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Carlos Slim Helu: Slim, lean, mean

Saturday March 13 2010

UNTIL he overtook Microsoft founder Bill Gates to become the richest man in the world, few people outside of Mexico had ever heard of Carlos Slim. This week's announcement from 'Forbes' magazine that Slim now topped its rich list has generated a flurry of the personal publicity that he loathes.

Mexican magnate named world's richest man

Thursday March 11 2010

THE Mexican telecoms magnate Carlos Slim Helu has been named the world's richest man, with a net worth of $53.5bn (€39bn), the first time since 1994 that the number one spot has been held by a non-American.

Twitter users send around 50 million tweets per day. Photo: Getty Images

Twitter users send 50 million tweets per day

Tuesday February 23 2010

Almost 600 tweets are sent every second through the microblogging site, according to its own metrics

American Vogue Editor-in-Chief seen here in the front row at Zac Posen's Fall 2010 show at New York fashion week. Photo: Getty Images

Why Anna is still queen of fashion

Wednesday February 17 2010

She's had the same hairstyle for decades and regularly commits the style sin of wearing sunglasses indoors, but it seems Anna Wintour's stranglehold on the world of fashion is as airtight as ever. Milan Fashion Week, which runs from February 24-March 2, has been thrown into chaos in recent days with news that the Editor-in-Chief of American Vogue will occupy her usual front-row perch for just three days.

Warren Buffett with Bill and Melinda Gates in New York

Union Pacific biting at Burlington as Buffett readies $26bn bid

Thursday February 11 2010

Warren Buffett and Bill Gates face a roadblock on the route towards a payoff on their investment in US freight transportation.

Nice guys finish last

Sunday February 07 2010

Sir -- I am writing in response to Niamh Horan's article about searching for 'Mr Right'. In it, she rightly pointed out that many men are simply too afraid to approach a group of good-looking women, of which thankfully our city is full. Men mostly need a load of alcohol to muster the courage to talk to such women, by which time they are in no fit state to make a positive impression anyway.

We must find a new form of capitalism to take on China

Thursday February 04 2010

THE most important statements are often those that are left unsaid. Among the millions of words spoken at last week's World Economic Forum in Davos, the comment that nobody quite dared to utter was clear. After the crisis of 2007-9, the global capitalist system is in a period of transition, comparable to the great transitions of the 1930s and 1970s.

Gates donates $10bn in race to create vaccines

Saturday January 30 2010

AMERICAN billionaire and philanthropist Bill Gates has pledged $10bn (€7.2bn) to advance vaccination work worldwide. His decision was reached as he pored over a 329-page compendium of World Bank data on development and disease in the early 1990s.

Apple: tablet expected to be announced tomorrow. Photo: Bloomberg News

iLove: Meet the Apple addicts

Tuesday January 26 2010

Tomorrow, when Steve Jobs walks out on stage to announce his company's latest super-gadget, millions of technophiles will watch with excitement bordering on religious fervour. Simon Usborne talks to the Macolytes, for whom Apple truly is the only fruit

Bill Gates said maintaining his Facebook profile had been 'way too much trouble' after being deluged by friend requests. Photo: Getty Images

Bill Gates launches his own website

Monday January 25 2010

Bill Gates, the founder of Windows-maker Microsoft, has launched a personal website for the first time, and is billing it as "An inside look at global matters".