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

Business Editors

OWINGS MILLS, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 24, 2001--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 on PBS stations nationwide (check local listings).
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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