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MEXICO CITY, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Grupo Salinas, a group of dynamic, fast-growing and technologically advanced companies deeply committed to the modernization of the countries where they operate, is pleased to announce a successful keynote address presented today by its chairman and founder, Ricardo B. Salinas Pliego during the VII Foro Iberoamericano of the Asociacion Iberoamericana de Centros de Investigacion y Empresas de Telecomunicaciones (AHCIET) held at the Universidad Iberoamericana... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
SES WORLD SKIES' NSS-12 Satellite Successfully Launched on-board Ariane 5 Oct 30, 2009
SES WORLD SKIES comprises a world-class team of customer care and technical professionals located in Princeton (NJ), The Hague, Washington D.C., Singapore, Beijing, London, Sao Paulo, Mexico City, Sydney, Accra and Johannesburg. Visit for more information. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Press release Carlos Amorales, Navid Nuur & San Keller Oct 30, 2009
Carlos Amorales (geboren in Mexico City, 1970) ist einer der bedeutendsten mexikanischen K ... Carlos Amorales (born in Mexico City in 1970) is one of the most important Mexican artists. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Mexico's death museum lives up to name Oct 30, 2009
by Chris Hawley - Oct. 30, 2009 12:00 AM Republic Mexico City Bureau. AGUASCALIENTES, Mexico - Dead men may tell no tales, but death itself is another story. (AZCentral -- News)
Petroleos Mexicanos Says Third-Quarter Loss Narrows to 3.7 Billion Pesos Oct 29, 2009
Pemex, as the Mexico City-based company is known, said today in a statement to the Mexican Stock Exchange that it posted a loss of 14 ... To contact the reporter on this story: Carlos M Rodriguez in Mexico City at ; in Mexico City at o. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Carlos Slim's Inbursa Posts Quarterly Profit as Commercial Lending Doubles Oct 29, 2009
3 billion pesos ($173 million), compared with a loss of 353 million pesos a year earlier, Mexico City- based Inbursa said today ... 87 pesos at 5:15 p.m. New York time in Mexico City trading ... To contact the reporters on this story: in Mexico City at ; in Mexico City at. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Grupo Salinas Founder and Chairman Ricardo B. Salinas Addresses Students, Faculty and the Business Community at the ITESM Campus in Guadalajara With Message on the Importance of Serving the Bottom of the Pyramid During 2009 Congreso Interna Oct 29, 2009
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 28 /PRNewswire/ --Grupo Salinas, a group of dynamic, fast growing and technologically advanced companies deeply committed to the modernization of the countries where they operate, is pleased to announce a successful guest lecture last week by its chairman and founder, Ricardo B. Salinas Pliego at the Guadalajara campus of the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM) during the 2009 Congreso Internacional de Finanzas y Economia (CIFE). Mr. Salinas... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Report: Official Says Dealers Could Teach Farmers Oct 29, 2009
(AP) MEXICO CITY (AP) - A Mexican agriculture official has caused a stir by reportedly suggesting that Mexican farmers could learn a thing or two from drug traffickers. Assistant Secretary of Agriculture Jeffrey Max Jones was quoted by the newspaper Reforma on its Web site Wednesday as saying that farmers "should follow the example of drug traffickers because they produce what the market demands.". (CBS News -- World)
Mexico embraces U.S. training in drug war Oct 29, 2009
by Chris Hawley - Oct. 29, 2009 12:00 AM Republic Mexico City Bureau. SAN LUIS POTOS, Mexico - At a police academy ringed by brick walls and razor wire, dozens of American agents are helping to train Mexican police recruits as part of a $1. (AZCentral)
http://www.mexconnect.com/en/articles/1972-the- Oct 29, 2009
Mixquic, once a farming island of the Aztec empire, is now a district of Mexico City that has retained something of a rural village ambiance and its ancient indigenous roots. The area takes on a busy and festive air in the final days of October as merchants set up street stands to hawk their wares for the Day of the Dead. (Kansas City Kansan, KS)
Salma Hayek Wannabes Learn to Sob, Dress, Eat at Mexico City Drama Schools Oct 29, 2009
