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The New Mexico Independent going forward

By | 11.16.11

I am writing today to announce the closure of the New Mexico Independent. After three and a half years of operation in New Mexico, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news…

EIB hears more anti-cap-and-trade testimony

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By | 11.10.11

While environmental activists played their part yesterday during demonstrations at the capitol building, going so far as to dress up as solar panels and to sing the tune of “You Are My Sunshine,” their counterparts, the anti-cap-and-trade contingency who has…

New Mexico’s largest university low in popularity

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By | 11.10.11

Roughly one quarter of University of New Mexico students are unimpressed with the state’s flagship public school, according to a survey that questioned college students about their higher education experiences.

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Big banks back away from debit card fees

By | 10.31.11 | 2:51 pm

Responding to public pressure and the competitive rates featured by competitors, Bank of America is reconsidering its debit card fees, as rival Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase scrapped their versions of the highly unpopular new charge. More …

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New Mexico will be one of four states to get Wells Fargo pilot usage fee

By | 09.29.11 | 4:09 pm

Banking inconvenience is scaling to new heights in New Mexico and across the country as Bank of America and Wells Fargo plan to roll out separate monthly debit card usage fees. In New Mexico and in four other states, Wells…

Will New Mexico move its money during the special session?

By | 02.22.10 | 5:16 pm

Despite a unanimous vote on the House floor, Rep. Brian Egolf’s bill to move New Mexico’s money to local banks, HB 66, didn’t make it to the Senate in time for a vote during the regular session. Now Egolf…

Billion is the new million, in case you haven’t heard

By | 05.12.09 | 12:16 am

The fact is, the United States government should not be in the business of bailing out failing businesses, ordering CEOs to resign, ordering companies to raise capital, ordering creditors how much on the dollar they are allowed to seek during bankruptcy proceedings.

TODAY’S TOP STORIES: State stands by paying jobless benefits by prepaid debit cards

By | 02.20.09 | 9:52 am

New Mexico is standing by its system of paying unemployment benefits by prepaid debit card despite criticism about Bank of America fees, the Santa Fe New Mexican reports.

Some New York nuns claim a Santa Fe gallery owner was…

TODAY’S TOP STORIES: Bailing out Wall Street

By | 09.29.08 | 8:48 am

It looks like there may be an agreement to bail out Wall Street to the tune of $700 billion. This means that the government is going to buy the bad debt from financial firms on the skids. But it faces…