest in its industry before it failed catastrophically, is Nokia.
Yahoo!: The first king of the internet
By Aniket Gupta | 01 Dec 2023
The year is 1994. You go to the internet to search for a particular website, but there is no Google that could be used to search your desired website. What do you do? The answer is that you use Yahoo.
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