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  • Mexico to discuss deals worth $150 mn at Paris Air Show

    The governor of the Mexican state of Queretaro said Monday that he planned to discuss seven aviation investment projects worth $150 million with different companies during the 2013 Paris Air Show. Jose Calzada said in a press conference at the Le Bourget exhibition centre that he had about 15 meetings planned with aviation and aerospace companies. The governor will be meeting with Canada's ...

  • Brazil seeks to take advantage of desperate Mexico

    FORTALEZA, Brazil - Brazil wants to use Mexico's desperation to its advantage when the teams meet in the Confederations Cup on Wednesday.While Brazil opened with a convincing win over Japan, Mexico lost to Italy and needs a good result against the hosts to keep alive its hopes of advancing in the World Cup warm-up tournament.Brazilian players are hoping the Mexicans come out attacking at ...

  • Steelmaker AHMSA eyes shale gas opening in Mexico

    By Allison Martell and David Alire Garcia NEW YORK/MEXICO CITY, June 18 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 6:59pm EDT NEW YORK/MEXICO CITY, June 18 (Reuters) - Mexico's top steelmaker is hoping to tap the country's ample shale gas reserves if an energy sector overhaul expected this year provides an opening, a senior executive with the company, Altos Hornos de Mexico (AHMSA), said on ...

  • Russias Suhkoi jet delivers first Superjet to Mexicos Interjet

    MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Russian planemaker Sukhoi delivered its first Superjet 100 plane to Mexico's Interjet airline at the Paris Airshow, the Mexican company said on Tuesday. Another 19 aircraft from Russia's first post-Soviet civil plane project are due to be delivered in the coming months to Interjet, which is mulling plans to go public. The beginning of deliveries to the Mexican ...

  • Mexico corn miller Gruma refinances $400 mln debt

    MONTERREY, Mexico, June 18 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 6:29pm EDT MONTERREY, Mexico, June 18 (Reuters) - Mexican corn miller Gruma said on Tuesday it refinanced $400 million in debt taken out last year to buy back a stake in the company previously owned by U.S. agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland. The company had borrowed $400 million from Goldman Sachs to buy the 23 percent stake. Gruma ...

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Wendy and Lucy [DVD]

Wendy and Lucy [DVD]

Kelly Reichardts Wendy and Lucy is a small, spare, and genuinely beautiful film, very much the spiritual descendent of Italian neorealism, which French film critic Andr Bazin described as an ideal synthesis between the rigor of tragic necessity and the accidental fluidity of ever ... ...

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  • Popocatepetl Volcano Erupts Ash Could Reach Mexico City

    Popocatepetl, the second highest peak in Mexico, has erupted once again and is spewing ash that could reach Mexico City, which is 40 miles away. The volcano shot chunks of rock into nearby towns and witnesses say the smoke and ash plume rose at least four kilometers into the air. Residents may be evacuated if the eruptions continue, but everyone in the area has been on standby since mid-May, ...

  • VIDEO Popocatepetl shoots ash cloud toward Mexico City sparks volcanic alert

    Popocatepetl view from Amecameca, Mexico. The volcano shot a plume of ash and gas into the air, putting Mexico City on alert for an ash cloud. Wikimedia ...

  • UPDATE 3-US natural gas futures edge up with hot weather forecasts

    * U.S. Northeast, Midwest expect hotter weather * Outlook for Texas and the South still fairly mild * Coming up: Reuters natgas storage poll on Wednesday By Joe Silha NEW YORK, June 18 (Reuters) - U.S. natural gas ...

  • UPDATE 3-Brazil mine bill would double top royalty rate

    * Bill to require rights to be developed or lost * Introduces auction system for some mining prospects * Vale CEO says would have "major impact" on companies By Jeb Blount RIO DE JANEIRO, June 18 (Reuters) - Brazil, a major producer of iron ore, gold, copper and other metals, unveiled a long-awaited bill to reform its 46-year-old mining code on Tuesday, proposing a doubling of the ...

  • NOAA Partners Predict Possible Record-setting Deadzone for Gulf of Mexico

    Scientists are expecting a very large "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico and a smaller than average hypoxic level in the Chesapeake Bay this year, based on several NOAA-supported forecast models. NOAA-supported modelers at ...

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