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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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State land endowment investments lost $500 million last quarter

By | 08.02.10 | 9:30 am

New Mexico’s permanent endowment trust funds took a beating in the stock market between March and June, losing three-quarters of a billion dollars.

The state Land Grant Permanent Fund, the state’s largest endowment, lost 6.4 percent of its…

Scrutiny of state investments, use of finder fees gain steam

By | 05.12.09 | 12:33 am

Third-party marketers, until recently, were obscure figures in the investment world who acted as matchmakers between private equity and hedge funds and states looking for a good return on their money. But now as a scandal that originated in New York has spread to New Mexico, those players and what they were paid have come under increasing public scrutiny.