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Wired January 2001 Jonathan Kandell	Yo Quiero Todo Bell Telmex tycoon Carlos Slim Helu controls Mexico's local phone service, long distance, and Net access, not to mention half of the nation's stock market. Now he's set his sights north of the border...
The Motley Fool July 30, 2004 Ben McClure	Global Crossing's High Stakes Does the fiber-optic network operator's stock carry too much risk for investors?
BusinessWeek March 5, 2007 Geri Smith	Slim's Big Giveaway As the Mexico's government steps up its scrutiny, a billionaire is stepping up his philanthropy.
BusinessWeek March 31, 2011 Crayton Harrison	Carlos Slim Sees Fat Profits on the Internet After conquering the mobile-phone market in Latin America, America Movil wants to do the same with wireless Internet.
InternetNews April 11, 2005 Colin C. Haley	MCI Shareholders: Verizon's Slim Deal Sounds Shady Some shareholders are upset that Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helu is receiving a higher price for his MCI shares than they are.
The Motley Fool April 2, 2007 Richard Gibbons	How Billionaires Invest The three richest people in the world have one thing in common -- they know that value investing simply outperforms all other types of investing.
The Motley Fool March 27, 2008 Dave Mock	The Next Great Telecom Spinoff? Investors eagerly await the next Telmex spinoff, hopeful it will have the same success as America Movil.
The Motley Fool September 27, 2007 Dave Mock	America Movil: A Cheaper Call Mexico's wireless giant is worthy of consideration by investors looking to tap the growth of emerging wireless markets.
BusinessWeek May 27, 2010 Crayton Harrison	Mexico's Big Cellular Problem: Carlos Slim Cellular phone service is a profitable business in Mexico. But the expense of connecting to the existing networks discourages new entrants.
BusinessWeek February 10, 2011 Crayton Harrison	Carlos Slim Beats Out Buffett and Gates The Mexican billionaire's stocks surged 37 percent, thanks to his mining interests
BusinessWeek February 28, 2005 David Henry	Will Dividends Drive A Slew Of New Deals How do you make a $6.7 billion deal look like a $5.3 billion bargain for shareholders? A look at the prerequisite 2003 tax cut on dividend income, and fallout from Verizon's purchase of MCI and beyond.
The Motley Fool August 27, 2007 Sham Gad	Meet the World's Richest Man Value investors simply focus on finding great businesses selling below their intrinsic value, and offering a satisfactory margin of safety and return on capital. Just like Mexico's Carlos Slim, who's worth roughly $59 billion.
BusinessWeek May 24, 2004 Juliane von Reppert-Bismarck	Spain's New Empire Builder CEO Cesar Alierta puts tele-communications giant Telefonica on top in Latin America's wireless market.
The Motley Fool April 26, 2007 Dave Mock	Fat Profits for Carlos Slim Investors in Latin America's largest telecom operator will be ready to celebrate after reading these results, as America Movil blasts past expectations.
InternetNews March 31, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Qwest Isn't Done Yet Qwest submits a third bid for MCI and chastises the network operator's board.
InternetNews May 13, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Verizon Closes in on MCI Stake Verizon will soon own 13 percent of MCI after a $1.1B deal with a private stockholder. But the larger merger vote looms.
The Motley Fool February 22, 2005 Ben McClure	Does MCI Deserve More? MCI should, at the very least, consider Qwest's takeover bid. Qwest has a whole lot to gain from the merger. With both companies relying on a lot of stock to fuel their takeover bids, the distinction counts for MCI shareholders.
The Motley Fool April 6, 2005 Bill Mann	MCI: Show Me the Money How is it possible that MCI can claim that a bid that is 20% higher than Verizon's is inferior? Investors, read on.
BusinessWeek March 5, 2007	Carlos Slim On Monopoly, Pemex, And Kids Billionaire Carlos Slim Helu discusses monopoly, Mexican state oil company Pemex and his sons' role in his businesses.
The Motley Fool February 3, 2005 Rich Duprey	MCI in Qwest for Merger? Rumors swirl about a possible second blockbuster merger in telecommunications.
The Motley Fool February 3, 2005 Bill Mann	The Assumption of Consistent Genius Just because some brilliant investors bought into telecom, that doesn't mean they're right.
The Motley Fool February 14, 2005 Alyce Lomax	Goodbye, MCI As expected, there's more consolidation in telecom. Verizon and MCI plan to merge in a $6.75 billion deal.
InternetNews April 25, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Qwest For MCI Rewarded Qwest's $9.7B offer is one MCI can't refuse, but Verizon may not be done.
BusinessWeek February 28, 2005 Yang et al.	The Shifting Telecom Landscape With AT&T and MCI going, the Bells will compete with cable and tech companies.
