Slim, broadcasters take fight to soccer field
8 hours, 48 minutes ago
Mexicans often feel that billionaire Carlos Slim owns everything in their country, from telephone and Internet companies to banks and chain stores, but his latest acquisitive foray is meeting...
Mexico's president gathers power, pushes reform
61 days ago
He is taking on the richest man in the world, Carlos Slim, and pledges to bring diversity to a television industry dominated by the head of the largest network in Latin America, a scion of one of...
Mexico's president proposes reforms to promote competition in TV, telephone...
69 days ago
The reforms would give Mexico the tools to take on multibillionaire telephone tycoon Carlos Slim Helu and Televisa CEO Emilio Azcarraga, independent observers said.
Forbes: Slim world's richest for 4th year in a row
76 days ago
Forbes magazine says Mexico's Carlos Slim remains the world's richest man for the fourth year in a row, while Warren Buffett dropped out of the top three for the first time since 2000.
To give or to keep? Microsoft's Bill Gates, Mexico's Carlos Slim follow...
94 days ago
He's financed his Carlos Slim Foundation and the separate Telmex Foundation to the tune of some $5 billion.
'Green Revolution' center sees future in GM seeds
95 days ago
Donations of $25 million from Microsoft founder Bill Gates and Mexican telecom magnate Carlos Slim are helping build a new cluster of biotechnology labs that opened on Wednesday at the...
Mexico hits Slim's Telmex with $52 million fine
101 days ago
Mexican regulators have fined billionaire Carlos Slim's Telefonos de Mexico company $52 million (657 million pesos) for blocking a competitor.
Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto tallies early victories, brings optimism
117 days ago
"This was a very important message to the Mexican establishment in the sense that this pact of political forces literally has the strength to take on any real established power, whether it be Elba...
Mexico's Slim to fund online classes in Spanish
125 days ago
The telecommunications billionaire says the Carlos Slim Foundation shares the academy's goal to make "a free world-class education available to everyone.
Commentary: In Latin America, the super-rich pay lower taxes
127 days ago
"The 2012 ECLAC study by Solimano and Juan Pablo Jimenez, which is entitled Economic elites, inequality and taxes, notes that the world's richest person -- Mexican telecommunications magnate...
