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About 160,000 of New Mexico's lowest-paid workers will get a boost this year as a new state minimum wage of $6.50 an hour goes into effect today. Mexico CITY -- For 15 years, Mexican farmers have feared the day when the last import protections end for the country's ancestral crops of corn and beans. Dec. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Mexico's Bolsa index fell today and headed for its smallest annual gain in five years as the U.S. economic slowdown hurt retailers and building-material companies that are dependent on growth in the world's biggest economy. Dec. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Mexico's peso headed for a second straight yearly decline as losses in bonds backed by U.S. subprime home loans led investors to shun higher-yielding securities. Dec. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Yields on Mexico's 20-year bonds rose to their highest level since September 2006 at a local debt sale. The securities were sold to yield 8.28 percent, up from 8.13 percent at the prior auction last month, according to results posted by the central bank on its Web site. A more than 800 year old pyramid is discovered in Mexico City. (38 sec./1.41Mb, shows: 3) Dec. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Mexico said its farmers are ready to face competition from U.S. producers of corn, beans, sugar and milk when the markets open up to imports tomorrow as part of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
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