Mexican telecom industrialist beats Gates as world's richest?

If the calculations of this Mexican newspaper are correct, Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim has now beaten both Warren Buffett and Bill Gates to the coveted spot of "world's richest businessman." Link to article in Mexico's Sentido Común (in Spanish), and here's a related story in the UK Guardian (in English).

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