and , Mexicos two largest broadcasters, run drama schools in Mexico City that train actors in their late teens and early 20s for parts in their steamy telenovelas ... When the networks producers need fresh faces, they come to Televisas Center for Artistic Education, located in a studio backlot in Mexico City ... To contact the reporter on this story: Crayton Harrison in Mexico City at. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Mexico's Central Bank Says Inflation Will Keep Slowing in Fourth Quarter Oct 29, 2009
Mexicos central bank will publish its quarterly predictions for inflation and economic growth within four weeks of Congress passing the 2010 budget, , the central banks chief economist, told reporters today in Mexico City. To contact the reporter on this story: in Mexico City at ; in Mexico City at. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Mexico's A/H1N1 flu death toll rises to 328 Oct 29, 2009
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- A total of 328 people, out of 50,234 infected, had died of the A/H1N1 virus in Mexico, the nation's Health Ministry said in a statement Wednesday. According to the statement, from October to present, 17,284 newly confirmed cases and 92 deaths had been reported. (Xinhuanet, China)
Why South American economies are rebounding first Oct 28, 2009
Mexico City; and So Paulo, Brazil - Latin America, long tied to the economic well-being of the United States, finds itself in a rare position these days: recovering from the global financial crisis faster than most of the rest of the world ... Alberto Aziz Nassif, a specialist in democracy and civil society at the Center for Research and Higher Education in Social Anthropology in Mexico City, says poverty will undoubtedly grow this year. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
America Movil Drops Most in Month After Losing Prepaid Customers in Mexico Oct 28, 2009
41 pesos at 5 p.m. New York time in Mexico City ... America Movil, based in Mexico City, is the nations biggest carrier ... To contact the reporter on this story: in Mexico City at. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Brazil Stocks Fall Most in 4 Months, Led by Homebuilders; Bolsa, Real Drop Oct 28, 2009
The Bolsa declined for a fifth day on homebuilders disappointing third-quarter results, said , an analyst with Scotia Capital in Mexico City ... To contact the reporters on this story: Paulo Winterstein in Sao Paulo at ; in Mexico City at. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Fidel was my enemy: Castro's sister no fan of big brother Oct 28, 2009
Ms Castro says in My Brothers Fidel And Raul: The Secret Story that she travelled to Mexico City under the pretence of visiting her younger sister Enma. There she also secretly met a CIA officer who identified himself as ''Enrique'' at the elegant Camino Real hotel. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Mexico's Environmental Ministry and Grupo Salinas Award 'Las Ciudades Mas Limpias de Mexico' Prize to Foment Anti-Litter Campaigns Oct 28, 2009
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of an ongoing effort to clean up Mexico, the Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT) Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada and Grupo Salinas Founder and Chairman Ricardo B. Salinas Pliego awarded yesterday winners of the "Ciudades Mas Limpias de Mexico", "Recicla 2009" and "Lideres ambientales de la Comunidad" contests as part of the "Limpiemos Nuestro Mexico" campaign ... The "Ciudades Mas Limpias de Mexico" contest targets municipal... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Patriots - Buccaneers: A late look Oct 28, 2009
FAST FACTS: This will be the fourth regular-season NFL game played outside the U.S. (Cardinals 31, 49ers 14, Mexico City, 2005; Giants 13, Dolphins 10, London, 2007; Saints 37, Chargers 32, London, 2008). The Bucs are 0-6 for the first time since 1985 and have a 10-game losing streak. (PatriotsInsider.com)
