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Outdoor recreation along Arizona’s waterways a US$13.5 billion industry

ARIZONA – Arizona’s waterways, enjoyed by more than 15 million residents each year, contribute US$135 billion to the state’s economy and support 114,000 jobs, according to a report released recently by Audubon Arizona Water-based outdoor...

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Tariff on Mexican Cars could mean loss for Arizona Companies

ARIZONA – President Trump has, for now, backed off his threat to impose a 25% tariff on the Mexican auto industry He says he will give Mexico up to a year to stop drug and migrant traffic from reaching US borders If a tariff is imposed, it will...

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Walmart plans estimated US$265 million in Texas Store improvements and innovations

HOUSTON – Building on its commitment to save customers time and money in new ways, Walmart expects to spend an estimated US$2649 million this year in Texas through the remodeling of 54 stores, as well as the launch and continued expansion of...

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Fairlife will build new production facility in Arizona

GOODYEAR – Milk company fairlife LLC has announced plans to increase overall production capabilities with the construction of a new 300,000 sq ft production and distribution facility in Goodyear, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix “I’m extremely...

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Delays at U.S.-Mexico border causing backlogs for automotive industry

CIUDAD JUAREZ – Long delays at the US-Mexico border crossing for goods destined for American plants and consumers are hitting the US auto industry, and the gridlock reduced by half the number of northbound trucks that crossed the entry point last...

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Matamoros’ labor conflict left US$5 billion in losses

MATAMOROS – The labor conflict in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, which ended last April 3rd, left losses of US$5 billion in production chains, investments and generation of jobs that were stopped to a halt “I estimated around US$5 billion between...

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UFI Filters announces US$25 million investment in Coahuila

COAHUILA – The Italy-based company, UFI Filters, manufacturer of filters and modules for plastic injection filters, will start operations in Ramos Arizpe in one year, and it is to generate 250 new jobs with an investment of US$25 million,...

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New US$40.7 million dam to be built in Nuevo Leon

NUEVO LEON – Comisión Nacional del Agua (Conagua) and the Nuevo Leon government announced the construction of the Presa Libertad in the rural municipality of Montemorelos, which will solve the water supply problem to the metropolitan area of the...

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At least 350 migrants have joined Tijuana’s workforce

TIJUANA – At least 350 Central American migrants have joined Tijuana’s industry, informed the president of Asociación de Recursos Humanos de la Industria en Tijuana AC (Arhitac), Ulises Araiza Sanchez According to the leader, a company in...

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3 million jobs threatened by potential U.S.-Mexico border shutdown

US – A border shutdown such as the one US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose could seriously affect trade between Mexico and the United States, greatly harming Mexico’s maquila industry, upon which more than 3 million jobs depend,...

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