<?xml version="1.0"?>
<rss version="2.0">
<channel><title>KOB.com - Business / Money - New Mexico Business &amp; Consumer News</title>
<item>
<title>Some experts say now is time to list home on market </title>
<description><![CDATA[<img alt="" src="http://www.KOB.com/kobtvimages/for_sale_sign_thumb.jpg" align="left" border="0" />Home sales traditionally slow down around the holidays, but this year, experts are seeing a change. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.KOB.com/article/stories/s1267991.shtml?cat=514</link>
<subject/>
<creator>www.KOB.com</creator>
<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:43:12 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Salvation Army has plenty of possible bell ringers </title>
<description><![CDATA[<img alt="" src="http://www.KOB.com/kobtvimages/bell_ringer_thumb.jpg" align="left" border="0" />In years past, the Salvation Army has had to take out help-wanted ads to attract seasonal help to stand in front of stores ringing bells. Not so this year.]]></description>
<link>http://www.KOB.com/article/stories/s1263173.shtml?cat=514</link>
<subject/>
<creator>www.KOB.com</creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:12:39 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Get Answers: Rising property taxes </title>
<description><![CDATA[<img alt="" src="http://www.KOB.com/kobtvimages/home_taxes_thumb.jpg" align="left" border="0" />Even though the value of their home is going down, their property taxes are going up. Viewers are asking Eyewitness News 4 what they can do and we got answers. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.KOB.com/article/stories/s1259722.shtml?cat=514</link>
<subject/>
<creator>www.KOB.com</creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 14:23:49 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>PRC employees report ethics lapses</title>
<description><![CDATA[<img alt="" src="http://www.KOB.com/kobtvimages/sandy_jones_thumb.jpg" align="left" border="0" />The state's Public Regulation Commission is asking itself tough questions about ethics and getting some shocking answers. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.KOB.com/article/stories/s1259686.shtml?cat=514</link>
<subject/>
<creator>www.KOB.com</creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:06:54 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Safeway workers in northwest NM weigh strike </title>
<description><![CDATA[Members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Union will be meeting this week to consider a job action against Safeway. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.KOB.com/article/stories/s1258531.shtml?cat=514</link>
<subject/>
<creator>www.KOB.com</creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:15:06 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>State agencies bracing for furloughs </title>
<description><![CDATA[<img alt="" src="http://www.KOB.com/kobtvimages/nmsp_patch_thumb.jpg" align="left" border="0" />Agencies like the New Mexico State Police, corrections and state health employees are planning to implement a five-day furlough for all of their employees in order to save the state money. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.KOB.com/article/stories/s1258458.shtml?cat=514</link>
<subject/>
<creator>www.KOB.com</creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:28:58 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Journal Pavilion looking for new name </title>
<description><![CDATA[<img alt="" src="http://www.KOB.com/kobtvimages/journal_pavilion_thumb.jpg" align="left" border="0" />One of the metro area's biggest concert venues is looking for a new name. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.KOB.com/article/stories/s1257026.shtml?cat=514</link>
<subject/>
<creator>www.KOB.com</creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:06:57 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Apartment hunters hurt by economy</title>
<description><![CDATA[<img alt="" src="http://www.KOB.com/kobtvimages/aparmtent_construc_thumb.jpg" align="left" border="0" />Apartment hunting in the Four Corners area can get difficult as some projects get put on hold. Erisa Nakano reports how the economy is affecting the housing situation.]]></description>
<link>http://www.KOB.com/article/stories/s1257209.shtml?cat=514</link>
<subject/>
<creator>www.KOB.com</creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:42:08 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Ruidoso Downs proposing track move to Las Cruces </title>
<description><![CDATA[<img alt="" src="http://www.KOB.com/kobtvimages/horse_racing_thumb.jpg" align="left" border="0" />Ruidoso Downs is asking a state regulator to allow the horse racing track to move to Las Cruces. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.KOB.com/article/stories/s1256265.shtml?cat=514</link>
<subject/>
<creator>www.KOB.com</creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:39:53 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Late rains provide lots of red chile in NM </title>
<description><![CDATA[<img alt="" src="http://www.KOB.com/kobtvimages/red_chile_thumb.jpg" align="left" border="0" />Late season rains and cool temperatures caused green chile crops to ripen early this year, leading to a flood of red chile on the market. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.KOB.com/article/stories/s1256135.shtml?cat=514</link>
<subject/>
<creator>www.KOB.com</creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:13:26 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Clock ticks on Gov's budget cut decisions </title>
