Caterpillar 2014 Forecast Tops Estimates

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Caterpillar Inc., the largest maker of mining and construction equipment, forecast earnings and revenue for 2014 that topped analysts’ estimates as the recovery in the U.S. building industry spurs sales of bulldozers and excavators.

Sales will be about $56 billion plus or minus 5 percent, the company said in a statementBloomberg Terminal today. The average of 13 estimates compiled by Bloomberg was $55.5 billion.