Global demand lifts ag machinery maker Deere's 2Q profit by 22 pct, warns of cost pressures

startribune.com     May 14, 2008            

By JIM SUHR , Associated Press ST. LOUIS - Deere & Co., the world's biggest maker of farm machinery, said Wednesday its second-quarter profit rose 22 percent, propelled by lofty crop prices that stoked global demand for its farm equipment despite a faltering U.S. economy. But the Moline,... [read full story]                

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