World's mega cities expand as millions quit the countryside Oct 27, 2009 Castro's sister: I helped CIA Oct 27, 2009 America Movil Posts 51 Percent Rise in Quarterly Net Oct 27, 2009 TV Azteca Announces Sales of Ps.2,400 Million and EBITDA of Ps.1,002 Million in 3Q09 Oct 27, 2009 /C O R R E C T I O N - Grupo Radio Centro, S.A.B. de C.V./ Oct 27, 2009 Mexico City to fight climate change with biogas plant Oct 27, 2009 Bush lays into the left at Americas summit but agrees concessions Oct 27, 2009 Castro's sister 'spied for CIA' Oct 27, 2009 Bovespa Gains as Growth Outlook Overshadows Metal Drop; Mexico Bolsa Falls Oct 27, 2009 Director looks south of border Oct 26, 2009 Community leader wins award for helping other women Oct 26, 2009 Uruguay vote pits ex-guerrilla against former conservative president Oct 26, 2009 Pemex $10 Billion Loss May Cut Into Schlumberger, Weatherford Contracts Oct 26, 2009 Fewer illegal migrants flown to Mexico Oct 26, 2009 Gallery: Is Obama keeping his promises? Oct 26, 2009 The Olympic Torch Relay Oct 26, 2009 A Los Angeles Holiday Tradition: 'La Virgen De Guadalupe, Dios Inantzin' Oct 26, 2009 Michael Jackson's Choreographer Says This Is It Shows Were For Jackson's Kids Oct 25, 2009 350 Events to Combat Climate Change Oct 25, 2009 More of this story Oct 25, 2009 U.S. cops build trust with Afghans Oct 25, 2009 Mexico Aims to Recruit Educated Officers to Rebuild Force Oct 25, 2009 Is Mexico winning drug war? Oct 25, 2009 Photos capture plundering of Earth Oct 25, 2009 Mexico fells trees to save butterfly reserve Oct 25, 2009 Click to read:11-Year-Old Tries to Abolish the N-Word Oct 24, 2009 $205M Man Admits Mexico Meth Sales Oct 24, 2009 Reward for Missing Virginia Tech Student Oct 24, 2009 Mexico House's Proposed Sales Tax Increase Is `Dead,' Senator Lozano Says Oct 24, 2009 Televisa Considers Cable Purchases, Wireless Partner, de Angoitia Says Oct 24, 2009 H1N1 Vaccine Marred by Frustration, Delays Oct 24, 2009 AP Exclusive: $205M Man Says He Sold Meth Chemical Oct 24, 2009 Click to read:Affidavit: Balloon Mom Admitted Hoax Oct 24, 2009 Bye-Bye Back Pain! Oct 24, 2009 Fla. Girl's Mom on Killer: "I Hate Him" Oct 24, 2009 Job growth at 66-year low in NM Oct 24, 2009 Dealing a Major Blow to Mexico's Masters of Meth Oct 24, 2009 Mexico pushing for homegrown swine flu vaccine Oct 24, 2009 Medicare Savings: Is the Answer in Mexico? Oct 23, 2009 Mexico pushing for their own experimental homegrown swine flu vaccine... Oct 23, 2009 Bovespa Gains on Jobless Rate Drop, Rate Outlook; Real, Mexico Bolsa Fall Oct 23, 2009 Marathon, Comunicaciones win, move to quarters Oct 23, 2009 Mexican match to be in 3D Oct 23, 2009 'Family values' of drug gang Oct 23, 2009 P.F. Chang's Tries to Woo Diners in Mexico Oct 23, 2009 'Thriller' zombie tribute to Michael Jackson Oct 23, 2009 Mexican city sees record murders Oct 23, 2009 Televisa Third-Quarter Profit Drops as Costs to Lure Subscribers Increased Oct 23, 2009 World's mega cities expand as millions quit the countryside Oct 23, 2009 Grupo Salinas Organizes International Freedom of Expression Forum at Mexico's Universidad Panamericana Oct 23, 2009 Pemex May Renegotiate Schlumberger, Halliburton Oil Contracts, Kessel Says Oct 23, 2009 Bush lays into the left at Americas summit but agrees concessions Oct 23, 2009 AP Exclusive: $205M man says he sold meth chemical Oct 23, 2009 Mexico will play eight friendlies before World Cup Oct 23, 2009 Iridium Mobile Satellite Communications Services to be Offered in Mexico Oct 22, 2009 Greenpeace protests modified corn in Mexico Oct 22, 2009 CCL: Dynamo loss puts rabe Unido in quarters Oct 22, 2009 The Top 10 Hottest Latino DJs in NYC Oct 22, 2009 OMA Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results Oct 22, 2009 Mexico Peso Gains as Congress Approves Income Portion of Calderon Budget Oct 22, 2009 Mexico's Lower House Approves New Tax Laws, Income Portion of 2010 Budget Oct 22, 2009 Cantu promoting playoffs to Latin America Oct 22, 2009 Telmex Third-Quarter Profit Drops 12% as Customers Switch to Mobile, Cable Oct 22, 2009 Pemex Should Continue $11.1 Billion Chicontepec, Board Member Moreira Says Oct 22, 2009 Brazilian Stocks Advance on Metal Producer Outlook; Mexico's Bolsa Slumps Oct 22, 2009
o Paolo in Brazil will reach just under 20m and Mexico City 19m ... It has been a process driven largely by Asia - the continent boasting 10 mega cities by 2000, while North America had managed three (Mexico City, New York City and Los Angeles). (Yahoo News -- Population Issues)
Mexico: Mosquera leads Amrica past Chivas 1-0 Oct 27, 2009
MEXICO CITY (AP) -Colombian defender Aquivaldo Mosquera scored in the third minute Sunday as America edged archrival Chivas 1-0 in the Mexican Apertura championship. Mosquera's header off Pavel Pardo's cross lifted the Eagles to 25 points and the third best record in the tournament. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Soccer)
