1. ABQJOURNAL NEWS/STATE: N.M. Falls Hard Into Recession

Friday, November 20, 2009 N.M. Falls Hard Into Recession By Winthrop Quigley Journal Staff Writer        The mood of business in New Mexico is grim, and for good reason, a Federal Reserve System official said in Albuquerque on Thursday.     New Mexico entered the national recession later than the rest ...
full story 11/19/09

2. ABQJOURNAL BIZ: Bracing for an outbreak

Monday, November 16, 2009 Bracing for an outbreak By Winthrop Quigley Copyright © 2009 Albuquerque Journal Journal Staff Writer           No one knows how bad the H1N1 flu pandemic will get and some businesses aren't waiting to find out. They have begun implementing plans to protect employees from ...
full story 11/15/09

3. ABQJOURNAL UPFRONT: They Saw Light at the End of the Wall

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 They Saw Light at the End of the Wall By Winthrop Quigley Journal Staff Writer       In the summer of 1988, I was having dinner with some business associates from Stuttgart in what was then West Germany.     The conversation turned to politics. One of the Germans, a computer ...
full story 11/09/09

4. ABQJOURNAL BIZ: Credit freeze-out

Sunday, November 08, 2009 Credit freeze-out By Winthrop Quigley Journal Staff Writer           As the global credit crunch enters its second year, even profitable small businesses are struggling to get financing.         A Federal Reserve survey of senior bank lending officers during the third quarter ...
full story 11/07/09

5. ABQJOURNAL BIZ: First State Posts Increased Losses

Tuesday, November 03, 2009 First State Posts Increased Losses By Winthrop Quigley Copyright © 2009 Albuquerque Journal       Losses at First State Bancorporation increased in the third quarter as the Albuquerque-based bank holding company continued to struggle with non-performing loans, the company ...
full story 11/02/09

6. ABQJOURNAL BIZ: Mine our management talent

Monday, November 02, 2009 Mine our management talent By Winthrop Quigley Of the Journal           At its core, the nation's health care crisis is a manufacturing problem, not a financing problem. Congress is giving us financial reform because it can. It will take management talent to solve the ...
full story 11/01/09

7. ABQJOURNAL UPFRONT: Directors Are To Blame for Pay Abuse

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 Directors Are To Blame for Pay Abuse By Winthrop Quigley Journal Staff Writer       I can't think of anything that justifies Angelo Mozilo's salary.     Mozilo's pay package topped $48 million in the year before his company, Countrywide Financial, was destroyed by mismanagement ...
full story 10/26/09

8. ABQJOURNAL BIZ: Building Business With Trust

Sunday, October 25, 2009 Building Business With Trust By Winthrop Quigley Journal Staff Writer           Trust in business sounds like a nice value to have but not something that is central or trainable.         In fact, said Stephen M.R. Covey, not only can businesses work to create trust among employees ...
full story 10/24/09

9. ABQJOURNAL BIZ: Growth Spurt

Sunday, October 25, 2009 Growth Spurt By Winthrop Quigley Journal Staff Writer           Health care employment is expected to boom in New Mexico for the next 10 years, thanks to changes in the way health care is delivered and an aging and more demanding population.         Projections from the state ...
full story 10/24/09

10. ABQJOURNAL BIZ: Braced for trauma

Monday, October 19, 2009 Braced for trauma By Winthrop Quigley Copyright © 2009 Albuquerque Journal Journal Staff Writer           All of the major health reform bills pending in Congress promise reductions and changes in Medicare payment and will require changes in how medical providers deliver care ...
full story 10/18/09