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CKD invests US$13 million in Texas

AUSTIN – Gov Greg Abbott earlier this month announced CKD had picked Central Texas for its first US production site, but at the time, the location of the facility was not disclosed CKD plant operations are expected to begin in fall 2021 at the...

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Proposed US$3.3 billion gasoline plant in southern Arizona halted

CASA GRANDE, AZ — Construction of a proposed gasoline plant in southern Arizona that would have generated more than 2,000 jobs has been halted after the company planning the project reprioritized its projects “Houston-based Nacero LLC...

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Border economy still in flux due to COVID-19

EL PASO, TX – Even as the COVID-19 pandemic keeps the border economy in flux, some sectors show signs of recovery Incoming commercial truck traffic is trending up at Southern New Mexico’s Santa Teresa Port of Entry, where electronic...

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Entrepreneurs ask for flexibility in business capacity

JUAREZ — Since 40% of the total sales of the year in the commercial sector are achieved between October and December, business leaders will ask the State Government to be more flexible with the capacity for some businesses as well as the...

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Walmart to deliver COVID-19 tests in El Paso via drones

El Paso— Walmart, Quest Diagnostics and DroneUp announced a pilot program to provide test kits for COVID-19, which will be delivered by drones According to the company, deliveries will begin from the Walmart Supercenter store to families...

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Super Salads expands its presence in Nuevo Leon

MONTERREY – Super Salads expanded its presence in Monterrey by opening a restaurant inside the Nuevo Sur Shopping Center, bringing it to 25 locations in the Monterrey metropolitan area and 51 nationally This location has a capacity of 52...

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Nuevo Leon maintains positive trend in job recovery

NUEVO LEON – For the 4th consecutive month, Nuevo Leon maintained a positive trend in employment recovery compared to September, by creating 20,232 net new jobs, which were driven by the industrial sector At the end of October, the IMSS...

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Texas is ready to distribute COVID-19 vaccine

TEXAS – Texas Gov Greg Abbott said he expected the first shipment of Pfizer’s touted COVID-19 vaccine to come by the end of November, but that doesn’t mean the public will have to access to it before the end of the year Abbott said Texas...

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Pandemic results in US$10 billion in lost revenue for Arizona tourism

TUCSON – The on-going pandemic has unsurprisingly crushed the tourism industry in Arizona Statewide revenue is down US$10 billion from this point a year ago The average across Arizona is a 52% loss in revenue in the tourism industry The start...

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Vector Launch will restart and remain in Tucson

TUCSON – Vector Launch Inc, a micro-satellite launch company founded in Tucson, Arizona in 2016, announced that it will restart operations and remain in Tucson after a competitive, multi-state process After declaring bankruptcy and laying off...

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