This is what's in the news for Tuesday
March 20, 2012. Wall Street Journal reports Moody's Investors Service
said it may downgrade the credit ratings of GE (NYSE:GE) and its finance
unit, pointing to risks its lending arm could pose in another credit
crisis. The Wall Street Journal also reports Facebook CEO Mark
Zuckerberg doesn't expect to play a hands-on role selling the social
network's IPO to analysts. Reuters reports BHP Billiton (NYSE:BHP) said
it was seeing signs of "flattening" iron ore demand from China, though
for now it was planning to expand production. Bloomberg reports a
number of companies recently opted for a cloud provider like Salesforce
(NYSE:CRM) over Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL), evidence of shifting loyalties in
the $113.8B business applications market. Finally Bloomberg also
reports Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) will finish work on Windows 8 in the
summer, setting the stage for personal computers and tablets with the
operating system to go on sale around October.