Caterpillar is reporting record third quarter sales and revenues and the best ever third quarter profit per share. Caterpillar Friday reported third quarter 2007 sales and revenue of 11-point-4 billion dollars. Third quarter profit totaled $927-million or $1.40 per share. 2006's third quarter profit was $10.5-billion, or a $1.14 per share. Cat spokesman Jim Dugan says the third quarter is an example of the global outreach the company has been telling us about. Cat chairman and CEO Jim Owens says the company delivered strong returns for stockholders despite - what he calls - continued severe weakness in key U.S. markets. Caterpillar is expecting 2007 to close out with sales and revnues of about 44-billion dollars and a profit per share in the range of $5.20 to $5.60. Dugan says the company is already turning an optimistic eye toward 2008.