Fixating on security: Fox comes home from Waco
empty-handed.(immigration reform)(Column)
This Easter Week past, the three North American leaders met in
Waco, Texas. We, the people who paid for their trips, got nothing.
Fox is a lame duck who upset the U.S. administration over Iraq . . .
Mingling with Pharaohs.(National Institute of Anthropology and
History)(exhibition)
Mexico boasts an impressive share of the world's greatest
civilizations. Now, thanks to the "reciprocity policy" that
the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) has fashioned
with . . .
Restaurant guide.(Mexico city)
BUSINESS MEXICO brings you an ongoing list of some of Mexico
City's top restaurants, rated by cost, service, decor and cuisine.
A new restaurant is rotated onto the list every month, and we . . .
Los Girasoles.(Advertisement)
You'd be hard pressed to find a more majestic location for a
restaurant. Nestled on the eastern side of the Plaza Tolsa next to the
Senate building and in the shadow of the Carlos V . . .
Getting top billing: Altavista Films and the parting of the
waters for Mexican cinema.
On January 28 of this year, "Voces Inocentes" opened in
Mexico with more than 300 copies made available to cinemas. The dramatic
film traveled on to almost every nation in Latin America, as well . . .
The Path to the Top: how times have changed for
CEOs.(Reprint)
When Edward D. Breen was named chairman and CEO of scandal-plagued
Tyco International in July 2002, one national magazine reasoned that he
had taken on a job that would make "lesser CEOs quake in . . .
Guadalajara Division collects, donates toys: Committee sponsors
drive to benefit children.(Brief Article)
The Guadalajara Division of AMERICAN CHAMBER/MEXICO recently
established a Corporate Responsibility Committee, whose goal is to
motivate AMCHAM companies to broaden their civic involvement . . .
Touting trade in Texas: summit proves useful for Mexican business
leaders.
A group of influential business leaders from Mexico met last month
with former U.S. President George H.W. Bush and current U.S. Commerce
Secretary Carlos Gutierrez to discuss promoting trade . . .
Defending trademark rights: Chamber fights to defeat adverse
legislation.(AMCHAM AT WORK)(General Motors Mexico)
In April, General Motors Mexico brought to the attention of
AMERICAN CHAMBER/MEXICO a potentially detrimental congressional
initiative. The bill would directly impact the franchise industry--or
any . . .
Promoting competitiveness: Committee presents policy
recommendations to Fox.(AMCHAM AT WORK)
Continuing to push forward its agenda for improving Mexico's
global competitiveness, AMERICAN CHAMBER/MEXICO recently presented a
series of policy recommendations to Dr. Eduardo Sojo, the head . . .
Lending is key: banking sector must increase competition, lower
commissions.(ECONOMICS & POLITICS)
The Mexican banking system has come a long way since the body blow
it was dealt by the devastating Tequila Crisis that erupted in December
1994.
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Those banks that were not . . .
Bureaucratic battles: four foreigners and a Mexican open a bar in
Mexico City.(DOING BUSINESS)
It all started with a common interest in music. Umair Khan (a
Briton), Jussi Walker (a Scot-Finn), and a third friend who has since
emigrated to Australia, had been commiserating over what they . . .
Creating capable business leaders: getting the most out of
postgraduate education.
When you send one of your top employees to an executive education
program at any of the many fine postgraduate business schools in Mexico,
what do you expect in return?
If you're typical, you . . .
Blue agave recovery: Cuervo, Diageo lead tequila's global
resurgence.(DOING BUSINESS)
Five years ago, the tequila industry was in dire straits, but it
was a good news-bad news scenario.
The bad news: a rare frost in 1998, coupled with a bacteria and
fungus that invaded the Jalisco . . .
Mexico offers logistics alternative: becoming integral part of
U.S. supply chain.(DOING BUSINESS)
The logistics business in Mexico has been caught up in a whirlwind
of change ever since the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta)
went into effect.
A decade ago, the industry was known as . . .
Investing in IT: information technology is key to Mexican
productivity.(Cover Story)
It's almost axiomatic--information technology (IT) equals
higher productivity.
And it's true, if the proper qualifiers are added. You
can't become more productive just by throwing more money into . . .
Reforming justice: USAID assists Mexican judicial reform
campaign.
Mexico has embarked on a series of judicial reforms that could
transform its justice system.
Although lagging behind most large Latin American countries in this
reform process, this may be to . . .
Talking it over: the case of oral argument vs. printed
document.(ECONOMICS & POLITICS)
The spoken word will finally become mightier than its printed
equivalent in the Mexican legal system, if the momentum created by a
groundbreaking trial can cut a swath through the red tape of . . .
The good, the bad and the ugly: corporate profits, Pemex and
politics.(MARKET MOVES)
As we have noted in this column during the past months, "the
bad" would eventually catch up with "the good" within the
various spheres of Mexican capital markets. The bane of the markets has
been . . .
Mexico-China deal.(LEGAL EASE)(memorandum of understanding)(Brief
Article)
Mexican and Chinese labor officials executed a Memorandum of
Understanding that will promote cooperation in the area of job creation,
social security, job site inspections and labor dialogue.
The . . .
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