Caterpillar Inc. (CAT), the largest maker of construction and mining equipment, said global machinery retail sales rose 12 percent in the three months through April compared with the same period a year earlier. Gains around the world offset a 13 percent drop in machine retail sales in Latin America, the Peoria, Illinois-based company said in a securities filing today. Machine sales increased 32 percent in North America, 5 percent in the Asia- Pacific region and 14 percent in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. “Sales volume increased in nearly all segments and in all geographic regions except Latin America, ” the company said in a statement on April 25 when it reported first-quarter earnings. Source: bloomberg.com
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