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  1. Bill Gates: Richest Man and Also one of the Most Generous

    Mon, 20 May 2013

    planet, surpassing Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim . Unlike Slim, though, Gates is not Germany, South Africa and the Ukraine. Carlos Slim , the world's second richest man, and given high profile individuals like Carlos Slim , who has a mixed record on philanthropy

  2. Bill Gates Regains Title of World's Richest Person

    Fri, 17 May 2013

    Gates has regained his title as richest man in the world after five years out of the top spot, beating Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim . The net worth of Gates, founder of Microsoft and co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, hit a five-year

  3. Wal-Mart, Kohl's, Nordstrom Sales Drop

    Fri, 17 May 2013

    a five-year high. Microsoft is up 28 percent so far this year. Second on the wealthy list is the Mexican telecommunications billionaire, Carlos Slim . Richard Davies Business Correspondent ABC News Radio abcnews.com Twitter: daviesabc

  4. Soda Drinkers Switching to Water

    Tue, 12 Mar 2013

    world's wealthiest man is facing a new challenge. Mexico's government is going after the telecommunications monopoly run by Carlos Slim . New laws aim to open Mexico's TV and telecommunications business to more competition. The proposals are part of a new

  5. If Billionaire Carlos Slim Were a Country, He'd Be the 8th Richest in Latin America

    Tue, 5 Mar 2013

    world for the fourth straight year is Mexican telecom mogul Carlos Slim . His net worth sits at about $73 billion. Bill Gates of that's million with an m—which is roughly 0.23 percent of Carlos Slim 's fortune. As a whole, the total GDP for Latin America

  6. The 50 Most Influential Networking Tycoons

    Fri, 1 Feb 2013

    Founder and CEO of Intellectual Ventures 38. David Vaskevitch category: $92 billion Director of LivePerson 39. Carlos Slim Helu category: $91 billion Founder of Grupo Carso in Mexico 40. Jose Antonio Fernandez Carbajal category: $91 billion

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  1. Mexico's New President Faces Big Challenges

    Sat, 1 Dec 2012

    get most of their bread from Bimbo and almost all their cement comes from Cemex. Companies owned by multi-billlionaire Carlos Slim control 70 percent of the mobile phone market, and 75 percent of all broadband internet connection. According to The Economist

  2. Argentina Wants 16-year-olds to Vote and Other Top News from Latin America

    Fri, 2 Nov 2012

    competition and reduce monopolistic conditions enjoyed in that country by Mexico's Claro, a company owned by multi-billionaire Carlos Slim . Claro dominates 73% of the mobile market in Colombia. Fifty Years of Garcia Marquez, Vargas Llosa and the Latin American

  3. Talking Your Tech: Larry King says he's 'Not a gadget man'

    Sun, 26 Aug 2012

    At age 78, he's asking questions again — this time for the new Ora online network, bankrolled by Mexican financier Carlos Slim , one of the world's richest men. Just don't ask him to turn on a computer, read an e-mail, send a text — anything

  4. Carlos Slim : World's Richest Man Again, Says Forbes

    Wed, 7 Mar 2012

    World's Richest Billionaire: Carlos Slim Helu & Family, with $69 Billion Forbes' latest listing of the world's billionaires puts Mexico's Carlos Slim Helu and family again on top, with a net worth of $69

  5. Bill Gates on Using His Money to Save Lives, Fixing U.S. Schools, Reflecting on Steve Jobs

    Tue, 24 Jan 2012

    moment, Bill Gates is no longer the world's wealthiest man. But he didn't lose the title to Mexico's telecom titan Carlos Slim ; he gave it away. And as a result, the businessman-turned-philanthropist can point to a different kind of scoreboard

  6. How Apple Stores rewrote the rules of retailing

    Thu, 19 May 2011

    retailing flameouts CompUSA was another that closed. The computer retailer formerly owned by Mexican telecommunications mogul Carlos Slim announced in 2007 it would close its 103 stores amid stiff competition from Best Buy. Under a new buyer, CompUSA has resurfaced

  7. How Apple rewrote the rules of retailing

    Wed, 18 May 2011

    retailing flameouts CompUSA was another that closed. The computer retailer formerly owned by Mexican telecommunications mogul Carlos Slim announced in 2007 it would close its 103 stores amid stiff competition from Best Buy. Under a new buyer, CompUSA has resurfaced

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  1. Carlos Slim And Philanthropy

    Thu, 20 Sep 2007

    Mexican billionaires has been the target of heated criticism since He was declared the richest men in the world according to fortune magazine. This week Salim opened health center for the He inaugurated a 500 million dollar hospital in Mexico City. The private and nonprofit. Center is the latest

  2. Not Only In America

    Thu, 11 Mar 2010

    from Lebanon alone at fourteen. Taught himself Spanish and raise six kids and an allowance of five pesos a week. This says Carlos Slim has enough money to buy literally everything produced in his father's home country of Lebanon plus the entire gross domestic

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    six kids and an allowance of five pesos a week. This says Carlos Slim has enough money to buy literally everything produced in his father's home country of Lebanon plus the entire gross domestic products of
  3. The World's Richest Man

    Mon, 8 Oct 2007

    to soft drinks. So much for Bill Gates and Warren Buffett Carlos Slim takes in 27 million dollars a day. More than perot's Spielberg and the twelfth largest economy. Which brings us back to Carlos Slim not everyone is his admirer. Political analyst Denise Dresser

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    telephones to soft drinks. So much for Bill Gates and Warren Buffett Carlos Slim takes in 27 million dollars a day. More than -- perot's Spielberg David Rockefeller -- the country of Bolivia combined twice. His
    the planet and the twelfth largest economy. Which brings us back to Carlos Slim not everyone is his admirer. Political analyst Denise Dresser says slim has such a monopoly in Mexico He strangled competition. As a
  4. List of Billionaires Grows

    Thu, 10 Mar 2011

    are now 1210. Billionaires that's a 199. More than last year. So gore some of these very rich folks while Mexico's Carlos Slim is number one for the second year in a row with a net worth now 74. Billion dollars. That's almost twenty billion more

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    last year. So gore some of these very rich folks while Mexico's Carlos Slim is -- number one for the second year in a row with a net worth now 74. Billion dollars. That's almost twenty
  5. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's Big Pledge

    Thu, 9 Dec 2010

    billionaire support the off the record some say they feel bullied and pressured. While the world's richest man Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim has gone on the record speaking out against the pledge saying that quote. Trillions of dollars have been given to charities

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    they feel bullied and pressured. While the world's richest man Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim has gone on the record speaking out against the pledge saying that quote. Trillions of dollars have been given to charities in
  6. Surprise! I'm a Billionaire

    Wed, 10 Mar 2010

    know modem from a mouse. Is it true that you is a computer. I don't have a compute as the sum of four Lebanese immigrants Carlos Slim grew up meticulously managing his five peso week allowance. Now anytime anyone in Mexico says whole lot into a phone or buys

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    I don't have a compute as the sum of four Lebanese immigrants Carlos Slim grew up meticulously managing his five peso week allowance. Now anytime anyone in Mexico says whole lot into a phone or buys
  7. Governors Propose National Education Standards

    Wed, 10 Mar 2010

    doesn't know modem from Is it true that you is a computer. I don't have a compute as the sum of four Lebanese immigrants Carlos Slim grew up meticulously managing his five peso week allowance. Now anytime anyone in Mexico says a whole lot into a phone

    Carlos Slim found at 8:03

    I don't have a compute as the sum of four Lebanese immigrants Carlos Slim grew up meticulously managing his five peso week allowance. Now anytime anyone in Mexico says a whole lot into a phone. Or
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