In June 1961, under the guise of visiting her sister Enma in Mexico City, Castro met a CIA agent who called himself "Enrique," the memoir says. In those first meetings in Mexico, which took place shortly after the failed Bay of Pigs invasion, Enrique asked the young woman about general information regarding Cuba since the revolution, and then asked whether she would work for the agency, according to the book. (CNN -- International)
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - America Movil, the largest cellphone operator in Latin America, posted a 51 percent rise in third-quarter net profit on Monday due to a pickup in new subscribers and lower financing costs. America Movil , controlled by billionaire Carlos Slim, said it earned 18. (ABC News -- Wire)
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TV Azteca, S.A. de C.V. (BMV: TVAZTCA; Latibex: XTZA), one of the two largest producers of Spanish-language television programming in the world, announced today financial results for the third quarter of 2009. "The comparative of the results is difficult for this period, due to the transmission and marketing of the Beijing Olympic Games a year ago," said Mario San Roman, Chief Executive Officer of TV Azteca. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Grupo Radio Centro, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: RC, BMV: RCENTRO-A) (the "Company"), one of Mexico's leading radio broadcasting companies, announced today its results of operations for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2009 ... Of these 15 radio stations, 12 are located in Mexico City, two AM stations in Guadalajara and Monterrey, and one FM station in Los Angeles ... MEXICO CITY, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Grupo Radio Centro,... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Mexico City plans to fight the emission of methane, a greenhouse gas more than 20 times more powerful than carbon dioxide, by using German made equipment to capture gas produced by rotten liquid and waste, city officials told media on Monday ... Currently Mexico City is separating recyclable waste from organic waste at the site. (Xinhuanet, China)
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Ms Castro said that at a meeting with a CIA officer called "Enrique" at a hotel in Mexico City in 1961, she was given the codename "Donna" and codebooks so she could receive instructions. She agreed on the condition that she received no money and was not asked to participate in any violent acts against the Cuban government. (BBC News -- Americas)
Commodity prices have reached historic highs in the last few months, so investors are just taking a breath to see what nexts year demand will be, said , a Latin American equities strategist at Bulltick Capital in Mexico City ... Mexicos Bolsa index declined for a fourth day as construction companies and metals slumped along with the Dow Jones Industrial Average, according to , head of trading at Mexico City-based Actinver SA. ... The worlds third-largest cement maker retreated amid... (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
He was forced to start from scratch because someone had broken into his office in Mexico City and stolen all of his video equipment. But he rebounded quickly and soon found work making commercial spots, infomercials, corporate videos and other independent TV productions for Spanish-language stations in the Alamo City. (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)
At least that is how Ana Laura Bolaños of Seville describes the life-changing turns she's had since she arrived in the United States in 1991 from Mexico City. Bolaños, who is the president of the Alianza de Mujeres Activas (The Alliance of Active Women), a group giving a voice to Mexican women working in ferneries and nurseries in West Volusia and Putnam counties, was honored with the governor's Point of Light Award on Sept. 16. (Daytona Beach News Journal)
Mexico City - The frontrunner in Uruguay's presidential election Sunday is a former guerilla commander who once sought to bring a socialist revolution to this South American nation. His main competitor is a conservative former president. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Pemex, as the Mexican state-owned oil company is known, may seek to renegotiate contracts to include performance-based incentives, Energy Minister said in an Oct. 21 interview in Mexico City ... Its possible for Pemex to get some kind of solidarity agreement from contractors, an analyst with CERA in Mexico City, said in an Oct. 23 telephone interview ... Pemex needs to increase production to improve its profit margins, Lucia Martin Rivero, an analyst at Mexico City-based Ixe, said in a... (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Last year, the government flew 18,464 people, or about 264 a day, to Mexico City during the 70 days the program was run ... Once in Mexico City, migrants were given bus tickets to their home states. (AZCentral -- News)
