Hot News

• Virgin Galactic unveils new space ship The VSS Enterprise, which was built in California, will begin commercial flights in 2011 from Spaceport America located in southern New Mexico.
• BusinessWeek names Rio Rancho best place for raising kids in NM Rio Rancho was named the best place to raise kids in New Mexico by BusinessWeek, beating out Roswell and Santa Fe for the second year in a row.
• Albuquerque ranks above average in Forbes report on affordable cities Forbes ranked Albuquerque 34th out of 100, on their list of "Best Bang for the Buck Cities".
• HP Center in Rio Rancho to open ahead of schedule Hewlett-Packard Co. will open its new customer service and technical support center on December 2nd, two months ahead of schedule.
• Variety Gives State Top Ranking The influential trade magazine rated New Mexico No. 3 for great film locations.
• Incubator Receives $800k for Digital Media Studio WESST Corp. has received an $800,000 grant to expand its east wing and to complete its digital media studio. 
• Venture Capital Investments Grow in Q1 Venture firms invested about $16 million in funds in New Mexico companies in the first quarter.  
• Albuquerque Metro Area Coping Well with Recession Brookings Institution ranks the city 15th out of 100 metro areas.
  
• U.S. News and World Report Ranks Albuquerque in Top Ten The magazine cited the Sandia National Labs, Kirtland and other facilities for creating a stable economic environment. 
• Kiplinger Ranks Albuquerque #2  Best City in 2009 Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine ranks Albuquerque No.2 in its top ten list of best cities. 

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