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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 prohibits multiple soccer teams ownership
MEXICO CITY — The owners of the 18 Mexican first-division soccer clubs voted Monday to bar one person or one company from owning more than one team. The vote was an apparent move to stop tycoon Carlos Slim from expanding his growing influence in Mexican soccer. Mexico's largest broadcasters, Televisa and TV Azteca, have in the past owned multiple first-division teams but the issue ...
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Mexico’s 400000 Abandoned Homes Draw Venture Capital
Mexico's attempt to solve the country's housing shortage by constructing millions of new homes far from city centers has crippled the ...
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Mexico adopts five-year plan for social economic development
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on Monday presented a five-year plan, aimed at combating violence and improving administration."Mexico has the historic opportunity to launch a national transformation," Pena Nieto said at an event to announce the plan, adding that for the first time, the government has devised a development plan that includes the periodic evaluation of its ...
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Mexico calls on stars for exhibition against Nigeria
Manchester United forward Javier "El Chicharito" Hernandez, Mallorca midfielder Giovani Dos Santos and Valencia midfielder Andres Guardado highlight the Mexican national team roster that has been called in for the match against Nigeria on May 31 at Reliant Stadium. As promised, coach Jose Manuel "Chepo" De La Torre will use Mexico's A squad in preparation for three ...
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Mexico buys 9 more LNG cargos from BP Trafigura
MEXICO CITY, May 20 (Reuters) - Mexico's state electricity company CFE announced on Monday the purchase of nine shipments of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for delivery through 2014 from British oil firm BP ...
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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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