How to manage cashflow is one of the four decisions that every business must get correct to be successful (along with people, strategy and execution). Think of your financial results in this way: Revenue is vanity, profit is sanity, but cash is king. Without cash, dealerships will starve.

Charlotte-based Carlisle Cos. said Monday that a New York company is buying its tire division in a $375 million deal that will take Carlisle out of the business on which it was founded.

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After over half a century of selling John Deere products, a longtime family-owned dealership notified its customers last week the producer of the famed green and yellow farm and garden maintenance tools has decided to cut its ties with the business.

Industry veteran and longtime John Deere equipment dealer Pat Happe has joined Iron Solutions.

Husqvarna Q3 Profit Below Forecasts

Garden equipment maker Husqvarna AB posted a bigger than expected rise in first-quarter profit, overcoming earlier output problems in the United States where demand spiked amid warm spring weather and an improving wider economy.

Driven by outstanding execution and stronger global demand, Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) delivered record-breaking 2011 sales and revenues of $60.138 billion, an increase of 41 percent from $42.588 billion in 2010. Profit in 2011 was $4.928 billion, an increase of 83 percent from $2.700 billion in 2010. Profit per share of $7.40 was up 78 percent from $4.15 in 2010. Excluding the impact of the acquisition of Bucyrus International, Inc. (Bucyrus), 2011 profit was $7.79 per share, up 88 percent from a year ago.

ARI (OTCBB:ARIS), a leading provider of technology enabled business solutions that help dealers, distributors and manufacturers in selected vertical markets increase revenue and reduce costs, announced today the integration of FootSteps, its award winning lead management solution, with PartSmart, its premier parts lookup software.