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Truck and engine manufacturers Fiat Industrial SpA (FI.MI) and Cummins Inc. (CMI) are counting on rebounding sales of commercial trucks this year after seeing demand for trucks skid for most of the past 12 months.Italy's Fiat blamed a 15% decline in first-quarter profit on a loss at its Iveco commercial truck and engine unit. Iveco swung to 9-million-euro ($11.7 million) loss in the quarter following a EUR63 million profit a year ago. Fiat Industrial trimmed it profit-margin forecast for 2013 to 7.5% to 8.3% from 8.3% to 8.5%, but Fiat Chairman Sergio Marchionne said he expects Iveco's results to improve as the year unfolds."We think the truck side has bottomed in the first quarter of this year," Mr. Marchionne said in remarks to analysts. "We need to see how the market develops for the rest of the year."Iveco is viewed by analysts as the weakest link in Fiat Industrial, which also is the holding company for farm and construction machinery maker CNH Global NV (CNH). The companies are b...
Navistar International Corp. (NAV) Chairman and Chief Executive Lewis Campbell predicted the damage to the commercial truck marker's share of the North American mark...
Cummins Inc.'s (CMI) fourth-quarter earnings sank 30% amid falling sales of truck engines in North America and lower demand for engines in China and other internatio...
Paccar Inc. (PCAR) forecast mostly flat sales for heavy-duty truck markets in Europe and U.S. this year, after the company's fourth-quarter profit sank 23% on lower ...
Paccar Inc.'s (PCAR) fourth-quarter earnings sank 23% as the maker of Kenworth and Peterbilt heavy-duty commercial trucks saw revenue in Europe, the U.S. and Canada ...
Paccar Inc. (PCAR) and Eaton Vance Corp. (EV) said Tuesday they are issuing extra cash dividends, joining other companies looking to raise shareholder return ahead o...
Paccar Inc. (PCAR) and Eaton Vance Corp. (EV) are issuing extra cash dividends, joining other companies looking to raise shareholder return ahead of the potential "f...
Paccar Inc.'s (PCAR) board is issuing an extra cash dividend of 80 cents a share to enhance returns for truck manufacturer's shareholders following its strong result...
Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but there is really only one reason insiders buy shares of a company -- they believe the stock price will move hi...
The market's focus on the looming "fiscal cliff" has investor confidence and some corporate bonds in a free fall Thursday, but borrowers are still finding enough inv...
Paccar Inc.'s (PCAR) third-quarter earnings fell 17%, but the commercial truck maker's income was better than expected in a deteriorating North American truck market...
Paccar Inc.'s (PCAR) third-quarter earnings fell 17% as the maker of Kenworth and Peterbilt heavy-duty commercial trucks saw sales slide in Europe, the U.S. and Cana...
Paccar Inc. reported third-quarter net income of $233.6 million, or 66 cents a share, down from $281.6 million, or 77 cents, earned in the same period during 2011. Q...
Eaton Corp.'s (ETN) first-quarter earnings rose 22% with the help of its Cooper Industries acquisition, but the company's base sales without the benefit of Cooper we...
Paccar Inc.'s (PCAR) first-quarter earnings sank 28%, as the truck maker blamed a weak U.S. economy for discouraging truckers from buying the company's Kenworth and ...
Paccar Inc.'s (PCAR) first-quarter earnings sank 28% as the maker of Kenworth and Peterbilt heavy-duty commercial trucks reported a sharp decline in revenue.Paccar h...
Truckers considering natural gas as an alternative to high-priced diesel say the cost of vehicles that run on the cheap and cleaner-burning fuel is still too high fo...
Truck maker Navistar International Corp (NAV) has more engine plants than it needs and is considering options for consolidating engine production, Chief Operating Of...
Navistar International Corp named a new chief executive as the truck and engine maker indicated it was on the road to recovery by forecasting market share gains in t...
Truck and engine maker Navistar International Corp appointed Chief Operating Officer Troy Clarke as its chief executive, replacing interim CEO Lewis Campbell who cam...