Komatsu

A day after Joy Global Inc. (NYSE: JOY) reported lower-than-expected results, Baird Equity Research downgraded the shares to a Neutral rating. Analysts Mircea Dobre and Joseph Grabowski cited that there is no competition to bid the company following Komatsu's offer to buy it. However, the brokerage...

Citi's Timothy Thein reiterated Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT)'s Neutral rating and $75.00 price target after meeting with the company's CFO. After Caterpillar's disappointing 1Q sales estimates, management believe A/M volumes have stabilized, as there were "signs of increased quoting activity for...

This weekend in Barron's online: the annual ranking of the world's most respected companies, as well as the prospects for International Paper, NetApp, Adobe Systems, ResMed, Bank of America, Chico's FAS and more. Cover Story "The World's Most Respected Companies" by...