Across our screens today:

• Spending cuts in Britain.
• Obama housing metrics, a blog post that interprets the administration’s introduction of a “monthly housing scorecard.”
• Greek to whom? Comparing our state finance woes to Greece’s.
• As an emergency measure, New York passes the highest cigarette taxes in the country. Want to light up in NYC? Be ready to shovel over an average of nearly $11 a pack.
• How often will Medicare pay for colon cancer screening?
• Hawaii’s personal income is the sixth fastest growing in the nation.
• Biggest bad loans in Hawaii — including The Four Seasons Resort Maui in Wailea.
• Bank of Hawaii releases a new iPhone app.

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