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First Regional Center for Innovation and Economic Development for MSMEs is created

CHIHUAHUA – Fideicomiso Estatal para el Fomento de las Actividades Productivas del Estado de Chihuahua (Fideapech) and Universidad La Salle, signed a collaboration agreement for the creation of the first Regional Center for Innovation and Economic...

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Sonora manages investment projects with Spain

HERMOSILLO – On February 20, the governor of Sonora, Claudia Pavlovich will make a tour in Spain which aims to specify investment projects for Sonora in the areas of water, education, economic development and public services Pavlovich met with...

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Cotuco seeks to attract real estate market to Baja California

TIJUANA – Comité de Turismo y Convenciones (Cotuco) plans to position the coastal area of Baja California, conformed by Tijuana and Rosarito Beaches, within the Anglo-Saxon market to attract more home buyers or land in the border region This is a...

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Arizona’s apartment industry is a major economic driver

ARIZONA – The total annual economic impact of construction and operations within Arizona’s apartment industry is the equivalent to the state playing host to more than 10 Super Bowls each year The apartment industry generates 22,000 jobs, US$699...

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Real estate sector forecasts growth in Baja California

BAJA CALIFORNIA – Despite structural changes in many government institutions the real estate sector has good growth expectations for 2019, said Gabriela Cerezo Morales, president of Consejo Estatal de Profesionales Inmobiliarios del Estado de Baja...

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Texas oil and natural gas industry paid more than US$14 billion in taxes

TEXAS – The Texas oil and natural gas industry paid more than US$14 billion in state and local taxes and state royalties in fiscal year 2018, up 27% from fiscal year 2017, and the second-highest total in Texas history, according to a Texas Oil and...

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Most California municipalities ban commercial cannabis activity

CALIFORNIA – Two-thirds of California municipalities prohibit marijuana businesses from setting up shop, underscoring the hurdles MJ entrepreneurs face in trying to break into the world’s largest legal cannabis market Only 161 of California’s...

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California lost nearly 10,000 solar plant jobs in 2018

CALIFORNIA – California’s solar industry shed nearly 10,000 jobs last year over uncertainty about the Trump administration’s tariffs on imported solar panels and state policy changes, a new report reveals The tariffs were set in January 2018,...

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New Mexico boasts US$2.2 billion in oil revenue for 2018

NEW MEXICO – New Mexico received US$22 billion in revenues from oil production in 2018, according to numbers from the state’s Tax Research Institute This was a 26% increase on the year, or US$465 million As stated by the Albuquerque Journal, a...

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New commercial flights departing Chihuahua are announced

CHIHUAHUA – The head of Desarrollo Económico y Turístico, Maria Angelica Granados, announced four new national commercial flights and one new international flight for the city of Chihuahua, starting in March The flights will depart from...

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