There was a time…not so very long ago…when Americans held all the top spots. We had the most…the best…the biggest companies. And the richest people.

Those days are gone…

MEXICO CITY (AP) – Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim is the first man from a developing nation to become the world’s richest person – a shift that underlines the loosening of America and Europe’s stranglehold on the top spots in the billionaires’ club.