Hazardous waste: where to put what no one wants.(ECONOMICS &
POLITICS)(Guadalcazar site )
Mexico needs more hazardous waste confinement sites, but no one
wants them on their doorstep.
The government argues that without the legal requirements to make
such sites safe, this waste will be . . .
Whither the vote? The 2006 presidential succession tests
Mexico's democracy.(ECONOMICS & POLITICS)
Mexico today eats, sleeps and breathes with a single preoccupation:
the 2006 election. For at least a year, the presidential succession has
dominated cantina, dinner party and water cooler . . .
Recreating spaces: Mexico is breeding ground for today's top
architects.(LIFESTYLE)(Parque Durazno)(Juan Jose Sanchez Aedo)(Arco
Mexican architecture has long been acknowledged for its bold
exploration of contemporary design commingling with an admixture of
vibrancy and diversity that echoes the roots of its ancestral past.
. . .
Petroleos Mexicanos: Hamstrung by politics.(COVER)
Pemex may be far and away Mexico's biggest exporter, but it is
also Mexico's largest company by quite some margin. This is because
of Mexico's generous endowment of the "black stuff,"
which makes . . .
Grupo Modelo: Corona is Mexico's best-known
export.(COVER)(Corona)
Will Corona ever run out of fizz? In the 80 years since the
founding of Grupo Modelo, the creators of this wonder beer, it has been
one of Mexico's greatest success stories. By the 1950s Modelo . . .
Mabe: at the vanguard in household appliances.(COVER)
You can learn a lot about Mabe by the company it keeps. The
household appliance producer has partnered with General Electric for
several decades, filling many of the U.S. company's orders . . .
Grupo IMSA: a global strategy for growth and
stability.(COVER)(Company Profile)
Back in the 1980s, when Mexico's economy was still closed, a
small but successful steel-processing firm began to diversify its
country risk by using its retained earnings to buy foreign companies.
. . .
Gruma: Mexican staple makes waves around the
world.(COVER)
Most people think of tortillas as a purely Mexican product. Yet
Gruma, S.A. de C.V., has been so successful at developing export markets
for this Mexican staple that in 2003, 70 percent of its US$2 . . .
Delphi Mexico: a major force in the autoparts
sector.(COVER)
With auto manufacturers occupying the top three slots among
non-state-owned Mexican exporters, it's certainly no surprise that
an autoparts producer comes in right behind them on the list.
Like . . .
Cemex: mastering the art of acquisitions.(COVER)
Mexico's love for building things with concrete could have
kept Cementos Mexicanos quite content in its role as the top producer of
cement products in a burgeoning national market. Instead, . . .
Grupo Bimbo: selling bread and nostalgia.(COVER)
Don't be fooled by the name: there's nothing cutesy or
vacuous about Grupo Bimbo, which is not just Mexico's largest food
company but also ranks as the No. 1 baking company in the Americas.
. . .
Reaching markets abroad: Mexican companies not hemmed in by
borders.(COVER)
A Google search using the key words "Mexico,"
"economy" and "exports" will produce a page on the
Wikipedia website entitled "Economy of Mexico."
Here you can read the following: "Mexico has a . . .
Positive growth prospects: fourth quarter 2004, strong oil prices
boost outlook.(MARKET MOVES)
While rising interest rates could turn out to be a growing
challenge to the amazing success of the Bolsa, the equity market will
most likely continue its torrid acceleration toward higher . . .
Energy efficiency emphasized; electorate broadened.(LEGAL
EASE)
Greenhouse Gases Targeted
The Secretariat of Energy (Sener) and the Latin American
Organization of Energy (Olade, for its initials in Spanish) met to
discuss the need to emphasize the necessity . . .
Political pragmatism: principles lose out when an election's
in sight.(POLITICAL SOAPBOX)
In the first week of March, the Institutional Revolutionary Party
(PRI) and the National Action Party (PAN) took giant leaps toward
preparing for the 2006 electoral battle.
The PRI held its XIX . . .
Cream Minerals Ltd.(COMPANY NEWS)(drilling contracts)(Brief
Article)
Cream Minerals Ltd. has signed a three-hole, 600-meter contract to
drill a high-grade gold silver zone on the Fenix property, 60 kilometers
southeast of Tepic, Nayarit. The company had wanted to . . .
International Power Group, Ltd.(COMPANY NEWS)(in talks with
Naanovo Energy Inc. to build waste-to-energy power plant)(Brief
Arti
International Power Group, Ltd. has announced it is in talks with
Naanovo Energy Inc. to build a Waste-to-Energy plant in Mexico.
Providence Financial Services in Sanford, Connecticut, has . . .
Schneider Electric.(COMPANY NEWS)(corporate values program
launched)(Brief Article)
Schneider Electric announced the launch of its latest corporate
values program NEW 2 (NEW is an acronym for New Electric World). The
program--effective through 2008--focuses on three principle . . .
GlobeTel Communications Corp.(COMPANY NEWS)(contracts with Banco
Azteca)(Brief Article)
GlobeTel Communications Corp. said it had signed a Letter of Intent
(LOI) with Banco Azteca, Mexico's fifth-largest financial
institution and part of the Salinas Group of Companies. The . . .
Sonus Networks, provider of voice-over-IP infrastructure
solutions, and Marcatel International.(COMPANY NEWS)(contracts)(Brief
A
Sonus Networks, provider of voice-over-IP infrastructure solutions,
and Marcatel International, providers of integrated communications
services in Mexico, announced that Marcatel had chosen . . .
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