Halliburton is licking its chops at the prospect of Mexico's state-owned Petróleos Mexicanos going private. Petróleos Mexicanos, or PEMEX, withstood a tsunami of privatizations of formerly state-owned companies in the late 1980s and '90s. But now, with pro-business President Felipe [RETURN TO ARTICLE]
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Until the U.S. puts pressure on Mexico to get its house in order the situation there and here is only going to get worse. If your neighbor’s house is falling apart then the value of your house is depleted. We need to step up AND DO SOMETHING!!!!
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