<description><![CDATA[<img alt="" src="http://www.KOB.com/kobtvimages/al_park111109_2_thumb.jpg" align="left" border="0" />A big decision looms in New Mexico about what's next for the state's massive budget shortfall. Lawmakers are watching nervously to see what the governor will do Thursday. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.KOB.com/article/stories/s1247775.shtml?cat=514</link>
<subject/>
<creator>www.KOB.com</creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:36:57 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Gov. announces plan to stop double dipping </title>
<description><![CDATA[<img alt="" src="http://www.KOB.com/kobtvimages/bill_richardson081009_thumb.jpg" align="left" border="0" />Gov. Bill Richardson proposed changes Wednesday that would halt the practice of double dipping in New Mexico. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.KOB.com/article/stories/s1247435.shtml?cat=514</link>
<subject/>
<creator>www.KOB.com</creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 01:49:52 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Oil refinery closing causes alarm in Bloomfield</title>
<description><![CDATA[<img alt="" src="http://www.KOB.com/kobtvimages/bloomfield_refinery_closing_thumb.jpg" align="left" border="0" />One day after an oil refinery in the Four Corners announced it will shut down, community leaders came together to talk about the economic crisis in the area. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.KOB.com/article/stories/s1245591.shtml?cat=514</link>
<subject/>
<creator>www.KOB.com</creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:39:49 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Get Answers: In-N-Out Burger in ABQ </title>
<description><![CDATA[<img alt="" src="http://www.KOB.com/kobtvimages/In_n-out_burger_sign_thumb.jpg" align="left" border="0" />We have an answer to a culinary question a lot of people are contacting us about: Is an In-N-Out Burger coming to Albuquerque? ]]></description>
<link>http://www.KOB.com/article/stories/s1245308.shtml?cat=514</link>
<subject/>
<creator>www.KOB.com</creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:48:41 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Western Refining idles Bloomfield plant</title>
<description><![CDATA[Western Refining is shuttering its Bloomfield refinery and consolidating the operations of its two northwestern New Mexico plants.]]></description>
<link>http://www.KOB.com/article/stories/s1242131.shtml?cat=514</link>
<subject/>
<creator>www.KOB.com</creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 9 Nov 2009 20:44:21 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Auto dealer tried to save business by gambling </title>
<description><![CDATA[<img alt="" src="http://www.KOB.com/kobtvimages/zangara_dodge_thumb.jpg" align="left" border="0" />Former auto dealer Ken Zangara, faced with an ailing economy and difficulty getting credit for his dealership, turned to gambling last year in a bid to salvage the business. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.KOB.com/article/stories/s1240566.shtml?cat=514</link>
<subject/>
<creator>www.KOB.com</creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 9 Nov 2009 01:03:59 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>IRS says $3M worth of refunds due New Mexicans</title>
<description><![CDATA[<img alt="" src="http://www.KOB.com/kobtvimages/Tax_paperwork_thumb.jpg" align="left" border="0" />The Internal Revenue service says it has more than $3 million in undeliverable tax refunds to return to New Mexicans.]]></description>
<link>http://www.KOB.com/article/stories/s1239641.shtml?cat=514</link>
<subject/>
<creator>www.KOB.com</creator>
<pubDate>Sat, 7 Nov 2009 19:46:25 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Garduno's, state agree on tax repayment deal</title>
<description><![CDATA[<img alt="" src="http://www.KOB.com/kobtvimages/gardunos_restaurant_thumb.jpg" align="left" border="0" />The landmark Albuquerque restaurant and the State of New Mexico have agreed on a plan for the restaurant to repay delinquent tax payments to the state, allowing Garduno's to stay open.]]></description>
<link>http://www.KOB.com/article/stories/s1236148.shtml?cat=514</link>
<subject/>
<creator>www.KOB.com</creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 23:07:37 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>AAA: New Mexico gasoline prices stabilize </title>
<description><![CDATA[<img alt="" src="http://www.KOB.com/kobtvimages/gas_fillup_thumb.jpg" align="left" border="0" />AAA New Mexico says gasoline prices in the state have finally stabilized after nearly a month of continuous increases.<br /><img alt="" src="http://www.KOB.com/kobtvimages/cs/arrow.gif" border="0" /> <a class="" href="http://www.kob.com/article/stories/s69784.shtml?cat=10714">Check gas prices near you</a>]]></description>
<link>http://www.KOB.com/article/stories/s1235729.shtml?cat=514</link>
<subject/>
<creator>www.KOB.com</creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 21:36:59 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Court rejects challenge to higher pension payments </title>
<description><![CDATA[<img alt="" src="http://www.KOB.com/kobtvimages/dollarsymbol_thumb.jpg" align="left" border="0" />New Mexico's highest court is allowing the state to continue collecting higher pension contributions from part-time governmental workers earning less than $20,000 a year. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.KOB.com/article/stories/s1232618.shtml?cat=514</link>
