Vigo, Spain, May 2 (EFE).- The deal that gives state-owned oil giant Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, a majority stake in Hijos de J. Barreras, a shipyard in the northwestern Spanish region of Galicia, will not lead to management or staffing changes, the shipbuilder's CEO, Jose Garcia Costas, told reporters Thursday. The executive said the confidentiality clause in the agreement prohibited him from providing further details about the letter of intent signed by Pemex with Barreras's three shareholders.

Mexico City, May 1 (EFE).- State-owned oil giant Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, is mulling signing a letter of intent to acquire a majority stake in Hijos de J. Barreras, a shipyard in the northwestern Spanish region of Galicia, Pemex officials told Efe on condition of anonymity. Pemex adopted the resolution Monday at a meeting of its board of directors, although it did not indicate the precise stake it would seek to obtain.

Mexico City, Apr 16 (EFE).- The Spanish region of Galicia and the Mexican government have agreed to expand their shipbuilding alliance via Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, with Galician shipyards now looking at the possibility of constructing more vessels for the state-owned oil giant. Galician regional government President Alberto Nuñez Feijoo discussed the status of the shipbuilding alliance after meeting on Monday in Mexico City with President Enrique Peña Nieto and high-level Mexican officials at the Los Pinos presidential palace.

Mexico City, Apr 2 (EFE).- The government is maintaining its forecast for 4 percent gross domestic product (GDP) growth in 2014, based on the assumption that tax reforms are not implemented in Mexico, the Finance Secretariat said in a report to Congress. The figures confirm the economic package submitted for 2013, maintaining the GDP growth projection at 3.5 percent. "The economic activity and public finance estimates for 2013 and 2014 included in the document are based on the existing legal framework in our country at the time of its presentation," the secretariat said.