As creditors prepare to vote on a plan to end Detroits $18 billion bankruptcy, the city still needs help from state lawmakers to pay its obligations while avoiding a fire sale of its fine art collection.

The owners of New England Compounding Pharmacy Inc., the drug supplier blamed for a nationwide meningitis outbreak that killed 64, agreed to a settlement providing $100 million toward compensation for victims.

Three large health insurers including WellPoint Inc. and Aetna Inc. say that a high percentage of their new Obamacare customers are paying their first premiums.

New workers will have the option of choosing a 401(k) plan or a hybrid plan in which one third with will be a 401(k) and two-thirds will be a traditional pension.