Lawmakers Gear Up for Election-Year Battle Over Budget Deficit - BusinessWeek14 Feb 2012

CTV.caLawmakers Gear Up for Election-Year Battle Over Budget DeficitBusinessWeekBy Brian Faler Feb. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Republicans rejected President Barack Obama's $3.8 trillion election-year budget plan even before it arrived at the Capitol and said they will offer an alternative that relies on spending cuts to slash the deficit.Proposed Spending Cuts Trigger ComplaintsWall Street JournalEzra Klein: How Obama and Romney would pay for the budgetWashington PostObama unveils election budgetABC OnlineNew York Times -Los Angeles Timesall 5,371 news articles »

Apple Probe After Factory Staff Abuse Claims - Sky News14 Feb 2012

Sky NewsApple Probe After Factory Staff Abuse ClaimsSky NewsApple has allowed a labour auditor to inspect its suppliers' Chinese factories after allegations of worker abuse. The claims date back to 2010, when 13 workers at a factory run by Apple supplier Foxconn committed suicide. All jumped to their deaths ...Apple Says Fair Labor Association Began Foxconn InspectionBusinessWeekApple admits it has a human rights problemThe IndependentApple asks outside group to audit working conditions at its factoriesNDTVCNET -The Guardian -Daily Mailall 636 news articles »

Moody's Warns UK on Outlook - Wall Street Journal14 Feb 2012

Sydney Morning HeraldMoody's Warns UK on OutlookWall Street JournalBy DREW FITZGERALD and STEPHEN L. BERNARD Moody's Investors Service downgraded six European nations and became the first ratings firm to warn the UK's rating could be at risk, citing the area's weakening ability to implement measures aimed at reducing ...Australian, NZ Dollars Drop After Moody's Cuts Europe RatingsBusinessWeekMoody's Europe downgrades weigh on AsiaFinancial TimesAsia Stocks Mixed After Europe Credit DowngradeABC NewsBBC News -Sydney Morning Heraldall 796 news articles »

Whitney Houston's body arrives home in New Jersey - BBC News14 Feb 2012

BBC NewsWhitney Houston's body arrives home in New JerseyBBC NewsWhitney Houston's body has been flown from California to her home state of New Jersey, ahead of a funeral expected later this week. A gold hearse took her body from Teterboro airport to a funeral home in her hometown of Newark, reports said.Lean on me: Alicia Keys comforts Whitney Houston's devastated mentor Clive ...Daily MailWhitney Houston's Body Flown To New JerseySky NewsWho Does Chaka Khan Blame for Whitney Houston's Death?E! OnlineNew York Times -CNN International -Vancouver Sunall 19,886 news articles »

Syria: Hillary Clinton Backs Arab Plan, Says UN Pecaekeepers Unlikely - Sky News14 Feb 2012

Sky NewsSyria: Hillary Clinton Backs Arab Plan, Says UN Pecaekeepers UnlikelySky NewsHillary Clinton has backed an Arab League plan to end the violence in Syria, but acknowledged it was unlikely that calls for a UN military presence would be met. After a meeting with her Turkish counterpart, the US Secretary of State said: "There are a ...Syria launched 'indiscriminate attack' on civilians, UN saysWashington PostScolded China takes Syria diplomacy to Arab LeagueReuters AfricaUN Official Rebukes Syria Over ViolenceNew York TimesJerusalem Postall 4,450 news articles »