Caterpillar Expects Higher Sales and Revenues and Profit in 2010

Caterpillar Inc. today announced sales and revenues of $32.396 billion for 2009, a decrease of 37 percent from $51.324 billion in 2008. Â Profit per share was $1.43, down 75 percent. Â Excluding redundancy costs of $0.75, 2009 profit was $2.18 per share.