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  Mexico's Slim nears Gates on world-richest list
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Last EditedPenguin  Apr 12, 2007 09:20pm
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News DateFriday, April 13, 2007 03:00:00 AM UTC0:0
DescriptionMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican telecoms tycoon Carlos Slim, a blunt-spoken bargain hunter of troubled companies, has become the world's second-richest man and is hot on the heels of Microsoft's Bill Gates.

Slim knocked billionaire investor Warren Buffett off the No. 2 spot on Wednesday in a list of wealthy people published by Forbes magazine, with $53 billion to his name,

Slim's fortune has shot up in recent months because of a rise in his companies' shares, mostly those of the America Movil cell phone firm.
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