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His second-largest holding, Carso Global Telecom, which controls ubiquitous fixed-line operator Telmex, has jumped 15% in that time.
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Grupo Carso, the holding company of Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, fell 3.2%.
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It was the start of a conglomerate he later would name Grupo Carso, fusing the first syllables of his and his wife's first names.
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Grupo Carso is also investing in a hotel and shopping mall.
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Slim is also involved in real estate and mining, through conglomerate Grupo Carso, and has stakes in retailer Saks and the New York Times, among other things.
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Slim's people showed some interest in doing business with them, but the idea went out the window when Grupo Carso and Grupo Sanborns bought Compusa in early 2000.
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His second-largest holding, Carso Global Telecom (other-otc: CGTVY - news - people ), which controls ubiquitous fixed-line operator Telmex, has jumped 15% in that time.
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Between puffs of his cigar in a New York City hotel suite, he says that the lawsuit in Texas is largely to blame for the drop in Carso's stock.
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His oldest son, Carlos, 39, runs Grupo Carso.
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Slim-controlled companies, most of them cobbled together into two main holding companies, Grupo Carso and Grupo Financiero Inbursa, account for half of the combined market cap of Mexico's benchmark stock index, the 35-stock Indice de Precios y Cotizaciones.
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