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In the News (Thu 16 Feb 12)

  
  WWD: Grupo Carso to test Sanborn units in U.S. (Sanborn speciality stores, Grupo Carso SA de CV)@ HighBeam Research
Grupo Carso to test Sanborn units in U.S. (Sanborn speciality stores, Grupo Carso SA de CV)
Carso is deciding on locations and the number of stores to open.
NEW YORK -- Grupo Carso, the Mexico City-based conglomerate, plans to test its Sanborn specialty stores in the U.S. this year, as it attempts to build traffic in its newly acquired Sears de Mexico chain.
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:19370367&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf&COOKIE=NO   (214 words)

  
 Slim Eyes Expansion Into New Market
Grupo Carso fell 60 centavos, or 1 percent, to 58.9 pesos.
As well as Grupo Carso, Inbursa, America Movil and Telmex, which are all based in Mexico City, Slim controls internet, retail, mining, cigarette, construction materials, food, copper cable and auto parts companies.
Grupo Carso's construction unit is building five oil platforms for state oil monopoly Petroleos Mexicanos SA, a water- treatment plant in the northern city of Saltillo as well as the Ideal highway.
www.banderasnews.com /0505/nz-expansion.htm   (1053 words)

  
 American Chamber México   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-06)
Grupo Carso is UBS Warburg analyst Bond Snodgrass' top pick for the sector.
Grupo Carso is the strongest Mexican conglomerate with a significant margin between its capital costs and return on invested capital (2002E - ROIC:15.5%, WACC: 9.8%).
Grupo Carso is also insulated from the economic convulsions shaking the global market, with only 9% of revenue stemming from exports, compared to Desc or Alfa with 45% and 30%, respectively.
www.amcham.com.mx /hotissues/current/hotissues0902-12.html   (223 words)

  
 6/3/96 INT/MEXICAN PRODIGY
But because of Grupo Carso's relatively small debt and heavy reliance on exports, amounting to as much as 40% of its business, the company has suffered little.
These later became Grupo Carso--derived from his name, Carlos, and that of his wife Soumaya Gemayel, who is a member of one of Lebanon's most important Maronite Christian families.
But he has quietly expanded Grupo Carso's stake in Telmex, which at one point lost half its stock-market value, from the original 5% to 8.5% today.
www.time.com /time/international/1996/960603/mexico.html   (799 words)

  
 Latin CEO: Executive Strategies for the Americas: Slim Domit's billion-dollar bet: Carlos Slim Domit has scored a ...
When it was purchased by Grupo Carso in 1997, the year Slim became chairman, Sears de Mexico was a chain with double-digit operating losses.
Grupo Carso operates everything from bakeries to railroads, with a recent appetite for retail chains.
Carso's shares on the Mexican bolsa were selling in mid-July for 24 pesos, down from 47 pesos at year-end 1999, prior to the CompUSA acquisition.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0OQC/is_8_2/ai_100500724   (1569 words)

  
 Grupo Carso, S.A. de C.V. - Fact Sheet - Hoover's
Grupo Carso has interests in cigarette maker Cigatam and railway operator Ferrosur, as well as in other retail, industrial, and construction activities.
Grupo Sanborns and Grupo Carso spun off their 51% stake in troubled US computer retailer CompUSA in 2002.
Carso Global Telecom, S.A. de C.V. Teléfonos de México, S.A. de C.V. Chilesat Corp S.A. Grupo Sanborns, S.A. de C.V. Use subsidiary and affiliate information to determine easy cross-sell and upsell opportunities within an organization or business line.
www.hoovers.com /freeuk/co/factsheet.xhtml?ID=95015&mode=print   (318 words)

  
 Latin Trade: Still Slim - Grupo Carso management
But Grupo Carso officials have repeatedly insisted that the move was unrelated to Slim's health.
With interests in a broad range of sectors ranging from telecommunications to tobacco, Grupo Carso is a massive company with 1997 sales of US$3.7 billion and total assets of $4.9 billion.
Grupo Carso holdings include local telephone giant Telmex, Grupo Financiero Inbursa (bank, broker and insurance company), tobacco manufacturer Cigatam (in joint venture with U.S.-based Phillip Morris), Sanborns department store and 40 Sears stores.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0BEK/is_1_7/ai_54759905   (402 words)

