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Las Cruces Increases Minimum Wage for Companies Receiving JTIP Funds

LAS CRUCES, NM - The Las Cruces City Council approved a resolution increasing the minimum benchmark wage for local businesses that receive State of New Mexico Job Incentive and Training Program (JTIP) funds and apply for WagePlus funds Labor...

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Scale Up to offer online accelerator for New Mexico technology startups

NEW MEXICO - The Scale Up New Mexico program, funded in part by the US Economic Development Administration, will offer its online Business Model Sprint accelerator to New Mexico tech startups The program, aimed at entrepreneurs and startups in the...

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NMSU has multi-billion dollar economic impact for New Mexico

NEW MEXICO - A study by New Mexico State University's Arrowhead Center and the Center for Border Economic Development has found that the university has a multibillion-dollar economic impact on the state The study, "Economic Impact and...

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Experts to discuss the future of the economy in San Diego

SAN DIEGO, CA - The 40th Annual Economy Roundtable on Friday, Jan 19 at the University of San Diego's Joan B Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice will bring together federal, state and local experts to discuss the economic outlook for 2024 The...

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SOFI II inaugurated in Chihuahua

CHIHUAHUA - As part of the strategies for the construction of a more competitive Chihuahua, the inauguration of the new Essilor Luxottica plant, SOFI II, took place In her speech, Governor María Eugenia Campos Galván affirmed that the...

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Siemens expands in Juarez

JUAREZ, CHIH - With an investment of US$195 million, the ITESA 4 Siemens plant was inaugurated inCiudad Juarez The expansion will generate 265 jobs and significant opportunities, and will alsomake a key contribution to meet the demand for the...

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PCMA's annual conference returns to San Diego after 12 years

SAN DIEGO, CA - Thousands of meeting planners from around the world will gather in San Diego next week for their annual conference, PCMA Convening Leaders  The 7,000-member PCMA is a leading organization in the convention and events industry...

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Mark Roper named new acting secretary of New Mexico Economic Development Department

NEW MEXICO - Governor Michelle Luján Grisham appointed Mark Roper as Acting Secretary for the New Mexico Economic Development Department  Roper will replace Jon Clark, who has been appointed State Investment Officer In addition, Roper is a...

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Industrial activity in Tamaulipas grows by 4.3% in September

TAMAULIPAS - Industrial activity in Tamaulipas reported a 43% growth in September 2023, which allowed the state to return to the first places of this activity in the country According to INEGI's Monthly Indicator of Productive Activity by...

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UTEP researchers discover compound that kills leukemia, lymphoma cancer cells

EL PASO, TX - Researchers at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) have identified a novel pharmaceutical compound that successfully kills leukemia and lymphoma cancer cells, potentially paving the way for new forms of therapy The compound,...

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