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Laredo begins economic recovery with high hotel occupancy

LAREDO – During March and April of this year, hotel occupancy in Laredo remained at an average of 419%, surpassing the rest of the state's average occupancy of 30%, said Aileen Ramos, director of the Laredo Convention and Visitors Center...

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Retail sales grew 5.5% in March in Chihuahua

CHIHUAHUA – While nationally retail sales presented an annual fall of 11% during March, the state of Chihuahua recorded an increase of 55% in income from the supply of goods and services, according to data from the National Institute of...

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Exports from Ciudad Juarez to the United States rose in March

CIUDAD JUAREZ – In the midst of a lack of Chinese inputs faced by the maquiladora industry last March, Ciudad Juarez's land-based exports to the United States rebounded by 440% at an annual rate According to the trade balance released by the...

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Hotel industry in Juarez does not have a reopening date

CIUDAD JUAREZ – The difficult outlook facing the hotel sector in Ciudad Juarez could be aggravated by the fact that they do not yet have a reopening date and there is a risk that two more hotels will close their doors to add up to 19 so far in...

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Border Economy Slow Recovery From Pandemic

By Nancy J Gonzalez Even though the supply chains around the globe are restoring little by little, the economic effects the Coronavirus pandemic left in the communities are here to stay At the US-Mexico border the economic recovery is...

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"The 7 Keys to Communicating in the Japanese Automotive Industry"

GlobalAutoIndustrycom’s latest Audio Interview "The 7 Keys to Communicating in the Japanese Automotive Industry” features Dr David A Victor  Dr Victor is a Full Professor of Management and International Business at Eastern Michigan...

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12% of Texas restaurants have permanently closed due to COVID-19

TEXAS – The Texas Restaurant Association released new stats on the impact COVID-19 shutdowns are having on its industry Roughly 12% of Texas restaurants have permanently closed because of the pandemic, according to Emily Williams Knight, the...

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Texas unemployment rises to 12.8% in April

TEXAS – Texas’ jobless rate rose to a historic 128% in April, painting a clearer picture of the effect of virus-driven lockdowns on the state’s economy It’s the highest rate recorded in Texas since the state began tracking such data in...

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Thousands of Arizona solar jobs lost due to Covid-19 pandemic

ARIZONA – The solar energy industry in Arizona and around the country has taken a significant hit since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, with the Grand Canyon State’s job losses numbering in the thousands That’s according to an analysis...

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COVID-19 safe-practice health orders for New Mexico's agriculture industry

SANTA FE – New Mexico Gov Michelle Lujan Grisham signed a modified public health emergency order easing restriction on retail operations, ordering New Mexico citizens to wear cloth face coverings in public, and proposing a series of requirements...

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