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El Paso to receive first COVID-19 vaccines

EL PASO – El Paso, which has been one of the country’s recent coronavirus hot spots, could get its first COVID-19 vaccines by the end of next week City Manager Tommy Gonzalez said the Texas Department of State Health Services has approved an...

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Flextronics to invest US$9 million in Baja California

BAJA CALIFORNIA – Medical device manufacturing continues to strengthen as one of the main industries in Baja California, said Mario Escobedo, minister of Sustainable Economy and Tourism (SEST), when he announced a US$9 million investment in the...

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Baja California is committed to workers' health

TIJUANA – Given the imminent resurgence of COVID-19 infections in the region, the industrial sector of Baja California through the Association of the Maquiladora and Export Industry INDEX Coastal Zone, endorses the commitment made since the...

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IDEI to invest US$328 million in Monterrey

MONTERREY – Internacional de Inversiones (IDEI) plans to invest US$328 million to launch 11 projects, six of them vertical housing and five of the horizontal type, in the Monterrey metropolitan area, informed Jorge Martínez, the company's...

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KIA assembled 1 million cars in NL

NUEVO LEON – KIA Motors Mexico reached in 2020 the fifth place of sales from its plant in Pesqueria, Nuevo Leon, in addition to one million units produced since the first year of production, a record time for any automaker in Mexico, said Jong...

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New Mexico's oil and gas industry will recover 'incrementally'

NEW MEXICO – New Mexico’s oil and gas industry continues to recover following the hit taken from COVID-19 and a production war in the Mideast that caused a glut in supply Since plummeting in April due to travel restrictions, barrel prices...

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California facing lockdown again

SAN DIEGO – California Gov Gavin Newsom’s pending decision to lock down most of the state is expected to hurt local barbershops, nail salons, and other personal care businesses and other industries Hotels, microbreweries and restaurants are...

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Challenges CIOs Face Globally in the Coming 12 months

John Jalovec is CIO Partner with Fortium Partners, and has served as CIO or as an Executive Technology Leader at major Industrial companies that include General Motors, Delphi Automotive, Honeywell, Magna International, Pirelli Corporation, Babcock...

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Mexico Legalizes Recreational Pot

By Wendy Fry Mexican federal lawmakers have been ordered by a court to make rules by mid- December that would essentially legalize marijuana, making the country the largest market in the world for legal, recreational pot and creating the...

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Mexico Eyes Penalizing Outsourcing

By Wendy Fry A federal initiative to penalize outsourcing and subcontracting programs will drastically slow down the economic recovery in Baja California’s manufacturing industry, according to experts and leaders in the field Mexico’s...

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