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Mexico Eyes Carlos Slim's Stupendous Wealth

World's richest man owns 8% of GDP

By Sam Gale Rosen,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 13, 2007 7:55 AM CDT

(Newser) – With Mexican media baron Carlos Slim now the world's richest man, superseding Bill Gates, Mexican regulators are  launching an investigation into whether the virtual monopolies that have made him worth $67 billion in a dizzyingly short time are illegal. Two of his companies—Telemex and...   Read full story »

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