  
 WWD: Carso acquires more of Sears de Mexico.(Grupo Carso S.A.)(Brief Article)@ HighBeam Research
NEW YORK -- Grupo Carso SA, a diversified holding company based in Mexico City, purchased an additional 7 percent of Sears de Mexico SA Tuesday, raising its stake in the retailer to 67 percent.
The move is part of Grupo Carso's plan to eventually own 85 percent of Sears de Mexico, a spokeswoman for the Mexican concern said.
Carso bought the additional 5.28 million shares from Goldman Sachs for $12.1 million, or $2.29 per share.
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 Altria - About Altria - Corporate Governance - Board of Directors - Carlos Slim Helú
Chairman Emeritus of Grupo Carso, S.A. de C.V.;  Chairman of Teléfonos de México, S.A. de C.V.; and Chairman of Carso Global Telecom, S.A. de C.V. Mr.
Slim assumed his present position with Grupo Carso, S.A. de C.V. in October 1998.  Previously and from 1991, he was Chairman of Grupo Carso, S.A. de C.V.  He has also served as Chairman of America Movil, S.A. de C.V. since September 2000 and Chairman of América Telecom, S.A. de C.V. since February 2002.  Mr.
Slim also serves as Chairman Emeritus of Grupo Financiero Inbursa, S.A. de C.V.  He serves as a director of SBC Communications Inc. and is a member of each of the Advisory Council for Latin America of the New York Stock Exchange and the board of Fundacion Unam A.C. and Patronato del Hospital Infantil.  Mr.
www.altria.com /about_altria/biography/01_02_01_13_Slim.asp   (179 words)

  
 Carso on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-06)
Carso al habla.(Carso Global Telecom, México)(TT: Carso speaking.)(TA: Carso Global Telecom, Mexico)
Grupo Carso Year-2000 Net Profit Down 48.5 Percent.
Grupo Carso Reports 45-Percent Drop In 1Q Net Profit.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/X/X-C1arso.asp   (154 words)

  
 Carso City Silver Dollars
Grupo Carso, SA de recommends (GCarso) and Grupo Sanborns, announced de CV (GSanborns) SA.
ON MEXICO CONNECT A new Carso subsidiary, Carso Infraestructura y Construccin is seeking Mexicanos Petrleos.
giant Grupo Mexico and conglomerate Grupo Carso, mining at this point so a vote can occur in September would cost the city millions of dollars.
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 Ignite turns to Mexican company - 2002-10-28 - Austin Business Journal
Austin-based Ignite Inc. plans to seal the deal — expected to be at least a two-year partnership — with Mexico's Grupo Carso Telecom SA before the end of the year, says Ken Leonard, chief financial officer of Ignite.
Leonard says terms of the deal are being negotiated, but Grupo Carso would assume all nuts-and-bolts production of Ignite's educational software, take an ownership stake in Ignite and be licensed to sell the software in Mexico.
Grupo Carso is a conglomerate that owns a majority stake in CompUSA Inc. and Teléfonos de México SA and oversees MSN Latin America.
www.bizjournals.com /austin/stories/2002/10/28/story3.html?t=printable   (490 words)

  
 Sci-Tech Today - - Aspect Cements CRM Portal Deal in Mexico
Aspect Communications (Nasdaq: ASPT) passed the scrutiny of Mexican conglomerate Grupo Carso well enough to emerge with a contract to supply its Aspect Portal contact
Grupo Carso said its service bureaus -- Tecmarketing, GTS and AMA -- will run Aspect"s portal to open up multichannel communications for its 4,000
Grupo Carso is one of Latin America"s largest companies.
www.sci-tech-today.com /perl/story/8665.html   (379 words)

  
 Grupo Carso, S.A. DE C-A1 Stock Quotes, Charts & Share Prices - free real time data from the Mexico.
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 Grupo Carso S A DE C (OTC) Stock Quotes, Charts & Share Prices - free real time data from the Other OTC.
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 Carso City Silver Dollars   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-06)
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 ManattJones-Mexico News Briefs
Grupo Carso, owned by Carlos Slim, fully entered the energy sector when it created its new firm, Swecomex, which is in charge of pursuing infrastructure and related projects, currently holding under its belt seven large contracts with Pemex.
Grupo Carso reported net profits for the 4Q04 of P$3.264bn, 441%, or nearly five times higher than the figure for the same period the year before.
Grupo Televisa of Mexico opposed the decision by Univision Chairman A. Jerrold Perenchio, the controlling shareholder, to promote Rodriguez without consulting other investors, according to Alfonso de Angoitia, Televisa's executive vice president and a Univision board member.
www.manattjones.com /newsletters/newsbrief/20050304.htm   (7942 words)

  
 Carso - Yahoo! - Grupo Carso, SA de CV Company Profile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-06)
he word Carso, which is perhaps of Celtic origin, means "land of rock" and The Carso offers two aspects, one bared to the light of day and the other
The word Carso, which is perhaps of Celtic origin, means "land of rock" and refers The Carso's climate is quite special, for extremely mild periods are
Carso Global Telecom is a holding company for the Carso Global Telecom was spun off from Slim's Grupo Carso conglomerate in 1996.
www.linesites.com /?q=carso   (383 words)

  
 The New York Times > Business > World Business > Head of Mexican Phone Giant Hands Duties Over to His Son   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-06)
Slim has included his eldest son in the management of Telmex since the family and a group of international investors first purchased control of the company from the Mexican government in December 1990.
Marco Antonio Slim is chairman of Inbursa, Carlos Jr.
is chairman of Grupo Carso and Patrick is vice chairman of Grupo Carso.
cba.fiu.edu /mgmt/rhogner/MEDIA/BusPubPol/01.html   (545 words)

