Jim Fayed News Today

- the tech industry is supposed in invention and progress. but only 11% of its executives are women, and the quit rate is twice as high for them. heres a hack: make sure theres bandwidth for everyone. the more you know. >> on may 4th, 2011, jim fayed found himself in a los angeles courtroom, accused of being the mastermind behind the plot to kill his wife. his federal charges involving financial crimes were dropped when the state of california decided to try him for capital murder. prosecutors a...

Story or boy meets girl, but instead its a love story where boy meets gold. its that greed, that love of gold, that caused this man, james michael fayed, to have his wife murdered for financial gain. >> prosecutors offered this snapshot of the fayeds riches during the short time they ran their business. >> so mr. fayed found a niche, which is transferring money for only a 2% fee, which was highly, highly competitive and lucrative. so those of you who are good at math, youll know that thats appro...

A motive for murder. >> but they did have a business that was a viable, lucrative business, and it was worth maintaining. and if she hadnt been murdered, presumably they would have come to some settlement over the assets and some division of the property involved in the business. >> jim fayed did not testify. and he didnt make werksmans defense any easier. the prosecutions smoking gun was that tape made by police and a cooperative cellmate. >> i told you, she knew her boundaries. she -- she -- s...

>> i was waiting and waiting and waiting to figure something out. i wanted -- i just wanted to do it myself, but i knew id never [ bleep ] be able to get away with it. never. you know what i mean? >> and prosecutors played the tape of what they said was jim trying to hire that second hit man to murder the first one and anyone else that might have been in on the plot for what would have been, they said, another $25,000. >> it should get done by next week or so. hell go on out there and get that f...