Gates and Slim launch agricultural research centre to aid food security

Gates and Slim launch agricultural research centre to aid food security

14 Feb 2013 07:48 - David Alire Garcia
Carlos Slim and Bill Gates, the two richest men on the planet, have inaugurated a new agricultural research center outside Mexico's capital.
The world's megarich keep getting richer

The world's megarich keep getting richer

16 Nov 2012 11:39 - Ian Birrell
Who is the richest person to have lived? Given the impossibility of comparing chariots with private jets, it is an absurd question.
Gates misses top spot in Forbes' richest

Gates misses top spot in Forbes' richest

07 Mar 2012 20:22 - Staff Reporter
Mexico telecoms czar Carlos Slim has topped the Forbes annual world's richest list, sporting a $69-billion fortune that outpaced Bill Gates.

Billionaire extends New York Times financial lifeline

20 Jan 2009 07:31 - Staff Reporter
Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim on Monday agreed to provide the cash-strapped New York Times Company a $250-million loan.

Price of professor's '$100 laptop' hits $200

30 Oct 2007 09:26 - Jim Finkle
A computer developed for the world's poor children, dubbed "the $100 laptop", has reached a milestone: It is now selling for $200. The One Laptop per Child Foundation, founded by MIT Professor Nicholas Negroponte, has started offering the lime-green-and-white machines in lots of 10 000 or more for $200 apiece on its website.

After 13 years of Gates, enter the new richest man

06 Mar 2008 08:06 - Staff Reporter
It must count among the world's most genial rivalries. Two of the planet's richest men regularly play epic games of online bridge and collaborate over handing out their billions. But Warren Buffett has unseated his friend, Bill Gates, to become the wealthiest individual on the globe.