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26% of maquiladoras have been certified to increase capacity

CHIHUAHUA – Only one out of every four maquilas in Chihuahua have been certified to increase their staff capacity to 80% Pedro Chavira, president of Index Juárez, stated that according to data provided by the Ministry of Labor and Social...

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Mexico Consulate in San Diego offering free flu shots

SAN DIEGO — Mexico’s Consulate in San Diego is partnering with the County of San Diego and a non-profit called Champions for Health to offer free flu shots to anyone The consulate already provides free COVID-19 tests every Monday The flu...

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Tucson Electric Power sells 10.4 acres of land for US$690,000

TUCSON – NAI Horizon Senior Vice President, Denise Nunez and Associate Victoria Filice represented the buyer in an investment land sale in Tucson, Arizona The NAI Horizon Self Storage Group represented the buyer, Vault at Houghton Road LLC, in...

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Samsung to expand its Texas chip plant

SEOUL – Samsung Electronics will expand its semiconductor factory in Texas to make room for next-generation manufacturing equipment as it seeks to wrestle the title of the world's biggest contract chipmaker away from Taiwan Semiconductor...

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Mohr Capital acquires Crothall Healthcare Industrial Building in California

GILROY, Calif – Mohr Capital, a Dallas-based privately held real estate investment firm, has acquired a 102,466-square-foot industrial building located at 8190 Murray Avenue in Gilroy, California The property is fully leased to Crothall...

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Construction GDP recorded its worst fall in 25 years

HERMOSILLO – This year presented the strongest fall in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of construction in 25 years, said the president of the Mexican Chamber of Construction Industry (CMIC) in Sonora, Eduardo Ramirez Leal In a virtual...

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50% of restaurants in BC are at risk

TIJUANA – The National Chamber of the Restaurant and Spice Industry (Canirac) warns that 5 out of 10 restaurants could declare bankruptcy in the coming weeks due to the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic Miguel Angel Badiola Montaño,...

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El Paso Airport implements new technology for passenger identification

EL PASO – As the vacation period approaches, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will use Credential Authentication Technology (CAT) at El Paso International Airport (ELP) to confirm the validity of a traveler's photo ID and flight...

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Nuevo Leon recovered lost companies in November

NUEVO LEON – During November, the number of Nuevo Leon' s companies registered at the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) rose to 69,980, that is, 16 more than the previous month, thus recovering the companies' losses in October IMSS...

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Terminating border-wall contracts would cost billions

McALLEN, TX — President-elect Joe Biden has promised his administration would not build any more border wall, but terminating the contracts could cost “billions” of dollars US Customs and Border Protection Acting Commissioner Mark Morgan...

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