Caterpillar excavators tear down Martin Luther King, Jr. Senior High School in Detroit on July 12, 2011. Continued robust demand for Caterpillar’s heavy equipment boosted the company’s second-quarter profits by 44 per cent, but higher costs and cautious comments about China’s economy sent shares sliding Friday.
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