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Carlos Slim

  • Diversions

    April 18, 2012
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    March 14, 2012
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    January 26, 2012

    Bill Gates Goes on Fox News and Says It's Time to Soak the Rich; What Would Ronald Reagan Say?

    Bill Gates, the second richest person on the planet -- trailing only Mexico's Carlos Slim Helu -- with a piggy bank worth $59 billion when last tallied by Forbes magazine, said today that the U.S. needs to raise taxes and that the wealthy should bear a greater burden of the increase. At the same ti ... More >>

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    May 11, 2011

    Ask a Mexican!

    Bill Gates, the second richest person on the planet -- trailing only Mexico's Carlos Slim Helu -- with a piggy bank worth $59 billion when last tallied by Forbes magazine, said today that the U.S. needs to raise taxes and that the wealthy should bear a greater burden of the increase. At the same ti ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2011

    Bill Gates Is a PiƱata Full of Mexican Cash

    ​Forbes just published its much-anticipated list of the most disgustingly rich people in the world. Bill Gates is on there, but he's stuck at #2 with a paltry net worth of $56 billion. It seems that nowadays a huge chunk of Gates' wealth is tied up in the Mexican stock market and Mexican compa ... More >>

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    December 8, 2010

    ¡Ask a Mexican!

    ​Forbes just published its much-anticipated list of the most disgustingly rich people in the world. Bill Gates is on there, but he's stuck at #2 with a paltry net worth of $56 billion. It seems that nowadays a huge chunk of Gates' wealth is tied up in the Mexican stock market and Mexican compa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2010

    Bill Gates Is no Longer World's Richest Man, But He's Still a Man

    Carlos Slim's come-back to any joke about his weight: "And you're worth how much?"​There are roughly six billion people on the planet. Every year, three of them hold a super-secret game of rock-paper-scissors to determine who will be called the richest. Your winner this year: Mexican telecom g ... More >>

  • Diversions

    August 12, 2009

    Ask a Mexican

    Carlos Slim's come-back to any joke about his weight: "And you're worth how much?"​There are roughly six billion people on the planet. Every year, three of them hold a super-secret game of rock-paper-scissors to determine who will be called the richest. Your winner this year: Mexican telecom g ... More >>

  • Diversions

    April 22, 2009

    Am I a Closet Lebanese?

    Carlos Slim's come-back to any joke about his weight: "And you're worth how much?"​There are roughly six billion people on the planet. Every year, three of them hold a super-secret game of rock-paper-scissors to determine who will be called the richest. Your winner this year: Mexican telecom g ... More >>

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