<subject/>
<creator>www.KOB.com</creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 21:44:05 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>NM Safeway workers avoid potential strike </title>
<description><![CDATA[About 300 workers employed by Safeway grocery stores in Farmington and Aztec agreed to extend a labor contract through mid-November after last-minute negotiations with corporate officials Saturday failed to reach an agreement. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.KOB.com/article/stories/s1229988.shtml?cat=514</link>
<subject/>
<creator>www.KOB.com</creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 3 Nov 2009 20:02:56 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Udall asks FCC to provide phone service to tribes </title>
<description><![CDATA[<img alt="" src="http://www.KOB.com/kobtvimages/tom_udall062909_thumb.jpg" align="left" border="0" />Sen. Tom Udall is asking the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission to share plans for providing telephone service to Native American communities.]]></description>
<link>http://www.KOB.com/article/stories/s1225325.shtml?cat=514</link>
<subject/>
<creator>www.KOB.com</creator>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:59:58 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>McCall's Pumpkin Patch scares up needed revenue </title>
<description><![CDATA[<img alt="" src="http://www.KOB.com/kobtvimages/mccalls_pumpkin_p_thumb.jpg" align="left" border="0" />A trip to McCall's Pumpkin Patch in Moriarty is a fall tradition for many families. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.KOB.com/article/stories/s1224944.shtml?cat=514</link>
<subject/>
<creator>www.KOB.com</creator>
<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:27:42 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Stalled railyard project seeks City of Santa Fe's aid</title>
<description><![CDATA[<img alt="" src="http://www.KOB.com/kobtvimages/railyard_theater102909_thumb.jpg" align="left" border="0" />The state budget isn't the only financial hole in Santa Fe. A massive hole in the ground at the Santa Fe Railyard is creating its own controversy.]]></description>
<link>http://www.KOB.com/article/stories/s1222324.shtml?cat=514</link>
<subject/>
<creator>www.KOB.com</creator>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:30:20 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Paa-Ko building 'downsized' homes</title>
<description><![CDATA[<img alt="" src="http://www.KOB.com/kobtvimages//paa-ko_casita_thumb.jpg" align="left" border="0" />One of New Mexico's most luxurious resort communities has a new strategy for surviving the recession - and it's already paying off.]]></description>
<link>http://www.KOB.com/article/stories/s1220668.shtml?cat=514</link>
<subject/>
<creator>www.KOB.com</creator>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:29:25 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Enrichment plant preparing for final review</title>
<description><![CDATA[The company that is building a southeastern New Mexico uranium enrichment plant is preparing for its final review from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.]]></description>
<link>http://www.KOB.com/article/stories/s1217802.shtml?cat=514</link>
<subject/>
<creator>www.KOB.com</creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:17:33 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>State agencies warn of furloughs, layoffs </title>
<description><![CDATA[<img alt="" src="http://www.KOB.com/kobtvimages/katie_falls_thumb.jpg" align="left" border="0" />More than 4,000 state employees from just two state agencies may be forced to take unpaid time off. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.KOB.com/article/stories/s1216850.shtml?cat=514</link>
<subject/>
<creator>www.KOB.com</creator>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:16:52 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Lottery officials okay 2nd multi-state game </title>
<description><![CDATA[<img alt="" src="http://www.KOB.com/kobtvimages/lottery_logo_thumb.jpg" align="left" border="0" />The New Mexico Lottery Commission has approved adding a second multi-state lottery game to its offerings in order to boost revenue. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.KOB.com/article/stories/s1215262.shtml?cat=514</link>
<subject/>
<creator>www.KOB.com</creator>
<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:18:04 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>Richardson orders freeze on capital projects </title>
<description><![CDATA[<img alt="" src="http://www.KOB.com/kobtvimages/richardson101909_thumb.jpg" align="left" border="0" />New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has ordered a freeze on capital outlay projects around the state. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.KOB.com/article/stories/s1213439.shtml?cat=514</link>
<subject/>
<creator>www.KOB.com</creator>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 23:40:16 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
<item>
<title>NM peanut growers see average to good crop </title>
<description><![CDATA[The peanut harvest is at its halfway mark, and growers are saying this year's yield in eastern New Mexico and West Texas ranks from average to good. ]]></description>
<link>http://www.KOB.com/article/stories/s1211329.shtml?cat=514</link>
<subject/>
<creator>www.KOB.com</creator>
<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:47:57 GMT</pubDate>
</item>
</channel>
</rss>
