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...Trade Agreement passes Congress or not. In Laredo, Texas, last week 18-wheelers thundered back and forth on I-35, hauling American-made computers, machine tools and other goods to Mexico and bringing back Mexican-produced TVs, beer and foodstuffs. At the same time, Mexican shoppers streamed across the Rio Grande to splurge at Laredo's glittering Mall Del Norte, where retailers such as Sears and B. Dalton books are often packed. " NAFTA or no NAFTA, free trade is here," says Kiko Zuniga, a Laredo businessman who has built three warehouses to handle the flow of merchandise. "All NAFTA...
...Auto engines, power plants and landfills spew out carbon dioxide, methane and other heat-trapping gases by the ton. Left unchecked, many scientists believe, the buildup in the atmosphere could create the greenhouse effect, boosting temperatures and changing weather patterns in unpredictable, probably destructive ways. At last year's Rio Earth Summit, world leaders agreed that emissions of greenhouse gases should be curbed, but at the insistence of the U.S., the resulting treaty contained no firm goals or mandatory steps. The White House didn't get serious about the issue until the election of eco-conscious Bill Clinton, who pledged...
That's fine -- if companies are interested in investing money now to reap savings later. But many executives insist that scientists have not absolutely proved that significant global warming will occur. While that's true, the evidence was enough to persuade dozens of nations to sign the Rio treaty. Clinton is counting on industry to accept that even if climate change is not a certainty, it's smart to buy some insurance against disaster...
They're not all cowhands and they don't all live on the Rio Grande. But many of Harvard's Texan students share one trait: they're very fond of their state. And now, they have an outlet for their pride...
...area, are companies ranging from a Hawk missile facility and an Olympus camera plant to a J.C. Penney telemarketing center. The state, which has a budget surplus of $100 million, can afford to offer generous tax incentives, and it assiduously cuts red tape. When Great American Stock relocated to Rio Rancho two months ago, it obtained a building permit in 11 days at a cost of $2,200; a comparable permit in San Diego, the company says, might have taken 18 months and cost $40,000 to process...