AltWeeklies Wire
Drill Downnew
Love it or hate it, the oil and gas industry is as much a part of modern New Mexico as red and green chile.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Laura Paskus |
10-07-2010 |
Economy
The Stimulus Spin: Which Projects Did Your Government Pay For?new
The run-down innards of the New Mexico Office of Recovery and Reinvestment suggest a Potemkin stimulus—with a propagandistic online facade masking real economic rot.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Corey Pein |
04-08-2010 |
Economy
Where's the Money? SFR Hunts for Santa Fe's Wealthiestnew
The Great Recession has thrown at least 3,300 Santa Feans out of work since last August. At that rate, one student in every Santa Fe classroom has a parent who has lost a job. The wealthy have felt the contraction, too: Yesterday's billionaires are today's ... hundred millionaires.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Corey Pein |
09-10-2009 |
Economy
As Recession Spreads, Santa Feans Buy Gold, Guns and Generatorsnew
Even Barack Obama says the economy will get worse before it gets better. In the meantime, freaked out New Mexicans are putting their money where they can see it: at home, under lock and key. And they're packing heat, just in case.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Corey Pein |
12-11-2008 |
Economy
Gas Hits $4 a Gallon -- and the End of Oil Isn't Far Down the Roadnew
Suddenly, with $4-per-gallon gas, the public buses fill up, the bike racks are crammed and scooter and hybrid car dealers are looking at enormous back orders.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Dave Maass |
06-13-2008 |
Economy
New Mexico Halts Darfur-Profiting Investmentsnew
Nine days after we reported that the State Investment Office has $42.3 million tied up in "highest offender" corporations conducting business in Sudan, New Mexico became the 22nd state to commit to a divestment plan.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Dave Maass |
11-15-2007 |
Economy
Tags: Darfur, Economic Issues
Thornburg Investment Management: Profiting Off Sudan?new
As the fifth largest institutional holder of stock in a subsidiary of a Chinese oil company operating in Sudan, the company is on the radar of a group that lobbies state governments to divest from companies supporting the Sudanese government, due to the human rights violations in that country.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Dave Maass |
10-11-2007 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Will New Mexico's Gas Prices Always be High?new
Probably, according to a new study that says a lack of oil refineries and other factors -- such as high poverty rates, high gas prices and lack of public transportation -- contribute to the state's vulnerability state to high gas prices.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Nathan Dinsdale |
07-11-2007 |
Economy
Tags: Economic Issues
Welcome to Tamalewoodnew
There was Hollywood, then Bollywood, and now there's Tamalewood -- New Mexico has swiftly become the rising star in the movie-making business.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Nathan Dinsdale |
04-05-2006 |
Economy
Hell's Bellsnew
A foot soldier in the Salvation Army describes a day of bellringing in front of Wal-Mart.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Nathan Dinsdale |
12-07-2005 |
Economy
