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. >> john mcafee, a mathematician by training knows about risk. in the late '80's he developed the antivirus software that's probably on your computer. he pioneered instant messaging and in both cases he grew bored an cashed out. at your peak, what were you worth? >> i'm not sure. that's the honest truth. i mean, you eventually have enough resources that a tiny fluctuation in the market can make you worth $10 million more in the morning and $10 million less in the evening. >> it's been reported you were worth about $100 million. >> may have been true. >> ballpark? >> may have been, yes. probably. >> probably. >> like many wealthy americans, mcafee got walloped in the simultaneous collapse of real estate and wall street. but he got whacked more than most. since much of his fortune was tied up in luxury properties. >> oddly enough, when real estate markets crash it's the higher end properties that crash the most. simply because they're not necessities. >> at one point you're in the $100 million ballpark and now -- >> less than ten. >> less than $1mi
. >> john mcafee, a mathematician by training knows about risk. in the late '80's he developed the antivirus software that's probably on your computer. he pioneered instant messaging and in both cases he grew bored an cashed out. at your peak, what were you worth? >> i'm not sure. that's the honest truth. i mean, you eventually have enough resources that a tiny fluctuation in the market can make you worth $10 million more in the morning and $10 million less in the evening. >>...
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. >>> security software maker mcafee outperformed. citing strong spending trends on cyber security. shares higher by nearly 3%. $42.65 a share. >>> coming up. we'll look at the challenges facing g-20 leaders and discuss whether they really will be able to accomplish anything when they finish their meeting. >>> but first, fixing the global chief. coming up next, the president of brazil explains if he thinks adding more regulation can stop a future finance crisis and why he's worried about the rising tide of protectionism. >>> a live picture of beautiful new york city. it's friday afternoon. you know what that means. banks are getting closed by the fdic. regulators have closed a georgian bank in atlanta, 95th bank of the year. first citizens bank and trust will assume the de pos its. they had total assets of $2 billion, total deposits of approximately $2 billion as well. the 95th bank to fail this year. often happens on friday afternoon. a lot of breaking news. listen to this. this is going to be a big headline tomorrow in the paper. the "wall street journal" is reporting that the chi
. >>> security software maker mcafee outperformed. citing strong spending trends on cyber security. shares higher by nearly 3%. $42.65 a share. >>> coming up. we'll look at the challenges facing g-20 leaders and discuss whether they really will be able to accomplish anything when they finish their meeting. >>> but first, fixing the global chief. coming up next, the president of brazil explains if he thinks adding more regulation can stop a future finance crisis and...
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in anne arundel county, we have a crash at route 100 and mcafee bridge road.yland" that starts in 90 seconds. >>> thanks for choosing abc 2 news. go online for more news now at abc2news.com. abc 2 works for you.
in anne arundel county, we have a crash at route 100 and mcafee bridge road.yland" that starts in 90 seconds. >>> thanks for choosing abc 2 news. go online for more news now at abc2news.com. abc 2 works for you.
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mcafee, up 6%. text tron and industrials are hurting here today. down 1%. it is neutral. check out the dish, fish on a dish as they sing. reiterated out perform at credit suis suisse. stabilization of their subscr e subscriber base is one of the reasons. melissa, back to you. >>> president obama this morning revealing for the first time iran has been working on a secret nuclear facility in a heavily populated holy city in iran. that facility is only months away from becoming active. he spoke about it at the g-20 in pittsburgh this morning. >> iran's decision to build yet another nuclear facility without notifying the iaea represents a direct challenge to the basic con pact of the center of the nonproliferation center of the regime. >> it steepens a growing concern that iran is failing to live up to the international obligations. john harwood is on the scene at the g-20. what is your assessment, john? >> well, this is really taking over this g-20 session, providing a real dramatic headline to this meeting that didn't really appear to have one coming in because the communiq
mcafee, up 6%. text tron and industrials are hurting here today. down 1%. it is neutral. check out the dish, fish on a dish as they sing. reiterated out perform at credit suis suisse. stabilization of their subscr e subscriber base is one of the reasons. melissa, back to you. >>> president obama this morning revealing for the first time iran has been working on a secret nuclear facility in a heavily populated holy city in iran. that facility is only months away from becoming active. he...