Article: How Slim got huge.(Carlos Slim)

Article: Mexico's Slim Among World's 5 Richest Men
AP Online;  March 12, 2005 ;     700 words ......Mexican businessman Carlos Slim Helu speaks at an event in...City, Panama on March 2, 2005. Slim Helu has not only become the...break into the group of the world's richest men, he may be headed...status of richest man in the world.(AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco, file...make telecom magnate Carlos ...

Article: SECOND PLACE WOULD SUIT MICROSOFT CHAIRMAN FINE BY A SLIM LEAD, GATES NOT LONGER WORLD'S RICHEST.(News)(Column)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  July 4, 2007 ;     453 words ......Forbes' ranking of the world's richest people...spring's Forbes list, Slim was just behind investor...Forbes reported that Slim had surpassed Buffett to become the world's second-richest man...total of $4 billion. Slim, meanwhile, seems...interested in holding the world's richest ...

Article: Mexican tycoon Slim overtakes Gates as world's richest man: report
Xinhua News Agency;  July 4, 2007 ;     235 words ...Mexican tycoon Slim overtakes Gates as world's richest man: report MEXICO...Xinhua) -- Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim has become the world's richest man with a total fortune...April, Forbes magazine listed Slim as the world's second richest man, with 56...

Article: Mexico's Carlos Slim becomes first Latin American among world's five richest men
AP Worldstream;  March 12, 2005 ;     658 words ......Mexico's stock exchange helped make telecom magnate Carlos Slim Helu one of the world's five richest billionaires, the first Latin American to earn that distinction. The 65-year-old Slim jumped to No. 4 on Forbes magazine's 2005 rankings with an...monetary momentum stopping anytime soon. It could lead to ...

Article: Mukesh Ambani elbows out Gates, Slim to become world's richest.
PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.;  October 29, 2007 ;     690 words ......elbows out Gates, Slim to become world's richest New Delhi...richest person in the world, surpassing American...business tycoon Carlos Slim Helu and famous investment...richest people in the world with their net worth...billion) 2. Carlos Slim Helu (USD 62.2993...

Article: AMBANI ELBOWS OUT GATES, SLIM TO BECOME WORLD'S RICHEST.
AsiaPulse News;  October 30, 2007 ;     216 words ......became the richest person in the world, while surpassing the likes...Mexican business tycoon Carlos Slim Helu and famous investment guru...previously the third richest in the world, also dropped one place with a net worth of about US$56 billion. Slim's wealth has been calculated...

Article: Keeping it Country: Mourning a world with no Slim Dusty.(The Guide)
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  September 26, 2003 ;     455 words ...Byline: Billy Kennedy AUSTRALIAN Slim Dusty, who sadly died last weekend aged...of honky tonk and balladeer performers. Slim had an huge international hit in 1958 with...and rustic folksy types. Interestingly, Slim (real name David Gordon Kirkpatrick) came...

Article: Slim Helu: The Mexican tycoon who could soon be the world's richest man
Belfast Telegraph;  March 12, 2007 ;     700+ words ......rich - and over recent years Mr Slim has become good at it. Yet the...ranked him number three among the world's richest individuals with a...think about the ascent of Mr Slim, who is 67 and, after losing...reasons to bristle as well. Mr Slim is the quintessence of the greatest...is somewhat ...

Article: SLIM HELU ; THE MEXICAN TYCOON WHO COULD SOON BE THE WORLD'S RICHEST MAN ++ Money, money, money
The Independent - London;  March 10, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Early next week, Carlos Slim will announce a grand expansion of his...the very rich - and over recent years Mr Slim has become good at it. Yet the timing...week ranked him number three among the world's richest individuals with a personal...know what to think about the ascent of Mr Slim, who is 67 ...

Article: Slim donates 250,000 laptops ; World in brief
Evening Standard - London;  August 3, 2007 ;     53 words ...CARLOS SLIM has pledged to donate 250,000 laptops to children by the end of the year. Mr Slim, who owns Mexico's telephone company, Telefonos de Mexico...billion and is thought to have overtaken Bill Gates as the world's richest man but he said: "I don't know if I'm first, 20th...

Article: World's richest man.. ..and he's not Bill Gates; FATCAT SLIM'S EUR50bn.(News)
The Mirror (London, England);  July 5, 2007 ;     407 words ......knocked Bill Gates off the world's richest man spot. Mexican mobile phone boss Carlos Slim's estimated EUR50billion fortune...paper man, not electronic. Slim, 67, owns mobiles giant America...publication Sentido Comun. Slim, the son of Lebanese immigrants...

Article: World's richest man.. and he's not Bill Gates; FATCAT SLIM'S pounds 33bn.(News)
The Mirror (London, England);  July 5, 2007 ;     417 words ......knocked Bill Gates off the world's richest man spot. Mexican mobile phone boss Carlos Slim's estimated pounds 33.6billion...paper man, not electronic. Slim, 67, owns mobiles giant America...publication Sentido Comun. Slim, the son of Lebanese immigrants...

Article: World's richest man.. ..and he's not Bill Gates; FATCAT SLIM'S pounds 33bn.(News)
The Mirror (London, England);  July 5, 2007 ;     417 words ......knocked Bill Gates off the world's richest man spot. Mexican mobile phone boss Carlos Slim's estimated pounds 33.6billion...paper man, not electronic. Slim, 67, owns mobiles giant America...publication Sentido Comun. Slim, the son of Lebanese immigrants...

Article: Slim overtakes Gates to top world rich list ; BUSINESS
The Independent - London;  August 8, 2007 ;     330 words ...Carlos "Slim" Hel, the Mexican telecoms...overtaken Bill Gates to become the world's richest man, according to...58bn. The cigar-puffing Mr Slim inherited a small fortune from...a 70 per cent share and Mr Slim has frozen out rival carriers...