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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Laurel Goodrick
September 26,
2001
Marketing Communications Account Executive
Telephone: (410) 581-4076
E-mail: lgoodrick@mpt.org
MPT. This is bigger
than television.
Louis Rukeyser explores U.S. economic opportunities with
Mexico's President Vicente Fox Wall $treet Week With Louis Rukeyser
airs live from Mexico City on October 5
Owings Mills,
MD: In a special live broadcast from Mexico City, America's most popular
economic commentator, Louis Rukeyser, takes a first-hand look at Mexico's
economy with its president, Vicente Fox. Wall $treet Week With Louis
Rukeyser will air the special edition LIVE Friday, October 5 at 8:30p.m.
on MPT.
This candid conversation comes at a critical point for U.S./Mexico trade
relations as President Bush pushes for fast-track authority on a free-trade
zone for the Americas, and as Fox pushes for greater U.S. assistance.
Rukeyser will focus on Fox's plans for fueling his country's economy and
its potential for American business and investment opportunities.
Also joining Rukeyser for this inside look at Mexico is Carlos Asilis,
J.P. Morgan Securities' Latin American strategist, who will discuss which
Mexican stocks look to be good buys for American investors.
Wall $treet Week With Louis Rukeyser is the longest-running and
by far the most popular of the television financial shows, with millions
more viewers than any of the others. Called "everyone's favorite
economic commentator" by The Washington Post, and recognized as "the
granddaddy of all business programs...also the most popular" by Fortune
Magazine, Louis Rukeyser has been relied on by two generations of Americans
to make clear and entertaining sense of the passing economic scene.
Wall $treet Week With Louis Rukeyser is produced in association
with Rukeyser Television, Inc. by Maryland Public Television. The series
is made possible by Deloitte & Touche; A.G. Edwards and Sons, Inc.;
Oppenheimer Funds, Inc.; and Federated Kaufmann Fund. Executive producer
is Rich Dubroff, senior executive producer is John Davis, director is
George Beneman and senior producer is Jeff Gralnick.
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