Border News
Business leaders consider positive economic plan for Baja California
BAJA CALIFORNIA – Baja California’s Emerging Program to Protect People, Jobs and the Economy in the face of the current…
Sonora lost 10,243 formal jobs in March
SONORA – Sonora lost 10,243 formal jobs during the month of March this year, most of which were in the…
Nuevo León, Coahuila and Tamaulipas create economic plan
MEXICO – Governors Jaime Rodríguez from Nuevo León, Miguel Ángel Riquelme from Coahuila, and Francisco García Cabeza de Vaca from…
Mechanical fans will be manufactured in Ciudad Juárez
CIUDAD JUAREZ – Automation, medical and engineering businesses have joined together to build artificial respiration teams to contribute to the…
Iowa and Texas are leaders in wind energy
TEXAS – The American Wind Energy Association has announced that Iowa and Texas led the country in wind power additions,…
Communities Foundation of Texas receives US$1 million donation
DALLLAS – Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and in support of Texas community foundations and nonprofits, Communities Foundation of Texas…
Arizona business leader says virus has been economic disaster for state
PHOENIX – Bars, restaurants, retail, tourism and just about everything in between have been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic….
US$50 million in loans to small businesses available in Texas
AUSTIN — Governor Greg Abbott announced that Goldman Sachs and the LiftFund, along with other community development financial institutions (CDFIs),…
Tamaulipas estimates to harvest 15,000 tons of lemon in 2020
CIUDAD VICTORIA – Despite the adverse effects of the drought, the citrus sector in Tamaulipas remains hopeful of obtaining a…
Industry in Sonora will lose around US$150 million
SONORA – Around US$150 million could lose the maquiladora industry in Sonora alone due to the health emergency caused by…
Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua stops operations
CIUDAD JUAREZ – The three plants of Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua (GCC), and nine of Interceramic, will close their operations…
Suppliers could lose US$55 million due to work stoppages
CIUDAD JUAREZ – Ciudad Juárez’s maquiladora industry consumes an average of US$55 million per month in the national market, which…
Around 12,000 jobs are at risk in Juárez
CIUDAD JUAREZ – Thousands of workers in Ciudad Juárez remain in uncertainty after two weeks of work stoppages that keep…
Automotive plants in Coahuila carry out work stoppages
COAHUILA – Four different Tier 1 and 2 supply companies of the terminal automotive industry will stop their operations; this…
Exports fell 11% in January
CIUDAD JUAREZ – The dynamism that Juárez maintained in the shipment of merchandise to the United States stopped in January…