Feb 4, 2009 Presidential Memorandum -- State Children's Health Insurance Program Jan 30, 2009 Executive Order -- Economy in Government Contracting Jan 30, 2009 Executive Order -- Notificiation of Employee Rights Under Federal Labor Laws Jan 29, 2009 Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act Jan 27, 2009 Unexpected Urgent Refugee and Migration Needs Related to Gaza Jan 26, 2009 The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 Jan 26, 2009 California Request for Waiver Under the Clean Air Act Jan 23, 2009... (MSNBC -- Politics)
On its way to Mexico City in 1968, the torch retraced Christopher Columbus' path to the New World; one of its pit stops was at the Great Pyramid of the Moon in Teotihuacan, where it was incorporated into an Aztec fire ceremony ... Runners on foot are the torch's primary means of transportation, though in recent years the flame has also been carried by boat (Mexico City, 1968; Barcelona 1992; Atlanta, 1996), horseback (Stockholm, 1956; Atlanta), parachute (Lillehammer, Norway, 1994), snowmobile... (Time.com)
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- For years now, the Latino Theater Company has presented a holiday gift to the community, its production of "La Virgen De Guadulupe, Dios Inantzin." Adapted for the stage by company member and playwright Evelina Fernandez from the mid- Sixteenth Century text The Nican Mopohua, it relates the story of how the Virgin Mary appeared on four occasions to the lowly peasant Juan Diego in the mountains of Tepeyac near Mexico City in 1531. Miracles attributed to her... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
"I really enjoyed being able to go on the Internet with him and show him performances we had done in, like, 1993 in Mexico City. And just to be able to pull up anything he could think of all types of music and imagery and inspirational footage that helped in preparation for the show," Payne recalled. "And he was so fascinated by what was available now with the new technology he just loved that.". (VHI.com -- Music News)
Masai children did special jumping activities while people from Japan to Mexico City held celebrative events to kick off the world-wide commitment to reducing the carbon footprint from the current 389 to 350 ppm. The numbers 3, 5, and 0 were spelled out with huge numbers of people standing across several continents, as well as similar small events in towns and villages across the globe. (Suite101.com)
Perhaps best remembered as the trainer of Mark Spits, who won seven gold medals in the 1972 Olympics, Treadway coached three Olympic swim teams: The 1964 U.S. men at Tokyo, the 1968 U.S. Women in Mexico City and the 1972 U.S. men at Munich. Treadway s speech was thoughtful and full of humor. (Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise, OK)
As the first Latino police chief in the Atlanta area -- King was born in Mexico City to a Mexican mother and American father -- he quickly built a reputation for reaching out to people. In Doraville, a suburban Atlanta town peppered with Vietnamese pho shops, Korean barbecue joints and Mexican taquerias, King pushed his police officers to mingle with the public. (CNN -- World)
MEXICO CITY When pressed about why Mexico is struggling in its battle with illegal-drug cartels, Genaro Garc. a Luna, the nation's top police official, likes to put his inquisitors on the spot with a question: Would you encourage your child to become a Mexican cop. (Fox News)
"Mexicans are paying a huge price," said Ana Maria Salazar, a television and radio political commentator in Mexico City. "The rest of the world does not understand the price that's being paid.". (CNN -- World)
And, Andreas Gursky has captured an extraordinary image of an ocean of rubbish at a landfill site in Mexico City. Don't Miss. (CNN -- International)
MEXICO CITY - Authorities who have struggled to stop illegal logging in Mexico's famed monarch butterfly reserve now are cutting down thousands of trees themselves to fight an unprecedented infestation of deadly bark beetles. Biologists and park workers are racing to fell as many as 9,000 infected fir trees and bury or extract infested wood before the orange-and-black monarchs start arriving in late October to spend the winter bunched together on branches, carpeting the trees. (MSNBC -- International)
