Investor's Calendar
THIS WEEK</br></br>Budget Time: The Bush administration tomorrow releases its proposed budget for fiscal year 2006, which begins Oct. 1 this year. In his State of the Union speech, the president said the budget "holds the growth of discretionary spending below inflation, makes tax relief permanent, and stays on track to cut the deficit in half by 2009."</br></br>Senate Mulls Class-Suit Reform: The Senate is set to take up a bill that would push class-action lawsuits out of state jurisdiction and into the federal courts. Business groups have lobbied hard for the legislation, complaining that frivolous lawsuits are costing them millions, but consumer groups say it would cut off consumers' access to timely and fair trials.</br></br>Google Spills the Beans: Investors expect more news about Google's strategies this week, when the search-engine company hosts its first information day for financial analysts since its initial public offering of stock in August.</br></br>Earnings Season Winds Down: Most big companies have now reported quarterly earnings and the results in general have been better than expected. Tech giant Cisco Systems reports on Tuesday, and then come Cigna, MetLife and Nissan on Wednesday, followed by Aetna and Dell on Thursday.