  
 2005 Altria Proxy Statement - Election of Directors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-06)
Previously and from 1991, he was Chairman of Grupo Carso, S.A. de C.V. He has also served as Chairman of America Movil, S.A. de C.V. since September 2000 and Chairman of América Telecom, S.A. de C.V. since February 2002.
Slim also is Chairman Emeritus of Grupo Financiero Inbursa, S.A. de C.V. He is a member of each of the Advisory Council for Latin America of the New York Stock Exchange and the board of Fundacion Unam A.C. and Patronato del Hospital Infantil.
(1) A subsidiary of Grupo Carso, S.A. de C.V. participates in a Mexican cigarette joint venture with a subsidiary of Philip Morris International Inc. Mr.
www.altria.com /proxy/proxy2005/2005proxy_06_0400.aspx   (578 words)

  
 Bolsa beats bottom fishers, closes higher   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-06)
Mexican stocks took a hit early in the trading session over speculation about a new round of federal budget cuts due to slumping oil prices and a central bank announcement that it would leave the money market short 20 million pesos.
Dealers said the market's late recovery was led by heavyweight Telefonos de Mexico (Telmex), Grupo Carso and Carso Global Telecom.
Benchmark stock and telecommunication firm Telmex rose 0.15 peso (2 cents) to 22.40 pesos ($2.61), conglomerate Grupo Carso climbed 1.60 pesos (19 cents) to 49.60 pesos ($5.78) and Carso Global Telecomm, which has a minority stake in Telmex, rose by 0.75 peso (9 cents) to 29.65 pesos ($3.46).
www.chron.com /content/chronicle/biz/98/03/12/mexstox.2-0.html   (163 words)

  
 Grupo Carso, S.A. de C.V. - Fact Sheet - Hoover's
Grupo Carso, S.A. de C.V. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 255, Col. Ampliación Granada
Slim has recently handed control of Grupo Carso's operations to his three sons.
Get more info on Grupo Carso with a DandB Report.
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A colleague, Professor Benito Flores, visited the University of the Americas in Puebla, Mexico, and a student of that University, Claudia Jaramillo, agreed to gather data as part of her thesis work.
The plant was shut down by Alcoa in 1992, and later sold to a Mexican consortium, Grupo Carso.
Grupo Carso has brought the plant back into production to serve the Mexican domestic market.
cibs.tamu.edu /cswht/olson.htm   (591 words)

  
 El Universal Online
The change is part of the 64year-old Slim's efforts to relinquish control to his three sons over management of his business interests, including Telmex, the nation's largest fixed line telephone company, Grupo Financiero Inbursa SA, a financial services company, Grupo Carso SA, an industrial holding.
Slim's Grupo Carso, Southwestern Bell, France Telecom SA and 35 individual Mexican investors paid US1.7 billion to acquire Telmex.
is chairman of industrial group Grupo Carso, and Patrick is vice-chairman of Grupo Carso.
www.eluniversal.com.mx /pls/impreso/noticia.html?id_nota=4358&tabla=miami   (745 words)

  
 Mexican billionaire buys 9% of CDNow's stock - Computerworld   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-06)
She also confirmed that one of Slim's business holdings — a Mexican conglomerate called Grupo Carso — has approached CDNow about a possible purchase.
CDNow, which on Tuesday reported a $37.8 million first-quarter loss and announced planned spending cuts (see story), has been looking for a buyer since a planned sale of the company to Columbia House fell through in March.
"We have held discussions with Grupo Carso and may continue these discussions in the future," she said.
www.computerworld.com /printthis/2000/0,4814,44089,00.html   (320 words)

  
 iDVDBox.com, Inc., Receives Initial Order Commitment for $15,200,000 from Grupo Commercial Gomo And Agrees in Principal ...
Grupo Gomo is the largest importer of consumer electronics in Mexico.
The iDVDBox is a television set top device that allows users to send and receive e-mail, browse the Internet and enjoy DVD related functions such as playback of movies, music and generic interactive video games.
Grupo Carso owns substantial retailers including Sears Mexico, Sanborns Mexico and United States based electronics retailer CompUSA, Inc. It also owns Prodigy, the largest Internet service provider in Mexico.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/04-26-2000/0001202426&EDATE=   (632 words)

  
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Grupo Carso is a diversified company that is currently restructuring to focus its efforts.
Except for the plant, all other facilities with the Loreto y Pena Pobre name remain with Grupo Carso.
Grupo Carso has interests in construction, auto part manufacturing, tobacco, telecommunications and energy.
www.cincypost.com /business/1997/pg072297.html   (327 words)

  
 Careers at Carso Global :: Interview with Carso Global   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-06)
Carso Global Telecom is a holding company for the empire of Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim Hele, Latin America’s richest entrepreneur.
It has spun off its America Mevil unit, a leading Latin American wireless carrier that is a partner with SBC in Telecom Americas, which develops wireless holdings in Brazil, and created America Telecom.
Carso Global Telecom was spun off from Slim’s Grupo Carso conglomerate in 1996.
www.interviewat.com /carso-global   (155 words)

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