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Bill Gates amongst 62 that own the same amount as half the world’s population
Oxfam estimates that the richest 1% of the world’s 7.3 billion people now own as much as the rest of the world put together
Year of undulating fortunes for businessman Denis O’Brien
Topaz sale provides stunning success but proposed Digicel flotation flounders
Might there be a Slim chance for Digicel?
Liberty Global in talks to take over Cable and Wireless Communications
Digicel faces new threat via rival’s deal talks
Denis O’Brien’s telco faces the prospect of being squeezed as Liberty Global confirms talks for CWC
America Movil SAB reports a loss in Q3
Latin America’s biggest wireless carrier was dragged down by sinking currencies in Brazil and Mexico
Digicel’s goals are the same, despite IPO flop
Battle over Premier League rights gives Digicel a glimpse of the future
Denis O’Brien sells his ‘Shelly-Ann’ vision to Digicel investors
Company aims to transform itself from mobile player to broad-based telco
For Trump, to stir controversy is to get ahead
Republican 2016 contender has shocked yet polled well over Mexican immigrant claims
Digicel flotation comes at crunch time for Denis O’Brien firm
Tougher competition and technology changes pose threat to business
Lucy Kellaway: Billionaires a strange breed, but a safe bet in marriage
Contrary to expectations, most of the supersuccessful who wed are in it for the long haul
World’s richest add $92bn to their wealth in 2014
Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma was the biggest winner adding $25bn to his fortune
Planet Business
This week: Football PhDs, Murdoch on Myspace and the ‘Operation’ game inventor who can’t afford surgery
Eircom took right decision to hang up on IPO plans
Analysis: sinking sales no help when you want to floa
Eircom denies AT&T talks as it announces 6% fall revenues
Rumours telcom giant discussed selling out to AT&T or Carlos Slim rejected
World’s second richest man calls for three-day working week
Mexican telecoms billionare Carlos Slim also believes retirement should be later
Billionaire Slim bows to Mexico telecoms reform
Carlos Slim is planning a breakup of America Movil SAB’s phone operations in Mexico
Boldness of Mexican economic strategy offers lesson for India
Opinion: Mexico’s ‘productivity puzzle’ provides remarkable contrast with other emerging economies
No injunction, no cry for Denis O’Brien’s Digicel
Jamaican outfit is trying to prevent the loss of its sponsorship of the Fijian rugby team to arch rival Vodafone
Denis O’Brien made $800m last year - Forbes Billionaire list
Telecoms and media entrepreneur is one of five Irish on Forbes’ 2014 billionaire list which is topped by Bill Gates for the first time in four years
Bill Gates becomes world’s richest person again
Microsoft founder’s fortune was estimated at $78.5 billion last year
Digicel prepares €1bn bid for Orange’s Dominican Republic operations
Cable & Wireless, which owns Caribbean mobile rival Lime, is among bidders
Investors unconvinced by US debt deal
European stocks rally at close of trading, but concerns remain about division in Congress
Denis O’Brien's Digicel considers €1bn Orange Dominicana bid
Digicel believed to be preparing bid for the Dominican Republic operations of Orange
Italian stocks lead European markets lower
Pharmaceutical firms make gains after Amgen agrees to buy Onyx
Telefónica secures Slim backing to get E-Plus deal over the line
Under revised terms KPN will get 20.5% in the enlarged German entity
Telefonica bid wins billionaire Carlos Slim’s backing
Spain’s telecom giant has improved its offer for KPN’s German unit E-Plus
KPN foundation flags concerns over Carlos Slim bid
KPN’s board has yet to say whether it supports America Movil’s offer
Telekom Austria sidesteps questions on possible Slim bid
Chief executive says Slim does not communicate detailed intentions
European stocks rise on Chinese data
Bank of Ireland shares tops 20 cent for first time in more than two years
Carlos Slim’s América Móvil makes bid for Dutch telecoms firm KPN
Bid values remaining stake in company at about €7.2 billion
KPN’s $11bn deal with Telefonica tests European anti-trust stance
Deal would combine third and fourth-place players in Germany
Telefónica shares rise on talk of interest from AT&T
Telecoms group forced to deny reports of takeover approach
CaixaBank sells 3.7% stake in Mexican business to Carlos Slim’s Inmobiliaria Carso
Spanish banks raising capital to bolster balance sheets
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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