Carlos Slim Helu

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

Andy Borowitz | Posted 07.29.2009 | Comedy


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 03.18.2009 | Media


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 02.19.2009 | Media


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 10.12.2008 | Business


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 08.14.2008 | Business


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 03.28.2008 | Business


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 03.28.2008 | Business


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...