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2011-02-02 01:37:04 UTC
Fox News -
Mexico City – Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim, who is ranked by Forbes
magazine as the wealthiest person in the world, said he planned to
invest $8.3 billion ($101.18 billion pesos) in companies he owns in 19
countries.
A total of 44.65 billion pesos (about $3.66 billion) will be invested
in Mexico, a figure that is up 13.6 percent from 2010, the honorary
life chairman of Grupo Carso, Inbursa, America Movil and Telmex said.
Impulsora del Desarrollo y el Empleo en America Latina, or IDEAL, will
get 13 billion pesos (about $1.06 billion), followed by Frisco, Telmex
and Telcel, each of which will get slightly more than 10 billion pesos
(about $820 million).
"We are going to invest where we are behind and in the big countries,
where more resources are needed, like Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Peru,
Chile (and) Argentina," Slim said in a press conference on Monday.
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/money/2011/02/01/mexican-tycoon-invest-bn-businesses-world/
Mexico City – Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim, who is ranked by Forbes
magazine as the wealthiest person in the world, said he planned to
invest $8.3 billion ($101.18 billion pesos) in companies he owns in 19
countries.
A total of 44.65 billion pesos (about $3.66 billion) will be invested
in Mexico, a figure that is up 13.6 percent from 2010, the honorary
life chairman of Grupo Carso, Inbursa, America Movil and Telmex said.
Impulsora del Desarrollo y el Empleo en America Latina, or IDEAL, will
get 13 billion pesos (about $1.06 billion), followed by Frisco, Telmex
and Telcel, each of which will get slightly more than 10 billion pesos
(about $820 million).
"We are going to invest where we are behind and in the big countries,
where more resources are needed, like Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Peru,
Chile (and) Argentina," Slim said in a press conference on Monday.
http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/money/2011/02/01/mexican-tycoon-invest-bn-businesses-world/