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NEW YORK-- PepsiCo Inc.' s net income dipped 5 percent in the third quarter as the snack food and beverage maker poured more money into bolstering its flagship brands and developing new products that position it for the future.
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LOS CABOS, Mexico-- A weakening Tropical Storm Paul swerved away from a landfall on a sparsely populated stretch of Mexico's southern Baja peninsula Tuesday night, brushing the coast with wind and rain as it swirled northward just offshore.
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LOS CABOS, Mexico-- Hurricane Paul weakened into a tropical storm Tuesday as it neared landfall on a sparsely populated stretch of Mexico's southern Baja peninsula.
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LOS CABOS, Mexico-- Hurricane Paul was weakening rapidly and was "barely a hurricane" as it raced toward landfall Tuesday on a sparsely populated stretch of Mexico's southern Baja peninsula.
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SAO PAULO-- The Inter American Press Association says violence and authoritarian governments are the main problems independent press outlets face in Latin America. It says that in the past six months 13 journalists have been murdered in Mexico, Honduras, Brazil, and Ecuador "for the simple fact that they were doing their work."
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LOS CABOS, Mexico-- Hurricane Paul weakened to a Category 1 storm as it raced toward landfall Tuesday on a sparsely populated stretch of Mexico's southern Baja peninsula.
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MEXICO CITY-- Mexican President Felipe Calderon has signed into law a ban on large cash transactions as part of an effort to fight money laundering that experts estimate may amount to around $10 billion per year in Mexico. The bill forbids buyers and sellers from giving or accepting cash payments of more than a half million pesos for real-estate purchases.
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DENVER-- It's not all hippies backing November's marijuana legalization votes in Colorado, Oregon and Washington.
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After the estimated number of Mexicans visiting the city nearly doubled in six years, tourism arm NYC& Co. is ramping up its presence in Mexico City, part of its series of far-flung tourism offices. "We want to be visible and make sure we're top of mind" to Mexican travelers, NYC& Co. chief executive George Fertitta said.
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MEXICO CITY-- Police raided three teachers colleges on Monday in the western state of Michoacan, where dozens of students had been hijacking buses and delivery trucks for a week to protest curriculum changes. Ten police officers were injured, three seriously, the Michoacan state government reported.
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Earnings lift the dollar and Panama wants in on the euro — it's time for your FX Fix.
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DETROIT-- Ford is recalling more than 154,000 Fiesta subcompacts to fix a problem with the side air bags. The company says that if the front passenger seat is empty, the side air bag won't inflate to protect rear-seat passengers in some crashes. They were built in Mexico from Nov. 3, 2009 to Sept. 21, 2012.
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NEW YORK-- Shares of AuRico Gold Inc. rose 4 percent Monday after the Canadian mining company announced preliminary production results from its new mine in northern Ontario. The Ocampo mine produced 21,916 gold equivalent ounces at cash costs of $754 per gold equivalent ounce.
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BROWNSVILLE, Texas-- When the federal government began seizing private land along the U.S.- Mexico border to build a towering fence, Teofilo Flores was offered $1,650 for a slice of his backyard. And another nearby farmer pocketed $1 million in exchange for his cooperation.
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WASHINGTON-- The Obama administration is delaying a decision that had been due Monday on whether China is manipulating its currency to gain trade advantages. GOP challenger Mitt Romney has attacked the administration for not targeting China for unfair trade practices.
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NEW YORK, Oct 12- Currency speculators pared bets against the U.S. dollar for a second straight week to their lowest level in a month, according to data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission released on Friday. The value of the dollar's net short position slid to $6.43 billion in the week ended Oct. 9, from a net short of $16.31 billion the previous week.
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*Telefonica to provide 110 mln euros in vendor financing. *Telefonica shares flat vs lower Spanish index. MADRID, Oct 12- Spain's Telefonica is selling its Atento call centre business to U.S. private equity firm Bain Capital for about 1 billion euro, including debt, as it battles to reduce its borrowings.
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The Treasury Department formally designated MS-13, or Mara Salvatrucha, a transnational criminal organization.
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SINGAPORE, Oct 12- The Asian naphtha price and margins ended the week at a three-session low of $985 a tonne and $123.03 a tonne respectively to mirror the fall in European values as gasoline demand softened. "The fall in margins today was a reflection of the gasoline market in Europe," said a Singapore- based trader.
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DENVER-- Forest Oil is selling all of its South Louisiana properties for about $220 million as part of its plan to shed some non-core assets. Forest Oil Corp. previously announced that it is selling its East Texas natural gas gathering assets for $34 million. The Eagle Ford shale formation stretches from the western Texas- Mexico border to Louisiana.