Caterpillar posts earnings of $1.72 a share vs. $1.36 estimate

Analysts had expected Caterpillar to report earnings of $1.36 a share on $13.19 billion in revenue, according to a consensus estimate from Thomson Reuters. The world's largest maker of earth-moving machinery indicated earlier this year that it was seeing weakening sales outside of the United States, including in China and Brazil. The firm, which is based in...