11-Year-Old Tries to Abolish the N-Word - CBS Evening News - CBS News. ATLANTA, Oct. 23, 2009. (CBS News)
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 23, 2009 ... Alleged Drug Lord Arrested After Police Found $205M in his Mexico City Mansion Says He Sold Meth Chemicals on Black Market ... (CBS/AP) A Chinese-Mexican businessman arrested after police found a $205 million stash of cash in his Mexico City mansion has told U.S. prosecutors he sold tons of a chemical used to make methamphetamine on the black market, a top Mexican official told The Associated Press. (CBS News)
Man Tells CBS Affiliate About Encounter With 20-Yr-Old Woman Just Before Her Disappearance at Metallica Concert. An undated photo of missing Virginia Tech student Morgan Dana Harrington, 20, of Roanoke County, Va. (CBS News)
To contact the reporter on this story: in Mexico City at. Last Updated: October 23, 2009 13:03 EDT. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Mexico City- based SAB, which also has wireless networks throughout the region, is considered the incumbent in Mexico with about 72 percent of the nations wireless customers ... 90 pesos at 4 p.m. New York time in Mexico City ... Televisa may want to enter Megacables territory, which includes Guadalajara, Mexicos second-largest city, , an analyst at Vector Casa de Bolsa SA in Mexico City, said in a research note. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Washington Post: Authorities Scramble to Parcel Out Vaccine as Supply Falls Short of Promises. The U.S. government promised 40 million doses of the H1N1 vaccine would be ready by now. (CBS News)
By NIKO PRICE Associated Press WriterMEXICO CITY October 23, 2009 (AP) The Associated Press ... In this Thursday, May 17, 2007 file photo, Chinese-Mexican businessman Zhenli Ye Gon is interviewed in his lawyer's office in Queens, N.Y. Gon, arrested after police found a $205 million stash of cash in his Mexico City mansion has told U.S. prosecutors that he sold tons of a chemical used to make methamphetamine on the black market, a top Mexican official has told The Associated Press ... A... (ABC News -- Wire)
Affidavit: Balloon Mom Admitted Hoax - CBS News. DENVER, Oct. 23, 2009. (CBS News)
- The Early Show - CBS News. NEWYORK, Oct. 23, 2009. (CBS News)
Girl's Mom on Killer: "I Hate Him" - The Early Show - CBS News. Girl's Mom on Killer: "I Hate Him". (CBS News)
The southern New Mexico city has added 200 educational and health services jobs since September 2008. Santa Fe s unemployment rate for September was 6. (New Mexico Business Weekly, NM)
Mexican federal police escort Jose Roberto Sanchez "El Chivo", 24, suspected member of the Michoacan cartel known as "La Familia" (The Family), at the federal police center in Mexico City October 22, 2009 ... In 2006, Mexican police seized 19 tons of it there and linked it to the owner of a Mexico City mansion where $207 million were found piled in mountains of notes believed to be the biggest drug-cash bust ever. (Time.com)
MEXICO CITY Grappling with low supplies of swine flu vaccines, President Felipe Calderon persuaded drug makers this week to sell him 30 million doses, while 1,000 Mexicans lined up for an experimental vaccine they hope can speed up supplies. Meanwhile, French drug maker Sanofi-Aventis announced plans to open a manufacturing plant in Mexico that will produce 25 million flu vaccine doses a year starting in 2012. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Seeing potential profits, he adds, "the developers and operators of senior housing, which runs the spectrum from independent-living communities through nursing-care facilities, are certainly betting on a substantial influx in the coming years." Developments aimed at attracting seniors have been built near Puerto Vallarta and in the northern Baja peninsula, and independent-living projects are planned for San Miguel de Allende, already a popular expat center north of Mexico City, Warner notes.... (Time.com)
Originally published Thursday, October 22, 2009 at 6:29 PM. Mexico pushing for homegrown swine flu vaccine. (The Drudge Report)
