USA - House GOP Seeks Election Year Budget Contrast painting clear differences with President Barack Obama

Published on Mar 20, 2012 by AssociatedPress

Conservative Republicans unveiled a budget blueprint that combines slashing cuts to safety net programs for the poor with sharply lower tax rates in an election-year manifesto painting clear differences with President Barack Obama. (March 20)

Afghanistan - General Allen: Mission on Track Has no intention to stay in the country forever

Published on Mar 20, 2012 by AssociatedPress

The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan says winding down the decade-plus war is on track and the U.S. has no intention to stay in the country forever. (March 20)

What's In The News- March 20, 2012 GE (NYSE:GE) BHP Billiton (NYSE:BHP) Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT)

Uploaded by FinancialNewsOnline on Mar 20, 2012

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.

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