World leaders scramble to negotiate $60 billion rescue plan for Greece

LONDON — European and International Monetary Fund negotiators were racing Friday to hash out a $60 billion rescue package for Greece after its prime minister, who called his country a “sinking ship,” put out an urgent call for help to prevent a national default.

RI budget cut plan to release Thursday

Rhode Island lawmakers have pushed off for a day the announcement of a plan designed to close the state’s $220 million budget shortfall.  

Investors paid $67m in Govt guarantee plan

Mascot Finance investors have received more than $67 million from the Government’s retail deposit guarantee scheme.

Flaherty: Page “wrong” to say plan won’t work

OTTAWA — Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page came under attack from Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, hours after releasing a report that said the feds’ plan to balance the budget in five years simply won’t work.

Health care plan for poor adults on fast track in Minnesota Senate

A bill to rescue a state-run health care program for the poor took its first hesitant step Monday toward becoming law.

Consider community college, three-year plan to cut costs

For years, Kiplinger’s has been advising parents that one way to keep higher-education costs under control is to have their kids attend community college for a year or two and then switch to a four-year school. This year, they finally listened to us — with a vengeance.