Aussie triathlete Jones wins in Mexico
Top Australian triathlete Michellie Jones rounded out her racing preparation for the Hawaiian Ironman with a weekend win in Mexico.
In her last race before the October 21 Ironman, Jones easily won a half-ironman distance event in Cancun.
She clocked four hours 19 minutes and 57 seconds, beating Canadian Natasha Filliol by nearly four minutes.
Jones has quickly become one of the top Australian hopes at Hawaii, the sports most famous race, after her stunning debut there last year.
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Lázaro Bruzón Wins International Chess Event in Mexico
Lázaro Bruzón won the annual Carlos Torre Repetto International Chess Tournament that concludes Thursday in the Mexican city of Mérida.
Bruzón, the Cuban national champion and the best-ranked Latin American player with an ELO rating of 2677 units that places him 26th in the world list of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), beat Polish GM Michal Krasenkow (2655).
Playing by the Wimbledom system, Bruzón and Krasenkow tied in the two classical games and in the two rapid games of 10 minutes. Bruzon’s success came in the first of the five-minute tie-break games, in 64
Lázaro Bruzón Wins International Chess Event in Mexico
Lázaro Bruzón won the annual Carlos Torre Repetto International Chess Tournament that concludes Thursday in the Mexican city of Mérida.
Bruzón, the Cuban national champion and the best-ranked Latin American player with an ELO rating of 2677 units that places him 26th in the world list of the International Chess Federation (FIDE), beat Polish GM Michal Krasenkow (2655).
Playing by the Wimbledom system, Bruzón and Krasenkow tied in the two classical games and in the two rapid games of 10 minutes. Bruzon’s success came in the first of the five-minute tie-break games, in
GE Unit Wins Contract From Mexico Utility
GE Energy said Thursday it was awarded a contract by Mexico's state-owned electric utility to expand output capacity at the country's only nuclear power plant.
In a news release, the unit of General Electric Co. said the contract from the Federal Electricity Commission, or CFE, is to initially provide safety and licensing evaluations for plans to increase output by 20 percent at the Laguna Verde plant in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz.
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BASE METALS UPDATE: Grupo Mexico: Cananea Talks Going Well
Workers at La Cananea, a copper mine located in northern Sonora state, said Tuesday that talks were advancing well with parent company Grupo Mexico SA (GMEXICO.MX) over annual contract revisions.
Union Committee Plans To Discuss Asarco Offer Wednesday
The union bargaining committee representing workers striking against Asarco Inc. (ASX.XX) is planning to meet Wednesday to discuss a one-year contract offer that has been made by the company, as well as other issues, a union official reported Tuesday morning.
Mexico Steel Talks End Without Deal, No Strikes Seen Tue
Mexico's Roberto Madrazo Wins PRI Presidential Primary Election
Mexico's Roberto Madrazo, the former governor of the state of Tabasco, won the primary election for the presidential nomination of the Institutional Revolutionary Party, the country's largest political party.
Madrazo had 91 percent of the votes with the ballots from 74 percent of polling stations counted, according to the party's Web site. Everardo Moreno, Madrazo's only rival after former state of Mexico Governor Arturo Montiel dropped out of the contest, had 9 percent of the vote.
Mariano Palacios, president of the party, declared Madrazo the winner as of 11:30 p.m. New York time
Mexico Wins With Lower House Approval of Securities Market Law Initiative
Grupo Salinas, a group of dynamic, fast growing and technologically advanced companies deeply committed to the modernization of Mexico, announced today that it welcomes the approval of the initiative to enact a new Mexican Securities Law by the Chamber of Deputies. Grupo Salinas stated that Mexico wins with the approval, as the legislation is expected to enhance transparency and accountability of Mexican
corporations. This translates into increased confidence to invest in Mexico, which generates larger capital inflows to the securities market. The initiative aims to protect minority rights, a measure that
His rescue from kidnappers wins praise for Mexico's federal police
Just freed in a daring police raid after two months in the hands of kidnappers, Ruben Omar Romano said Thursday he can't wait to get back to work as the coach of one of Mexico's most popular soccer teams.
"I feel a bit weak, and I still can't believe I'm out of captivity," said a smiling Romano, the Argentine coach of Cruz Azul, at a news conference the morning after his rescue.
"But I'm happy to see my family, and I've got the strength to go on fighting and be back with the
Death count from Hurricane Stan rises in Mexico, Central America
The death count from Hurricane Stan continued to rise in Mexico and Central America as rescue workers reached towns cut off by massive floods and mudslides.
The storm, which churned into Mexico's Gulf Coast Oct. 4 before unleashing heavy rains onto much of Central America, left more than 600 confirmed dead and more than 1,000 more missing in the region, though relief workers said the number could be much higher and warned that residents could be dogged by disease and food shortages for months.
The storm slammed into the Mexican
Mexico's Madrazo Wins Court Battle Against Party Foe Gordillo
Mexican presidential hopeful Roberto Madrazo won a legal battle against a party foe as the nation's electoral court confirmed one of his allies as president of his Institutional Revolutionary Party, Mexico's biggest.
The electoral court yesterday dismissed a motion by Elba Esther Gordillo, the party's executive secretary, to oust Madrazo's ally from the party's presidency, according to a statement on the court's Web site. The decision is final.
Gordillo had argued before the court that by party statutes she should be made party president, succeeding Madrazo after he stepped down to
