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Job help: U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici has asked Labor Secretary Elaine Chao to assign staff from her agency's Dallas office to coordinate job placement programs for the 1,000-plus workers expected to lose their jobs at Intel Corp.'s Rio Rancho plant.

Welcome: Hunt Development Group LP, the El Paso company that developed ABQ Uptown and is part of the group selected to plan a Downtown arena, has opened an office at the Albuquerque Plaza building near City Hall.

New exec: Eclipse last week named J. Mark Borseth as the company's senior vice president and chief financial officer. Borseth most recently was vice president of global business processes for 3M.

Big STEPS: The Southeast Team for Entrepreneurial Success (STEPS), a nonprofit group working to help new businesses succeed in the Southeast Heights, showed off its first success story last week. Integrity Labor, a job placement service for day laborers, opened at 7502 Trumbull Ave. S.E.

Leaving: Catherine Direen, who took over as executive director of New Mexico Voices for Children in February, has resigned. Policy Director Bill Jordan and Operations and Development Director Felicia Griffin will serve as joint directors while the group searches for a replacement.

Top realtor: Bill Hallett of Tierra Madre Realty has been named Realtor of the Year for 2006 by the Albuquerque Metropolitan Board of Realtors.

Truckin': Bowlin Travel Centers, the Albuquerque company which operates travel centers along interstate highways in the southwest, recently announced its 35th straight year of profits.

Hollywood partners: Albuquerque Studios at Mesa del Sol has announced partnerships with two well-known film-industry vendors. Star Waggons will offer production trailer services. And Quixote Studios will offer productions an array of items like grip tape, lumber and camera supplies.

Foreign interest: A delegation from the Philippines government made a visit last week to GlobalChoice Healthcare in Albuquerque. The company said the delegation discussed becoming members of GlobalChoice's network of domestic and international hospitals.

New board: The Albuquerque Affordable Housing Coalition, a nonprofit advocacy group, has formalized its operations and formed a board. The new president is Mark Allison, executive director of the Supportive Housing Coalition of New Mexico.