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DF says goodbye to James Bond and crew Business owners won't be unhappy to see them go

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DF says goodbye to James Bond and crew

Business owners won't be unhappy to see them go

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Mexico News Daily | Thursday, April 2, 2015

James Bond himself has already left; this week, the rest of the crew is following suit.

For two weeks Mexico City was taken over by actors and film crews shooting the next Bond film, called Spectre, which included a Day of the Dead parade and — more in keeping with a Bond flick — stunt men fighting on a helicopter as it buzzed over the city.

However, restaurants and retailers will not be sad to see the end of the shoot: they estimate that the cost to businesses was as high as 377 million pesos, or US $25 million, as a result of street closings.

A group representing small businesses says a survey found that 6,627 were affected, and sales on average were down 60%. Small Business Chamber of Commerce president Gerardo López Becerra blamed it on “bad public policy” by city officials who provided locations for filming without considering or respecting business and even religious activities.

About 100 businesses received compensation of $100-$130 a day from the production company.

Another controversy over the filming surfaced when a story revealed that the producers were getting tax cuts of as much as $20 million and that changes were made in exchange regarding casting and shooting locations, such as the selection of Mexican actress Stephanie Sigman as a “Bond girl” and that the film include a four-minute sequence shot in Mexico.

The government has made no comment, but producer Michael Wilson said Bond films always receive tax incentives.

The focus of the films is flushing out the bad guys, a fact that was taken into account by demonstrators on Saturday who showed up at the shooting with a satirical banner asking for Agent 007 to help find the missing students of Ayotzinapa.

The street closings ended yesterday in time for Easter week visitors, a holiday period that businesses are counting on to recoup the losses incurred by the Hollywood invasion.

Sources: EFE (en), Global Post (en)

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Time changes tonight in most of Mexico The clocks change unless you're on the northern border, in Sonora or Quintana Roo

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Time changes tonight in most of Mexico

The clocks change unless you're on the northern border, in Sonora or Quintana Roo

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Mexico News Daily | Saturday, April 4, 2015

The clocks change tonight in Mexico with the exception of 33 border municipalities in the north and two states.

The change to Daylight Savings Time occurs officially at 2:00am tomorrow when clocks advance by one hour.

In those northern municipalities the change took place on March 8 to coincide with time changes north of the border and not create scheduling issues for citizens who cross frequently for work or study.

The two states that remain on the same time all year are Sonora and Quintana Roo.

The latter state adopted a new time zone, called Southeastern Time, in February when it advanced the clocks by one hour. As in Sonora, the time will remain the same throughout the year.

The time change not only means it’s lighter later but huge savings are realized in electrical energy costs. The Energy Secretariat estimates the total at almost 1.5 billion pesos, or US $101 million.

And given that a large amount of electrical power is generated by burning fossil fuels, environmental savings result as well, say energy officials.

Daylight Savings Time will remain in effect until the last Sunday in October for most of the country, and until the first Sunday in November for the border municipalities.

Source: El Universal (sp)

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