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Marla Dickerson, Correspondent
Marla Dickerson is an economics and business writer based in Mexico City. She joined the Times in 1996 after working at the Detroit News and the Rochester Times-Union in upstate New York. She grew up in Illinois and earned a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Illinois and a master's in journalism from Northwestern University. Dickerson and Times colleague Evelyn Iritani in 2002 won the Malcolm Forbes Award for best business reporting from the Overseas Press Club of America for their series: "China: A Giant Awakes." She is married to Times correspondent Reed Johnson. EMAILSilicon Border Development will move ahead with a science park in Mexicali, Mexico, targeting solar energy firms.
Firms small and large face drastic cutbacks as banks decline to lend the money that keeps the wheels of commerce turning.
Officials hope to create jobs with a cluster of environmentally sustainable companies on a former brownfield site.
With home values down, costs up and their 401(k)s declining, some seniors have had to rethink retirement.
He acquires a 6.4% stake in the company, a move that boosts its shares but puzzles analysts. They note that most investors have been fleeing newspaper stocks.
Falling oil production and rising interest rates signal more troubles ahead.
Making good on Hugo Chavez's threat, and inviting more strain on international relations, government troops move in on three Cemex facilities.
MEXICO UNDER SIEGE
Many are afraid to contact authorities about abductions, fearing officers could be involved. The problem is an awkward one for President Felipe Calderon's drug war.
Ever Villafane Martinez, a Colombian accused of supplying cocaine to a Sinaloa cartel offshoot, is held in Mexico City.
The opposition PRD organized the nonbinding vote on President Calderon's plan to partially privatize the beleaguered state oil firm Pemex. Foes hope a decisive 'no' will influence legislators.
At least 21 people are killed in five days as turf wars between splintered gangs appear to heat up.
American drivers should consider themselves lucky -- try $9.85 a gallon in Oslo.
COLUMN ONE
Francisco Marroquin University is a bastion of libertarianism, drawing potshots from both sides of the political spectrum.
Some doubt the $4-billion project will be built, but backers dream of dominating West Coast cargo traffic.
GLOBAL CAPITAL
They are voluntarily cutting prices on basic items at the government's urging as the cost of living climbs. Manufacturers complain they are picking up the tab.
MEXICO
As construction jobs drop off, immigrant workers' families to the south are feeling the pinch.
Most of the Mexicans who send funds home have financial accounts here, a survey finds.