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Health contingency will end in 2021: Caintra

NUEVO LEON –The last survey made to the members of the Chamber of the Transformation Industry of Nuevo Leon (Caintra), highlighted that 7 out of 10 industrialists estimated that the health emergency could end between April and December...

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Texas launches COVID-19 rapid testing pilot program

Workers at small businesses in five Texas communities will have the chance to participate in a COVID-19 rapid testing pilot program, Gov Greg Abbott’s office announced Monday The pilot program, which officials plan to significantly expand...

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Small but Mighty

Supervisory Border Patrol Agent Jeff McBride recalled one that almost got away He was part of a patrol not far from the Mexican border near Yuma, Arizona, when the call came in that a group of illegal aliens were crossing the border But before he...

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Texas manufacturing loses steam as virus flares

TEXAS – Texas factory output is slowing amid a rise in coronavirus cases this fall that’s taking a toll on the state’s economy A key barometer of manufacturing activity devised by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas reflects expansion in...

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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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