Bailout beckons as Portuguese PM quits

Portugal's prime minister has quit after opposition parties overwhelmingly rejected his last-ditch round of austerity measures aimed at preventing the eurozone's weakest economy from plunging into chaos.

Bailout beckons as Portuguese PM quits

Portugal's prime minister has quit after opposition parties overwhelmingly rejected his last-ditch round of austerity measures aimed at preventing the eurozone's weakest economy from plunging into chaos.

The move turned the debt-plagued nation into the prime candidate for the continent's next bailout package.

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