the telephone company controlled by Carlos Slim, reported net income that came under consensus, said , an analyst with Actinver SA in Mexico City ... To contact the reporter on this story: in Rio de Janeiro at ; in Mexico City at. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Marathon of Honduras and Comunicaciones of Guatemala reached the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Champions League with victories on Thursday in the final round of group games. Marathon defeated San Juan Jabloteh 4-2 on three second-half goals by Jerry Nelson Palacios in a match played in Trinidad. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Soccer)
MEXICO CITY: The soccer match between top Mexican sides America and Guadalajara on Sunday will be screened in 3D, with broadcasters Televisa claiming on Wednesday it will be the first broadcast of its kind in the world ... The Clausura championship match at the Azteca will be screened in cinemas in Mexico City, Guadalajara and Monterrey. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Sports)
By Stephen Gibbs BBC News, Mexico City. They decapitate, torture, and extort. (BBC News -- Americas)
The new PF Chang's restaurant in Mexico City Gin Torrero Marroqu[a {i}]n / Red Mint Photography ... For the past six years, he's worked as a chef in French and Cuban restaurants in the U.S. Now back in his native Mexico, Martinez is finding himself in foreign territory: he's just landed a job as a wok chef at American restaurant chain P.F. Chang's first overseas outlet in Mexico City ... In the handful of eateries that dot Mexico City's two-block Chinatown, it's common to start a meal with... (Time.com)
A Michael Jackson's impersonator dances along with 'zombies' during the "I do dance Thriller" event in Mexico City, on August 29. Some 60 people aged from 11 to 73 have signed up so far to take part in this year's "Thriller" dance extravaganza in a French village of Gourin, joining fans as far off as Beijing, Buenos Aires, Istanbul, Mexico and Sydney who will come out midnight on Saturday. (Yahoo! Asia News)
The city also has a booming market in domestic drug consumption, which the two drug gangs would like to control, says the BBC's Stephen Gibbs in Mexico City. Before the escalation in violence, Juarez had a murder rate of around 200 a year, comparable to El Paso. (BBC News -- Americas)
44 pesos today in Mexico City trading ... To contact the reporter on this story: in Mexico City at. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
o Paolo in Brazil will reach just under 20m and Mexico City 19m ... It has been a process driven largely by Asia - the continent boasting 10 mega cities by 2000, while North America had managed three (Mexico City, New York City and Los Angeles). (Yahoo News -- Population Issues)
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of an ongoing effort to support freedom of expression, Grupo Salinas is proud to announce the international forum "Que perdemos cuando se pierde la libertad de expression? (What do we lose when Freedom of Expression is lost?) held on October 21 at the Universidad Panamericana. The event brings together top media experts and intellectuals from Cuba, Venezuela, Argentina, Mexico, Nicaragua and Ecuador to discuss the importance of the right to freedom of... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Mexico is looking to bring existing contracts into line with an energy reform approved in 2008 that allows for performance incentives to lower costs and improve production, Mexican Energy Minister said yesterday in an interview in Mexico City ... The energy reform allows Mexico City-based Pemex to pay foreign companies incentives if they find more oil than expected or complete projects under budget ... To contact the reporter on this story: in Mexico City at in Mexico City at. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Please activate cookies in order to turn autoplay off. Wednesday 14 January 2004 14. (Yahoo News -- Summit of the Americas)
MEXICO CITY A Chinese-Mexican businessman arrested after police found a $205 million stash of cash in his Mexico City mansion has told U.S. prosecutors he sold tons of a chemical used to make methamphetamine on the black market, a top Mexican official told The Associated Press. In this Thursday, May 17, 2007 file photo, Chinese-Mexican businessman Zhenli Ye Gon is interviewed in his lawyer's office in Queens, N.Y. Gon, arrested after police found a $205 million stash of cash in his Mexico City... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexico will play eight friendlies in the run-up to next year's World Cup in South Africa. Nestor de la Torre, the director of national teams, said on Thursday that Mexico-based players would begin training in Mexico City on April 12 for three games in the United States, one in Mexico and three in Europe. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Soccer)
