	caterpillar cat reaffirms first quarter outlook caterpillar inc in remarks delivered at its annual meeting in san francisco reiterated its expectation of a loss in the first quarter it said results would be hurt by a mln dlr one time charge by caterpillar mitsubishi a pct owned affiliate the company said it expected profit from operations for the full year to improve over in remarks prepared for delivery to shareholders president peter donis said caterpillar s targeted five pct cost reduction in will be difficult to achieve because the weaker dollar has limited opportunities to obtain lower material costs reuter 
