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CNBC’S MICHELLE CARUSO-CABRERA INTERVIEWS BILLIONAIRE CARLOS SLIM HELÚ

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October 31, 2008 12:46 pm

CARLOS SLIM IS DEEPLY WORRIED ABOUT THE STATE OF THE WORLD ECONOMY. HE SAYS THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN SLOW TO ACT, BUT IS FINALLY HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. ... Read more »

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Carlos Slim says China should lead crisis rescue

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October 1, 2008 9:51 pm

Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim, one of the world’s richest men, said Tuesday that China should lead rescue efforts for the US financial crisis, and that worldwide stock markets needed better ... Read more »

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Mexican billionaire, Bangladeshi Nobel Prize winner to offer microcredits to Mexico’s poor

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September 30, 2008 7:01 pm

Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim and Bangladeshi Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus are joining forces to offer credit to poor people in Mexico.Slim and Yunus are creating Grameen-Carso, a lending institution ... Read more »

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Slim Takes 6.4% Stake in New York Times

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September 11, 2008 9:04 pm

Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim acquired a 6.4 percent stake in New York Times Co., citing the newspaper publisher’s “attractive value” following a 20 percent drop in the stock this year. ... Read more »

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Billionaire Carlos Slim calls for massive infrastructure effort in Mexico

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January 29, 2008 8:40 pm

Billionaire Carlos Slim  proposed Mexico create a national infrastructure commission to take on what he described as US$60 billion in badly needed public works projects. Speaking before a conference ... Read more »

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Slim Plans to Boost Pension Returns by Buying Stocks

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January 23, 2008 6:59 pm

Carlos Slim, whose $60 billion fortune makes him the world’s third-richest person, plans to increase returns for pension fund clients of his Mexican bank by taking advantage of the slumping ... Read more »

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Mexico Begins Antitrust Probe of Mobile-Phone Market

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November 27, 2007 9:54 am

Mexico’s antitrust regulators started an investigation of market dominance in the country’s mobile-phone industry, challenging the power of billionaire Carlos Slim’s America Movil SAB.The Federal Competition Commission is reviewing the ... Read more »

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Slim’s Telmex to Spin Off Operation Outside of Mexico

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November 14, 2007 10:36 pm

Billionaire Carlos Slim’s Telefonos de Mexico SAB, the largest fixed-line telephone company in Mexico, plans to spin off the faster-growing operations it has elsewhere in Latin America.The new company, called ... Read more »

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Slim’s monopoly to finally break-down?

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November 9, 2007 6:30 pm

Mexico welcomes Telefonica SA’s entry in local telecommunications to foster competition and lower prices, a government minister said, dismissing claims by Carlos Slim’s Telefonos de Mexico SAB that the Spanish ... Read more »

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Mexican billionaire to woo Alonso

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November 7, 2007 11:36 pm

One of the richest men in the world reportedly wants to join the multi-million dollar so-called corporate ’super fund’ to woo Fernando Alonso back to Renault. It was reported on ... Read more »

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Mexico to Begin Antitrust Probe of Slim’s Companies

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October 29, 2007 8:33 pm

Mexico’s antitrust chief said regulators will reopen an investigation of billionaire Carlos Slim’s telephone companies, Telefonos de Mexico SAB and America Movil SAB, within about three weeks.Eduardo Perez Motta, president ... Read more »

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How Slim Got Huge

Filed under Profiles, Carlos Slim Helu - Americas Movil
October 22, 2007 7:46 pm

What, then, to make of the man who in the summer of 2007 appears to have replaced Gates as the world’s richest person? His name is Carlos Slim Helú. Today, ... Read more »

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Transcript of Financial Times interview with Carlos Slim

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October 7, 2007 7:19 pm

ON PHILANTHROPY FINANCIAL TIMES: How is the philanthropic side of your work going? From what I can see it seems to be picking up speed. CARLOS SLIM: I don’t ... Read more »

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Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim opens health center for the poor

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September 19, 2007 9:03 am

Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim — by some estimates the world’s richest man — launched a US$500 million (euro360 million) health institute Tuesday aimed at helping Latin America’s poor. Based in Mexico ... Read more »

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Billionaire Slim launches personal web site : www.carlosslim.com

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September 5, 2007 1:14 am

   The Mexican telecom magnate, one of the world’s richest men, recently unveiled a Web site showcasing his thoughts on business. September 4 2007: 5:29 PM EDT MEXICO CITY ... Read more »

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The First Post published a profile of Carlos Slim Helu

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September 1, 2007 1:58 am

  …Helu’s heavy features remain undisturbed by even a hint of a smile. Unlike the avuncular Buffett, he never cracks a joke. And unlike Gates, he has belittled the idea ... Read more »

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How Carlos Slim compares to industrial barrons of 19th century

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August 29, 2007 2:18 am

In the world of wealth, the big news this summer is that Carlos Slim, 67, of Mexico may have surpassed Bill Gates as the world’s richest person. Inevitably, writers compare ... Read more »

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Slim Wields His Mexico Monopoly in Brazilian Telecom Markets

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August 23, 2007 4:55 am

 Carlos Slim, whose telephone monopoly in Mexico helped make him the world’s richest man, is using legal loopholes to add customers in the faster-growing Brazilian market.After spending $2.76 billion in ... Read more »

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(a week old but nevertheless) WSJ publishes a profile of Carlos Slim

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August 10, 2007 11:38 am

The Secrets of the World’s Richest Man Carlos Slim is Mexico’s Mr. Monopoly. It’s hard to spend a day in Mexico and not put money in his pocket. The 67-year-old ... Read more »

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i just came across this bit old interview with Mexico’s Carlos Slim

Filed under Profiles, Carlos Slim Helu - Americas Movil
August 7, 2007 5:30 am

 Carlos Slim Helú’s business career began on the playground, trading baseball cards. He would buy the adhesive-backed paper cards at a candy stand in downtown Mexico City, then make a ... Read more »

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