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Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helu (R) walks with Mexico's President Felipe Calderon before an event in Mexico City October 12, 2011. Slim and Calderon on Thursday inaugurated a market complex next to the Basilica of the Virgin of Guadalupe.

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Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helu (C) and others talk before an event in Mexico City October 12, 2011. Slim and Mexico's President Felipe Calderon inaugurated a market complex next to the Basilica of the Virgin of Guadalupe.

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Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helu (L) and Mexico's President Felipe Calderon sit together during an event in Mexico City October 12, 2011. Slim and Calderon inaugurated a market complex next to the Basilica of the Virgen of Guadalupe.

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Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helu displays his certificate after receiving the "Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz" Medal in Mexico City September 29, 2011.

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Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helu (L) receives the "Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz" from Rector Carmen Lopez Portillo in Mexico City September 29, 2011.

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Mexican telecom tycoon and world's richest man Carlos Slim, left, and Carmen Beatriz Lopez-Portillo, right, rector of the Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana arrive at the Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz Award ceremony in Mexico City, Thursday Sept. 29, 2011. Slim received the award for his...

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Carlos Slim, Mexican tycoon and founder of Fundacion Carlos Slim, speaks during a discussion regarding megacities at the Clinton Global Initiative in New York, September 20, 2011.

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NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 19: Louise Blouin, CEO & Chairman of Louise Blouin Media and entrepreneur and award recipient Carlos Slim Helu attend The Louise Blouin Foundation Presents The Fifth Annual Blouin Creative Leadership Summit - Awards Ceremony and Gala at the Metropolitan Club on September...

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NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 19: Entrepreneur and award recipient Carlos Slim Helu attends The Louise Blouin Foundation Presents The Fifth Annual Blouin Creative Leadership Summit - Awards Ceremony and Gala at the Metropolitan Club on September 19, 2011 in New York City.

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Mexican businessman Carlos Slim talks looks on during an MLB American League baseball game between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts August 7, 2011.

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Mexican businessman Carlos Slim (L) talks with Boston Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz in between innings during an MLB American League baseball game with the New York Yankees at Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts August 7, 2011.

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Mexican businessman Carlos Slim sits in the stands before a baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees in Boston, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2011.

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Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim gestures during a dinner offered by Mexican President Felipe Calderon in honour of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos at Chapultepec Castle in Mexico City on August 1, 2011. Santos is on a two-day official visit to Mexico.

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Santiago Creel (L) shakes hands with Ernesto Cordero, presidential hopefuls for Mexico's ruling party conservative National Action Party (PAN), after they taken part in a debate at the headquarters of online news channel Uno TV, from tycoon Carlos Slim, in Mexico City. November 28, 2011...

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Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim attends a dinner by Mexican President Felipe Calderon, in honor of Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, at the Chapultepec Castle in Mexico City on May 30, 2011. Fernandez de Kirchner is on a two-day official visit in Mexico.

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Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim (C) arrives to attend a dinner in honour of Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner at the Chapultepec Castle in Mexico City May 30, 2011. Fernandez de Kirchner is on an official two-day visit to Mexico before continuing to Rome.

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Mexican telecom tycoon and the world's richest man according to Forbes magazine, Carlos Slim, right, speaks with the governor of the Mexican state of Sinaloa Mario Lopez Valdez, left, at the start of a state lunch offered to Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez at the Chapultepec...

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Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (L) and Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim (C) visit Slim's Soumaya museum, named after his late wife, in Mexico City May 29, 2011. Fernandez de Kirchner is on an official two-day visit to Mexico before continuing to Rome.

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Mexican magnate Carlos Slim, who is of Lebanese descent, speaks during a conference at the American University of Beirut, in this file picture taken March 17, 2010. Carlos Slim will invest $1 billion in Argentina by the end of next year, mainly in the telephone sector, Argentina's...

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Mexican magnate Carlos Slim attends a news conference about his new project in Mexico City, in this file picture taken August 31, 2010. Carlos Slim will invest $1 billion in Argentina by the end of next year, mainly in the telephone sector, Argentina's government said on May 16, 2011.

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Mexican business leader Carlos Slim, left, looks on as Colombian Vice President Angelino Garzon speaks during a United Nations Development Program news conference Friday, May 6, 2011, in New York.

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Mexican business leader Carlos Slim speaks during a United Nations Development Program news conference Friday, May 6, 2011, in New York.

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Mexican business leader Carlos Slim, center, is joined by UNDP Director for Latin America and the Caribbean Heraldo Munoz, left, and Colombian Vice President Angelino Garzon, right, as he speaks during a United Nations Development Program news conference Friday, May 6, 2011 in New York.

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Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard (C) walks with his wife Rosalinda Buesa during an event attended by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Helu and Mexico's President Felipe Calderon in Mexico City October 12, 2011. Buesa, the former Honduran ambassador to Mexico, and Ebrard, a presidential...

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Father Diego Monroy (4th L), Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard's wife Rosalinda Buesa (6th L), Marcelo Ebrard (7th L), Cardinal Norberto Rivera (5th R), Mexico's President Felipe Calderon (4th R), billionaire Carlos Slim Helu (3rd R) and Mexico's Secretary of the Interior Francisco...