BusinessWeek May 16, 2005 Palmeri & Grow	One Big Question Mark After losing MCI to Verizon, Qwest CEO Notebaert has to shift strategy.
The Motley Fool July 12, 2004 Alyce Lomax	Troubles in Telecom During the long and painful process as telecom companies struggle to survive or thrive, some shareholders may not be so lucky.
BusinessWeek April 11, 2005 Palmeri & Grow	Why Qwest Can't Take No For An Answer MCI's board has accepted Verizon's bid over Quest Communications for the second time, but the fight isn't over yet.
The Motley Fool January 23, 2009 Tim Beyers	Is This the Next Warren Buffett? Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helu makes a deal to invest $250 million in ailing media conglomerate New York Times Co.
BusinessWeek February 21, 2005 Steve Rosenbush	Telecom: To Buy Or To Build? Why the industry is deeply divided over the best path to growth.
InternetNews May 2, 2005 Colin C. Haley	MCI Returns to Verizon After a brief flirtation with Qwest, MCI's board endorses Verizon's new $8.4B takeover bid.
InternetNews February 14, 2005 Jim Wagner	Verizon Makes Move On MCI Following the SBC-AT&T mega-merger blueprint, Verizon aims for a global enterprise reach in a deal worth $6.7 billion.
InternetNews October 6, 2005 Colin C. Haley	MCI Shareholders OK Verizon Merger MCI shareholders today voted to accept Verizon's $8.4 billion takeover offer, moving one step closer to completing telecom's latest mega-merger.
InternetNews February 25, 2005 Colin C. Haley	And Then There Were Two in Telecom? The long-awaited telecom industry consolidation is here, and it's changing everything.
The Motley Fool February 22, 2005 Chuck Saletta	Three Tens for a Twenty What does it take to cash in on Wall Street's mood swings? Value investors with the right mix of objectivity, confidence, and patience can often profit from the Street's mistakes.
InternetNews March 2, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Verizon Gives MCI 2 Weeks For Qwest Talks Verizon is confident MCI will conclude that a Verizon-MCI deal is more compelling than a Qwest-MCI combination in terms of long term prospects - despite a lower price tag.
InternetNews March 29, 2005 Colin C. Haley	MCI Chooses Verizon, Spurns Qwest MCI accepts Verizon's merger offer after the Baby Bell raises its bid by $1 billion, to $7.6 billion.
InternetNews September 1, 2005 Colin C. Haley	MCI-Verizon Merger Vote Set MCI shareholders will weigh in on Verizon's acquisition offer next month.
The Motley Fool March 1, 2005 Tim Beyers	Qwest for a Meeting The beleaguered telco takes its bid for MCI straight to investors.
InternetNews January 6, 2006 Roy Mark	Verizon Completes MCI Takeover Verizon completed its $8.4 billion purchase of MCI today, creating the nation's second largest telecom carrier behind the new AT&T, which itself is a newly formed merger between the former long distance carrier and SBC.
The Motley Fool August 7, 2007 Rich Duprey	The Million I Never Made You can do it! When it comes to investing, do it early, do it often, do it always. Then you won't have to say that you could've been a millionaire.
The Motley Fool April 11, 2008 Rich Greifner	The Death of the American Billionaire The tremendous performance of international stocks has led to a seismic shift in the composition of Forbes' list of the richest people in the world.
The Motley Fool February 22, 2005 Philip Durell	How You Can Profit from Bankruptcy Investors have earned over 50% in six months on bankruptcy survivor MCI. Here's how.
InternetNews April 22, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Qwest Ups Bid For MCI The regional carrier makes its 'best and final offer' of $9.7 billion for the network services provider.
InternetNews June 15, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Deephaven Wants to Deep-Six MCI-Verizon Qwest has said it's time to move on after MCI accepted a lower takeover offer from Verizon, but Deephaven Capital isn't ready to give up.
InternetNews March 1, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Qwest to MCI: Why Not Us? Qwest's CEO said during a meeting with financial analysts that he wants to find out why MCI prefers a merger offer from Verizon.
The Motley Fool December 10, 2007 Anders Bylund	Goodbye, CompUSA Mexican superinvestor Carlos Slim and his Grupo Sanborns S.A. de C.V., unable to turn around the limping retailer, announce that the stores will close.
InternetNews February 28, 2005 Colin C. Haley	Qwest Won't Quit; Verizon Swipes Back Qwest may revise its $8 billion offer for MCI again, while Verizon refutes some earlier claims.
InternetNews April 4, 2005 Colin C. Haley	A Continuing Qwest For MCI Feeling insecure, Verizon threatens to walk if MCI looks Qwest's way.
InternetNews March 16, 2005 Jim Wagner	Qwest Readies New Bid For MCI Qwest's chairman says its bid will demonstrate its commitment to winning MCI... Verizon faces pressure to raise its own MCI Bid.