Border News
Texas unemployment rate rises to 8.3% in September
TEXAS – The Texas unemployment rate rose to 8.3% in September, surpassing the national unemployment rate of 7.9% and returning…
Railroad blockades affect trade relationship with the U.S.
CHIHUAHUA – The railroad blockades in Chihuahua and Michoacan are acts that affect the credibility and commercial relationship with North…
Border closure extends until November
MEXICO – The governments of Mexico and the United States will extend for another month the restrictions on non-essential land…
Medical device industry expects to generate 85,000 jobs
BAJA CALIFORNIA – The maquiladora industry of medical devices in the state of Baja California could close the year with…
Heineken to invest US$180 million in Baja California
TECATE – Heineken Mexico will invest US$180 million in its areas of operation, said Mario Escobedo Carignan, minister of Sustainable…
Germany, fifth country with the highest investment in Tamaulipas
TAMAULIPAS – Private foreign investment from Germany to Tamaulipas is the fifth most important in recent years, representing 4.8% of…
Railroad blockade will bring unemployment: MFA
CHIHUAHUA – The Mexican Association of Railways (AMF) said that if the blockade of the railroad tracks in Chihuahua and…
Sonora’s Aerospace Industry has a constant growth
HERMOSILLO – The future of the aerospace industry in Sonora is promising, mainly because of the quality of the workforce…
Nuevo Leon will continue working despite COVID-19 outbreak
MONTERREY – In case of another COVID-19 outbreak the government decided to return to the previous measures, 67% of the…
Cargo Trucks Face 8-Hour Otay Border Waits
More than 3,000 trucks cross daily By Wendy Fry Freight transporters are facing wait times longer than eight hours on…
Navistar to Build Electric Trucks in TX
SAN ANTONIO – The Navistar International Corp. electric trucks will be built on the same assembly line than the diesel…
SK hynix Invests in AI
CALIFORNIA – Chipmaker SK hynix is investing US$55 million in an artificial intelligence (AI) solutions company Gauss Labs that will…
Pandemic helps to plug ‘sales tax leakage’ in rural South Texas
RIO GRANDE CITY – At a time when many Southwest border communities are suffering from a drop in sales tax…
Houston will be home to the nation’s largest psychiatric hospital
HOUSTON – The UTHealth Behavioral Sciences Center will be making history in Houston. The facility will be the first public…
Juarez production is reduced to 60%
JUAREZ – Less production and more operational expenses will be the effects that reducing capacity in plants once again to…
