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Twitter Stock Has a Very Merry Christmas
Shares of Twitter jumped another 2.5 percent upon opening on Thursday morning, trading at $71.65 per share — yet another all-time high for the newly public company. In a little over a month of its trading on the New York Stock Exchange, the stock has soared to gains of more than 200 percent of its debut price of $26 per share.
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Twitter Shares Hit Record High
Shares of Twitter climbed to $52.58 on Tuesday afternoon, an all-time high for the newly public microblogging network, which debuted on the New York Stock Exchange last month. The rally comes shortly after the company introduced a new retargeted advertising product, which may have boosted investor confidence in Twitter’s monetization prospects.
Twitter Shares Down on Second Day Opening
A four percent drop on day two.News Byte
Twitter Raises Share-Price Range Ahead of IPO
Twitter on Monday raised the price range for its shares in the days before its initial public offering, placing the range at $23 to $25 per share. With the new range — which was upped from its previous spread of $17 to $20 per share — the company could raise up to $1.75 billion in its public market debut.Dick Costolo Makes $14,000 a Year in Take-Home Pay
(And another $11 million-plus in stock awards.)News Byte
Facebook Closes Above $38
For the first time since Facebook debuted on the Nasdaq last year, its shares closed above its IPO price, finishing at $38.05 on Friday. The company has traded far beneath that number since Day One, but recently rallied on the strength of a solid earnings report and particularly impressive gains in mobile advertising.Voices
Dell’s Cash Overseas Is Needed at Home
Advisers working on Dell Inc.’s $24.4 billion buyout are trying to solve a problem: how to use the computer maker’s foreign cash without paying a $2.6 billion U.S. tax bill.News Byte
LinkedIn Shares Reach Record High
Not two days after Kara Swisher reported that LinkedIn would soon acquire the Pulse news reader app for more than $50 million, shares of LinkedIn were trading at a record high on Wednesday morning, reaching $181.47 at their peak before settling back down around $179, a gain of about 2 percent for the day. The company also reported record earnings last quarter, outperforming analysts’ expectations.New Year, Same Rating: J.P. Morgan Still Bullish on Facebook
Should old acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind?News Byte