Standards for golf courses.(LEGAL EASE)(Mexico. Secretariat of
the Environment's environmental policy)(Brief Article)
The Secretariat of the Environment (Semarnat) published the draft
standard for the environmental requirements applicable to golf courses
and their real estate developments on March 10.
It . . .
Energy Efficiency Partnership.(LEGAL EASE)(Mexico. Secretariat of
State for Energy, Mines and Federal Industry joins Renewable E
On March 15 in London, Mexico's Secretariat of Energy and
United Kingdom authorities signed off on Mexico's formal entry to
the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP).
The . . .
Mexico-Japan pact.(LEGAL EASE)(free trade agreements)(Brief
Article)
A new era for trade and investment between Mexico and Japan began
on April 1.
The new free trade agreement contains specific legal provisions
that will govern commercial activities between the . . .
Democracy compromised: impeachment of mayor threatens political
evolution.(POLITICAL SOAPBOX)(cases against Andres Manuel Lopez
April 7, 2005, was a black day for the Party of the Democratic
Revolution (PRD). Political analysts saw it as an historical moment, a
date that will serve as a watershed in the long political . . .
Hat Trick Beverage, Inc.(COMPANY NEWS)(Brief Article)
Hat Trick Beverage, Inc. announced that it has completed its first
month of production of Dos Lagos Agua Fresca at its Mexicali bottling
facility. Distribution for this traditional Hispanic . . .
Grupo TMM, S.A.(COMPANY NEWS)(Brief Article)
Grupo TMM, S.A. has announced the closed sale of its interest in
Grupo TFM to Kansas City Southern. The sale is worth about US$600
million to TMM and also includes US$200 million in cash, US$47 . . .
SilverCrest Mines Inc.(COMPANY NEWS)(exploration)(Brief
Article)
SilverCrest Mines Inc. announced it has expanded its concession
holdings at the Silver Angel Project, located in the northern Sierra
Madre Range in Sonora and has begun a Phase I work program on . . .
Prudential Real Estate Investors (PREI).(COMPANY NEWS)(Brief
Article)
Prudential Real Estate Investors (PREI) announced that it has
entered into a strategic alliance with Amistad Global Developers, one
the foremost developers and managers of industrial properties in . . .
Direct Response Financial Services Inc.(COMPANY NEWS)(Brief
Article)
Direct Response Financial Services Inc.--a leading provider in
stored value and debit card products and services to Hispanics--has
announced that in conjunction with its technology partner Optimum . . .
Conde Nast International.(COMPANY NEWS)(Brief Article)
Conde Nast International will stop publishing Vogue en espanol and
Glamour en espanol, replacing them in the United States and Latin
America with the magazines' Mexican editions. The Miami office . . .
Boulder Information Technologies, S.A. de C.V.(COMPANY
NEWS)(Brief Article)
Boulder Information Technologies, S.A. de C.V., announced the
confirmation of exclusive representation of the Alabama-based Enterprise
Electronics Corporation (EEC) in Mexico. EEC has produced . . .
Cemex, S.A. de C.V.(COMPANY NEWS)(Brief Article)
Cemex, S.A. de C.V., has announced that it has completed the sale
of certain assets in the Great Lakes region of the United States to
Votorantim Participacoes, S.A. Cemex has been evaluating . . .
Grupo Imsa, S.A. de C.V.(COMPANY NEWS)(Brief Article)
Grupo Imsa, S.A. de C.V., announced that the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the delisting of the company's
American Depositary Shares (ADSs) represented by American . . .
Temequila denied.(NEW BUSINESS)(Skyrocket Distillers's
patent licensing)(Brief Article)
Skyrocket Distillers, the California company profiled on these
pages in March, has been denied the use of the name
"Temequila" for its new agave-based drink set to hit the
market in April.
The . . .
Pemex reform?(NEW BUSINESS)(Brief Article)
Politicians made headlines recently as they suggested they may
rethink how the state-run oil company, Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex),
operates.
Government officials are examining ways to work with . . .
Inquiry launched.(NEW BUSINESS)(Brief Article)
Baja California state legislators opened an official inquiry into a
US$800 million liquefied natural gas terminal project, while Sempra
Energy insisted it had complied with all federal, state and . . .
Retail expansion.(NEW BUSINESS)(Brief Article)
Wal-Mart de Mexico is considering opening stores in 200 cities and
towns across Mexico, the company's new chief executive told
Reuters.
Eduardo Solorzano, who took the reins of Walmex in . . .
New Colima Governor.(BRIEFS)(Silverio Cavazos elected)(Brief
Article)
Silverio Cavazos of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) was
declared the winner of the April 10 gubernatorial elections in Colima.
The special election was called after Governor Gustavo . . .
Alien clues.(BRIEFS)(National Aeronautics and Space
Administration explores Chihuahuan Desert)(Brief Article)
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has
sent top researchers to the Chihuahuan Desert to look for clues in their
search for extraterrestrial life, the San Diego . . .
Environmental news.(BRIEFS)(Brief Article)
The first two months of the year were not kind to the state-run oil
monopoly, Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex).
Pemex was hit with 17 fines totaling US$170,000 and was ordered to
close three . . .
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