Carlos Slim Helu

The World's Billionaires 2012

Forbes | Luisa Kroll and Kerry A. Dolan | Posted 03.07.2012

Record Numbers, Record Wealth: 128 new billionaires made their debut this year, while 117 dropped out of the ranks. The net result is a record 1,226 b...

The World's Nine Richest People

Forbes | Luisa Kroll and Kerry A. Dolan | Posted 05.25.2011

By Forbes.com: This 25th year of tracking global wealth was one to remember. The 2011 Billionaires List breaks two records: total number of listees (...

NYT Repaying Loan From Carlos Slim

AP | Jim Efstathiou Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — The New York Times Co. intends to pay back a $250 million loan from billionaire Carlos Slim in 2012, three years ahead of schedule, a...

Carlos Slim Helu, World's Richest Man, Aims To Buy Building On Fifth Avenue

The New York Observer | Dana Rubinstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Carlos Slim Helu, the richest man in the world, is in contract to buy an office building on Fifth Avenue, according to a source close to the transacti...

Carlos Slim 'World's Richest' Person: Forbes Says Mexican Billionaire Is Richer Than Bill Gates

AP | MARK STEVENSON | Posted 05.25.2011

MEXICO CITY — Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim is the world's richest person, jumping past Americans Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to become t...

New York Times Silent On Major Carlos Slim Lawsuit

Posted 05.25.2011

The New York Times' lack of coverage on a major lawsuit involving its billionaire shareholder Carlos Slim has at least one writer wondering if Slim ha...

New York Times Publishing $2 Hard-copy Version of Free Digital Edition

Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Andy Borowitz

The New York Times is making a massive gamble that consumers will be interested in reading a hard-copy version of its free online edition -- and willing to pay $2 a day for it.

Carlos Slim, Media Baron, Gets Profiled In His Newest Investment, The New York Times

nytimes.com | MARC LACEY | Posted 05.25.2011

MEXICO CITY - Carlos Slim Helu was clearly annoyed. He had invited dozens of foreign correspondents to lunch one day last fall and, after many questio...

Carlos Slim Helu Raises New York Times Stake

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK — The New York Times Co. says it has approved a $250 million investment by Mexican telecommunications billionaire Carlos Slim Helu. Th...

Carlos Slim Helu, World's Second Richest Man, Buys Large Stake In New York Times

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

NEW YORK -- Mexican financier Carlos Slim Helu and members of his family now own 6.4 percent of publicly traded shares in The New York Times Co., acco...

The Death Of The American Billionaire

Motley Fool | Rich Greifner | Posted 05.25.2011

It's not easy being Bill Gates. First, Yahoo! rejected Microsoft's $44.6 billion buyout offer. Then Gates got absolutely worked in a Guitar Hero comp...

Will Mexican Billionaire Helu Buy Sprint?

Silicon Alley Insider | Dan Frommer | Posted 05.25.2011

Sprint Nextel has no shortage of supposed suitors: Pretty much every phone company, Google (GOOG), and Comcast (CMCSA) have all been rumored as intere...

New Billionaires Ask: How Can We Help You?

New York Times | Landon Thomas, Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

The global wealth boom has created a new breed of billionaire in once-destitute countries like Turkey, India, Mexico and Russia. Propelled by their ri...