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Mexicos Antitrust Authority Endorses Financial Reform Proposal
Mexico's antitrust authority recommended Tuesday that Congress approve the government's proposed financial reform in an "expedited manner," as it sees the proposal benefiting consumers.The measure, drafted by a multiparty effort known as the Pact for Mexico and presented this month by President Enrique Pena Nieto, offers greater protection for consumers of financial service ...
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Canadian man missing in Mexico previously charged with drug offences
5/21/2013 A Canadian man missing in Mexico had a troubled past. Diego Hernandez recently faced drug charges on Vancouver Island. Three years ago, the 22-year-old was arrested in Saanich and charged with possession for the purpose of trafficking. His trial was slated to start last October, but court officials in Victoria cannot yet be reached to confirm details of the outcome. Police say ...
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Mexico Now A Latin American Leader In Tech Services
Aired 5/15/13 In the last decade Mexico's tech industry has flourished, growing three times faster than the global average. Most of that growth is fueled by demand from the United States. But without certain reforms Mexico's progress can only go so ...
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Halliburton sees Mexicos Pemex reducing activity for 2013
May 21 (Reuters) - Halliburton Co, the world's second-largest oilfield services company, said on Tuesday that Mexican state oil company Pemex was delaying any significant activity at its Burgos and Chicontepec projects until next year. Chief Financial Officer Mark McCollum said Halliburton's Latin American margins would be weighed down this year by the reduction in activity at the ...
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Mexicos Femsa shares sink after Credit Suisse cuts view
MEXICO CITY | Tue May 21, 2013 9:53am EDT MEXICO CITY May 21 (Reuters) - Shares in Mexican bottling and retail company Femsa fell more than 4 percent to 134.34 pesos on Tuesday after Swiss bank Credit Suisse cut its view to underperform. The bank on Monday night raised its price target for Femsa, which jointly owns Latin America's largest Coke bottler Coca-Cola Femsa with The ...
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Mexico is Back in the Game
SAN DIEGO-After years of economic and social crises, Mexico has regained lost ground and has found stability, creating a space for investment and development opportunities from across the border, said panelists at ...
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Research and Markets Agrochemicals and Pesticides Market in Mexico Business Report 2013
"Agrochemicals and Pesticides Market in Mexico: Business Report 2013" report to their offering. Agrochemicals and Pesticides Market in Mexico: Business Report 2013 provides a complete overview of current market state issued in a comprehensive and easily accessed format. The report includes detailed analyses of agrochemicals and pesticides market in Mexico, information on ...
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Cathie Anderson Fungus killing coffee plantations in Mexico Central America
Coffee lovers probably won't hear much about la roya in the United States, but this fungal disease is decimating thousands of coffee farms across Mexico and Central America.Pete Rogers isn't the average American coffee lover. He travels to Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and other exotic locales to find and purchase green coffee beans for his family's company, Rogers ...
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Big jump in HIV among Navajo in New Mexico
A Navajo reservation near Gallup, N.M., had a 20 percent increase in HIV diagnoses in 2012 from 2011, a doctor says. Dr. Jonathan Iralu, an infectious disease specialist who runs an HIV clinic in Gallup, said he compiled the report for the federal Indian Health Service because he used to treat a small number of Navajo men with human immunodeficiency virus each year. However, the 47 new cases ...
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Mexicos tourism sector goes up
Mexico City, May 21 (IANS/EFE) Economic activity associated with tourism grew 4 percent in 2012 compared with the year before, Mexico's INEGI statistics service said. Spending by foreign and domestic tourists increased by 4.7 percent last year. In the fourth quarter of 2012, tourism activity topped the same period in 2011 by 4 percent, INEGI said Monday. By segments, spending by domestic ...
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Mexico has more to it than drugs and immigration
As Mexico’s image suffers damage abroad due to increasing levels of violence related to the drug crack-down by government, it may be helpful for Mexicans to remember that there is more to their country than drugs and immigration problems with the US. Some facts may be surprising and even shocking, especially to foreigners.
Mexico has been in the news frequently of late as the government carries out a crack-down on drug cartels and organized crime, the country’s murder rate is up, journalists have been killed for investigative reporting on drug gangs and our image internationally has generally been diminished by the tunnel vision of international news providers. Read more
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