International Business News - MEX http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Mexico started off the New Year with a string of shootouts, killings and the kidnapping of a 12-year-old boy. Police in Tijuana said the boy was kidnapped when he ran back to his home to pick something up for a New Year's Eve dinner at his grandparents house a few blocks away. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090102/12-year-old-boy-kidnapped-in-tijuana.htm Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:06:43 EST Pawn shop chain Ezcorp Inc. said Friday it completed its acquisition of Value Financial Services Inc., the nation's largest privately held pawnshop operator. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090102/ezcorp-completes-value-financial-services-deal.htm Fri, 02 Jan 2009 11:15:42 EST Donald Westlake, a prolific author considered one of the most successful and versatile mystery writers in the United States, has died. He was 75. Westlake collapsed from an apparent heart attack as he headed to New Year's Eve dinner while vacationing in Mexico, his wife, Abigail, told the New York Times. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/208333-obit-westlake.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090101/prolific-mystery-writer-donald-westlake-dead-at-75.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090101/prolific-mystery-writer-donald-westlake-dead-at-75.htm Thu, 01 Jan 2009 22:29:46 EST A coal company has been ordered to pay full benefits to the family of one of the six miners killed in the 2007 collapse of the Crandall Canyon mine. An administrative judge for the Utah Labor Commission ordered Genwal Resources Inc. and Rockwood Casualty Insurance Co. to pay $565 per week for 312 weeks from the date of the cave-in to the family of Juan Carlos Payan, the Deseret News reported Thursday. That's a total of more than $176,000. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090102/judge-orders-payment-to-miners-family.htm Fri, 02 Jan 2009 07:51:06 EST Two Canadian tourists have been hospitalized with gunshot wounds after assailants opened fire at a nightclub in the resort town of Cabo San Lucas. Baja California Sur state police investigator Omar Barajas says the gunmen fled after the shooting early Tuesday at Mermaid's Table Dance bar. No arrests have been made. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/187122-mideast-israel-palestinians.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090101/2-canadian-tourists-shot-in-mexican-bar.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090101/2-canadian-tourists-shot-in-mexican-bar.htm Thu, 01 Jan 2009 22:13:55 EST Donald Westlake, a prolific author considered one of the most successful and versatile mystery writers in the United States, has died. He was 75. Westlake collapsed from an apparent heart attack as he headed to New Year's Eve dinner while vacationing in Mexico, his wife, Abigail, told the New York Times. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/208051-obit-westlake.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090101/prolific-mystery-writer-donald-westlake-dead-at-75.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090101/prolific-mystery-writer-donald-westlake-dead-at-75.htm Thu, 01 Jan 2009 19:38:17 EST A coal company has been ordered to pay full benefits to the family of one of the six miners killed in the 2007 collapse of the Crandall Canyon mine. An administrative judge for the Utah Labor Commission ordered Genwal Resources Inc. and Rockwood Casualty Insurance Co. to pay $565 per week for 312 weeks from the date of the cave-in to the family of Juan Carlos Payan, the Deseret News reported Thursday. That's a total of more than $176,000. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090101/judge-orders-payment-to-miners-family.htm Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:38:04 EST Some deadly nightclub fires in recent years:--Dec. 31, 2008: At least 61 dead in Bangkok. Cause unclear. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090101/notable-deadly-nightclub-fires.htm Thu, 01 Jan 2009 11:52:05 EST Mexico sent 10 alleged drug smugglers to the United States on Wednesday, capping an already record year for extraditions between the two countries. Several were high-ranking members of Mexico's most powerful drug gangs, including the Gulf and Tijuana-based Arellano-Felix cartels, Mexico's Attorney General's office said in a news release. The suspects will face charges in California, Texas, Florida and Georgia. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081231/mexico-extradites-10-drug-suspects-to-us.htm Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:04:52 EST Bernie Hamilton LOS ANGELES (AP)--Bernie Hamilton, the actor who played the no-nonsense police captain on the 1970s TV series "Starsky and Hutch," died Tuesday. He was 80. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090101/obituaries-in-the-news.htm Thu, 01 Jan 2009 22:22:56 EST