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Lyndsey Johnson Geronimo Gutierrez-Fernandez is the managing director of San Antonio-based NADBank. New operating guidelines have been approved for the Community Assistance Program (CAP) by the board of directors of the North American Development Bank and …

Farmers seeking federal compensation for loss of the Canadian Wheat Board’s assets are considering whether to appeal a Federal Court ruling rejecting their lawsuit or follow the judge’s instructions to launch a different claim. Justice Tremblay-Lamer, in …

(To be sent this column, click SALT MXCREDIT. For more credit market news, click TOP CM.) Dec. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Jim O’Neill has been tracking economic reform initiatives in countries across the world during a 33-year career on Wall Street. Only a few of …

GREATER scrutiny needs to be placed on public officials, especially in their relationship with the private sector, in light of reports and indicators. In the Global Financial Integrity (GFI) report released last week, Malaysia was ranked as the fourth …

A small article about a murder-suicide near his London home sent Antonio Zazueta Olmos in search of the crime scene. A man had stabbed his girlfriend to death, the local newspaper said, and he then took his own life by jumping in front of a train. But …

LOS ANGELES — LOS ANGELES_If he weren't the nation's oldest governor, a ripe 75, Jerry Brown would automatically be counted among serious Democratic candidates for president in 2016. He boasts a household name, an impressive list of …

An auto worker tightens bolts on a Focus at a Ford plant in Michigan in October. Labor unions predicted in 1993 that NAFTA would send many U.S. manufacturing jobs to Mexico, and continue to argue that the pact prompted a race to the bottom for workers. …

December 17, 1975: Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme was sentenced to life for the attempted assassination, in 1975, of President Ford. December 17, 1992: President Bush signed NAFTA — the North American Free Trade Agreement, creating a U.S., Canadian, …

I voted against CAFTA, never supported NAFTA, and will not support NAFTA-style trade agreements in the future. NAFTA’s shortcomings were evident when signed and we must now amend the agreement to fix them. While NAFTA gave broad rights to investors, it …

In order to mitigate the effects of a decline in coal volume, CSX (NYSE:CSX) has shifted focus to its intermodal business. CSX has reported that coal volumes accounted for around 20% of their overall volumes in 2012 and it continues to follow a declining …

Image by Flickr user diaper, under a Creative Commons license (CC BY 2.0) Mexico's Senate has approved an energy reform bill that will end a 75-year state oil monopoly established under Presidente Lázaro Cárdenas (1934-1940), who expropriated the …

I voted against CAFTA, never supported NAFTA, and will not support NAFTA-style trade agreements in the future. NAFTA’s shortcomings were evident when signed and we must now amend the agreement to fix them. While NAFTA gave broad rights to investors, it …

Washington — The Obama administration, which is negotiating separate free trade deals with Asian and European countries, is “exploring” a regional trade plan for the Americas that would be the most ambitious hemispheric initiative in years. U.S. Secretary …

In 1992, when Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney sat down with Mexican President Carlos Salinas and U.S. President George H. W. Bush to sign the North American Free Trade Agreement, free trade was still a matter of fierce national debate in Canadian …

When the North American Free Trade Agreement was proposed, it set off a vigorous debate across the continent about its benefits and drawbacks. Today, 20 years after it came into effect, perhaps the only thing everyone can agree on is that all sides …

In the 20 years since it entered into force, the North American Free Trade Agreement has been both lauded and attacked in the United States. But to properly assess NAFTA’s record, it is important to first be clear about what the agreement has actually …

For related articles and more information, please visit OCA's Fair Trade and Social Justice page. Foreign Policy In Focus is partnering with Mexico's La Jornada del campo magazine, where an earlier version of this commentary appeared, to publish a …

December 16, 2013 10:40 | Source: Ventspils nafta multilang-release AS Ventspils nafta (NASDAQ OMX RIGA: VNF1R) informē, ka 2014. gada starpperiodu saīsināto finanšu pārskatu iesniegšana plānota šādos datumos: par 3 mēnešiem - 2014.gada 30.maijā; par 6 …

JSC Ventspils nafta financial calendar for 2014 JSC Ventspils nafta (NASDAQ OMX RIGA: VNF1R) will publish its interim condensed financial reports in 2014 as follows: For 3 months - on May 30, 2014; For 6 months - on August 29, 2014; For 9 months - on …

Twenty years ago this month President Bill Clinton signed the North American Free Trade Agreement into law. If there is one thing supporters and critics of this pact have always agreed on, it is the size of the stakes. In November 1993, Mr. Clinton, …