Bloomberg – Roku Inc. set-top boxes were pulled from the shelves of major department-store chains in Mexico after a court blocked sales of the devices, saying they could be hacked to let users view pirated movies and TV shows.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-20/roku-device-sales-blocked-in-mexico-on-piracy-hacking-concerns

Bloomberg – Telepizza Group is preparing to open its first outlet in Mexico as the Spanish pizza delivery company steps up efforts to diversify its business by developing what could become its second-biggest market.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-16/telepizza-to-enter-mexico-market-in-2018-ceo-juantegui-says

CNBC – If you think the glass ceiling for women in tech is tough in the United States, take a look at the challenges they face in Mexico, Latin America and other developing countries. For many the obstacles may seem insurmountable, but not for Blanca Trevino, the co-founder, president and CEO of Softtek, a Mexican unicorn that is the largest IT vendor in Latin America.

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/06/13/how-the-sheryl-sandberg-of-mexico-is-inspiring-women-in-tech.html

Reuters -The owners of the Hotel California in Todos Santos in Baja California Sur said a trademark infringement lawsuit by the Eagles, whose song “Hotel California” is arguably the band’s most famous, should be dismissed. The hotel said the band long ago waived its trademark rights.

https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-music-eagles-hotelcalifornia-idUKKBN18R35Q

Variety – Latin America’s most prominent animation studio, Anima Estudios, and Colombia-based Teravision Games have pacted to generate mobile apps based on Anima’s slate.

http://variety.com/2017/digital/global/mexico-anima-studios-teravision-games-pact-mobile-apps-1202029711/

Market Watch – Mexico’s biggest retailer, Wal-Mart de Mexico, saw first-quarter sales expand at their slowest pace in over two years, held back by an incipient slowdown in consumption, protests, and several negative calendar effects.

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/wal-mart-de-mexico-sales-growth-sputters-in-q1-2017-04-06

Fox News – A Halloween costume on Amazon is causing outrage. Costume Agent’s unisex “Mexico Will Pay” jumpsuit isn’t sitting well with some Amazon customers who say the costume is racist. A petition to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos demands the costume based on President Donald Trump’s efforts to build a border wall between the United States and Mexico, be taken down immediately.

http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/04/04/amazons-mexico-will-pay-costume-upsets-activists.html

By Anthony Harrup / Wall Street Journal

Mexican mining and railroad company Grupo Mexico has agreed to buy Florida East Coast Railway Holdings Corp. in a $2.1 billion deal, expanding its transport operations in the U.S. with the acquisition of the 351-mile railway.

Grupo Mexico, which operates Mexico’s Ferromex and Ferrosur railways through its transport unit GMXT, said that the acquisition will complement its operations in Texas and increase the reach and scale of its North American rail operations.

GMXT will use $350 million in cash and take on $1.75 billion in debt to finance the transaction, which requires government authorizations before closing.

FEC, based in Jacksonville, Fla., is owned by funds managed by affiliates of Fortress Investment Group, operates along the east coast of Florida, serving the ports of Miami, Everglades and Palm Beach and handling some 550,000 railcars a year.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/grupo-mexico-to-buy-florida-east-coast-railway-1490719080

American Banker – U.S. community banks would be worst hit if President Trump’s threats to upend the North American Free Trade Agreement or impose a 35% tariff on Mexican imports sparks a trade war. Lenders in the U.S. farming heartland and across Texas and California could face big losses if Mexico were to slap retaliatory tariffs on U.S. grains to counter Trump’s protectionist policies, several bankers and analysts said.

https://www.americanbanker.com/news/us-banks-brace-for-possible-trade-war-with-mexico

WSJ – Retailer Wal-Mart de Mexico said it plans to increase its capital expenditures by a fifth this year, with investments in opening and remodeling stores and bolstering the firm’s logistics and online commerce. The unit, also known as Walmex, said it would invest 17 billion pesos ($863 million) this year, 19% more than in 2016.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/wal-mart-de-mexico-to-invest-17-billion-pesos-in-2017-1489548136

Newsweek – Though President Donald Trump has said he wants to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, his company received three trademarks from Mexico The trademarks, valid until 2026, reportedly add to another license the Trump Organization received from Mexico and cover a wide range of businesses from construction to hotels to insurance.

http://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-trump-organization-trademarks-mexico-china-567167

Financial Times – E-commerce giant Amazon has launched its Amazon Prime service south of the border a day after official data pointed to a pickup in consumer confidence. The service will cost 449 pesos ($23) for the first year, rising to 899 pesos a year after that, giving shoppers in Mexico City, Querétaro, Puebla and Guadalajara one-day delivery.

https://www.ft.com/content/1f66fa9b-fdef-39e8-9cfa-61955343f229

Fox News – Walmart Stores Inc. won the dismissal of a U.S. lawsuit accusing the world’s largest retailer of defrauding shareholders in its Walmart de Mexico unit by concealing its suspected bribery of public officials in Mexico. U.S. District Judge Katherine Polk Failla said holders of Wal-Mex’s American depository shares cannot pursue claims that Wal-Mex’s former Chairman Ernesto Vega and Chief Executive Scot Rank knew or were reckless in not knowing about the bribery allegations.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/02/27/us-judge-dismisses-case-against-walmart-over-mexico-bribery.html

Reuters – Mexico’s Grupo Televisa said that it would slash its capital expenditure in 2017 by more than one third to around $1 billion. The broadcaster and world’s leading Spanish-language content provider said that most of the cut would come in its cable division.

http://www.reuters.com/article/televisa-results-capex-idUSE1N12J00H

Fortune – An advisor on Donald Trump’s business council is voicing concerns with the President’s approach to Mexico. Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock, met with Trump last week as part of the President’s Strategic and Policy Forum. Fink, who presides over BlackRock’s more than $5 trillion in assets under management, appears to have left the meeting with serious misgivings about the direction President Trump is headed.

http://fortune.com/2017/02/08/trump-advisor-blackrock-larry-fink-mexico/

WSJ – General Motors Co. reported another record profit in its core North American market last year, but a key driver of its performance in the region is vulnerable to the Trump administration’s proposed crackdown on imports. About 20% of the company’s highly profitable light trucks are built in Mexican factories.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/gm-says-it-supports-tax-reform-but-border-tax-is-complicated-1486473480