[b]This week in Mexico: 11-22-09

Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 2:31 a.m.

Economy expands: Mexico’s economy, battered by the financial crisis, expanded for the first time in a year during the third quarter, growing 2.93 percent from the second quarter, official data showed Friday. The expansion followed three consecutive quarters of contraction. Compared with the third quarter of last year, Mexico’s economic output was down 6.2 percent. The U.S. “cash for clunkersâ€