Deere & Co (DE)
Quote as of 9:58 AM ET 07/29/2010 (NYSE)
| Last: 64.81 |
Change: $0.63 |
Percent Change: 0.98 |
Volume: 269,262 |
Deere & Company, together with its subsidiaries (John Deere) operates in three business segments: agriculture and turf segment, construction and forestry segment, and credit segment. The agriculture and turf segment, created by combining the former agricultural equipment and commercial and consumer equipment segments, manufactures and distributes a range of farm and turf equipment, and related service parts. The construction and forestry segment manufactures, distributes to dealers and sells at retail machines and service parts used in construction, earthmoving, material handling and timber harvesting. The credit segment finances sales and leases by John Deere dealers of new and used agriculture and turf equipment and construction and forestry equipment. In addition, it provides wholesale financing to dealers of the foregoing equipment, provides operating loans, finances retail revolving charge accounts, offers crop risk mitigation products and invests in wind energy generation.
Latest News
12:01:00 AM 6/23/2010
How to profit from a slipping U.S. economy
The killer virus that is stalking the economies of the United States and Western Europe got its start in the aisles of Best Buy Co. It will die there too eventually, but not yet -- not even close, writes Jon Markman.
1:46:29 PM 6/15/2010
EDITORIAL: News Deere to our hearts
Jun 15, 2010 (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) --
Deere & Co.'s announced $100 million reinvestment in its Waterloo Foundry last week is welcome news from a company that has continually given back to the Cedar Valley since it came here in 1918.
9:44:00 AM 6/15/2010
Whirlpool Corporation Appoints Samuel R. Allen and John D. Liu to Board of Directors
BENTON HARBOR, Mich., June 15, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --
Whirlpool Corporation (WHR) announced today the appointment of Samuel R. Allen, chairman and chief executive officer of Deere & Company, and John D. Liu, chief executive officer of Essex Equity Capital Management, to its board of directors, effective June 16, 2010.
2:09:31 PM 6/11/2010
Deere's new investment in foundry a key move, analyst says
WATERLOO, Jun 11, 2010 (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) --
Deere & Co.'s Waterloo Foundry update is not only good for the Cedar Valley, it's a great move for the company, according to an industry analyst who is considered an expert on the Moline, Ill.-based company.
12:00:00 PM 6/9/2010
Deere to Invest Approximately $100 Million in Waterloo Foundry Operation
MOLINE, Ill., June 9, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ --
Deere & Company announced today that it will invest approximately $100 million to modernize the John Deere Foundry in Waterloo, IA with a continued focus on meeting customer requirements and improving business performance.