and MEXICO CITY, Oct. 21, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: - ) announces that its subsidiary Iridium Comunicaciones de Mexico SAPI de CV ("Iridium Mexico") has received all necessary authorizations to operate, provide and sell mobile satellite services (MSS) in Mexico ... "Spacenet is a Corporation focused on providing carrier class IP fixed and mobile satellite services to corporate and government clients in Mexico, utilizing state of the art gateways in Puebla and... (Primezone Releases)
A Greenpeace banner protesting genetically modified corn hangs on a Mexico City monument on Sunday. About 45 Greenpeace activists hung a black banner and protest signs Sunday at the Angel of Independence, a victory column in a busy traffic circle on one of Mexico City's major thoroughfares ... It is one of Mexico City's most recognized monuments. (CNN -- International)
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- A surprise defeat for Houston Dynamo at the hands of group minnows Metapan on Wednesday cost the American club a spot in the CONCACAF Champions League quarterfinals, handing the berth to Panama's Arabe Unido. El Salvador's Metapan had lost all five of its previous group games, but Emerson Umana's deflected freekick gave the hosts a shock 3-2 win over a stunned Houston, which would have reached the quarters with a win. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- Soccer)
This Mexico City transport reminds us how creative deejays can be ... This Mexico City transport reminds us how creative deejays can be. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
The third quarter of 2009 was positive for OMA. With the opening of the NH Mexico City Airport Terminal 2 Hotel during the quarter, OMA took a decisive step in the development of additional sources of non-aeronautical revenues ... The NH Mexico City Airport Terminal 2 Hotel, in which OMA holds a 90% interest, opened its doors on August 24, 2009 ... OMA (Nasdaq: - ) (BMV:OMA) will hold a conference call on October 22, 2009 at 10:00 am EDT, 9:00 am Mexico City time. (Primezone Releases)
The replacement of the 2 percent consumption tax with a 1 percent increase in the sales tax will reduce the budgets effect on accelerating inflation, , a strategist at Barclays Plc in Mexico City, wrote in a note. The replacement of the sales tax would require a less significant effort by the central bank to fight inflation expectations, Melzi said. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
Its unclear whether the measures are strong enough to avoid a downgrade because they stop short of providing a long- term solution to falling public revenue, said , senior economist at IXE Grupo Financiero SA in Mexico City ... The change of the 2 percent consumption tax to a 1 percent increase in the sales tax will reduce the budgets effect on accelerating inflation, , a strategist at Barclays Plc in Mexico City, wrote in a note ... -- With assistance from Catarina Saraiva in New York and... (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
On Wednesday, Cantu traveled from his home in Texas to Mexico City for a two-day promotional tour. The main rights holder for televising the playoffs in Latin America is the Televisa network. (MLB.com -- Florida Marlins)
Its not a good quarter, said , an analyst at Vector Casa de Bolsa SA in Mexico City ... 34 pesos today in Mexico City ... To contact the reporter on this story: in Mexico City at. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
The Mexico City-based board of Pemex, as the company is known, hasnt yet decided whether the state-owned oil company should halt investing after the project missed its production targets, Moreira said today ... I would not stop investing in Chicontepec, Moreira, 63, said in an interview in Mexico City ... To contact the reporter on this story: in Mexico City at. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
The legislation would boost taxes on income and sales, presenting a worst-case scenario for Slims wireless carrier , said , an analyst at BBVA Bancomer SA in Mexico City ... To contact the reporter on this story: in Sao Paulo at ; in Mexico City at. (Bloomberg -- Latin America)
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