Narrator then he destroys them. He yelled at me for a half an hour, called me stupid, incompetent, lazy, idiotic. Narrator but his is a con that pays off big. He was spending, on average, 1 million a month. Hes the greatest con man, in my opinion, that ever lived. Narrator in early 2007, troy stratos is living in a 12,000 square foot mansion outside of sacramento, california. He is taking care of the house because the owner, his good friend Nicole Murphy, actor Eddie Murphys exwife, has moved to los angeles. He gets a call. Its nicole. She has entrusted stratos with her money and now she is being hounded by creditors. Stratos reassures her that everything is fine. But he is lying. At this point he has already taken at least 13 million from trusting victims like Nicole Murphy. And the question is what is the secret to this con artists stunning success . The answer begins in maui in 1994. Stratos is 28, an aspiring film director. He comes to the island to work on a film script with the m
Back. The Dow Jones Industrial average soared 320 points to 17,489. The nasdaq ros 79. And the s p 500 gained 33. And that optimism could extend into tomorrow after a trifecta of positive tech earnings from microsoft, amazon, and googles parent company, alphabet, were released late today. Lets start with alphabet. Starts with the letter a, after all. The Company Reported earnings per share of 7. 35, 14 cents better than expectations. Revenue also Beat Estimates and was 13 higher than last year. The company said the number of clicks on ads shown on its website grew more than 20 . It also announced a 5 billion buyback. That sent shares higher in initial afterhours trading. With the new Corporate Structure, shareholders may be in for some bigger changes when the Company Releases its next earnings report. And as josh lipton reports, it could bolster the case for the alphabet bulls. Reporter when google cofounder larry page explained why he created alphabet, he said one reason was to build
The Dow Jones Industrial average soared 320 points to 17,489. The nasdaq rose 79. And the s p 500 gained 33. And that optimism could extend into tomorrow after a trifecta of positive tech earnings from microsoft, amazon, and googles parent company, alphabet, were released late today. Lets start with alphabet. Starts with the letter a, after all. The Company Reported earnings per share of 7. 35, 14 cents better than expectations. Revenue also Beat Estimates and was 13 higher than last year. The company said the number of clicks on ads shown on its website grew more than 20 . It also announced a 5 billion buyback. That sent shares higher in initial afterhours trading. With the new Corporate Structure, shareholders may be in for some bigger changes when the Company Releases its next earnings report. And as josh lipton reports, it could bolster the case for the alphabet bulls. Reporter when google cofounder larry page explained why he created alphabet, he said one reason was to build a cle
The Dow Jones Industrial average soared 320 points to 17,489. The nasdaq rose 79. And the s p 500 gained 33. And that optimism could extend into tomorrow after a trifecta of positive tech earnings from microsoft, amazon, and googles parent company, alphabet, were released late today. Lets start with alphabet. Starts with the letter a, after all. The Company Reported earnings per share of 7. 35, 14 cents better than expectations. Revenue also Beat Estimates and was 13 higher than last year. The company said the number of clicks on ads shown on its website grew more than 20 . It also announced a 5 billion buyback. That sent shares higher in initial afterhours trading. With the new Corporate Structure, shareholders may be in for some bigger changes when the Company Releases its next earnings report. And as josh lipton reports, it could bolster the case for the alphabet bulls. Reporter when google cofounder larry page explained why he created alphabet, he said one reason was to build a cle