its plans to eventually replace ceo steve jobs. jobs has been on medical leaf since january. this is the second time he's taken medical leaf in two years. apple said revealing plans from successor jobs would have prevented it from recruiting and retraining executives. while we may soon be in for a glimpse of the next ipad, the company has sent out invitations for an event on march 2nd where it's expected to unveil the ipad 2. now, the budget-cutting zeal of the freshmen republicans in the house of representatives could end up slowing down economic growth. that's a conclusion by the study of wall street giant goldman sachs. they suggest such a deep cut to reduce gdp by 1.5% or even 2 percentage points. now, the federal reserve has predicted the u.s. economy will