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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.

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NYSE and Nasdaq Plan to Back Up One Another’s Data Streams

The committees that control consolidated data feeds for Nasdaq OMX Group and NYSE Euronext are close to an agreement on a plan to back up one another’s streams, according to people familiar with the matter.

AllThingsD Week in Review: Twitter’s Product Problem and Ballmer Keeps His Microsoft Shares

The Top 10 stories that powered AllThingsD this week, in one convenient post.

Twitter Shares Down on Second Day Opening

A four percent drop on day two.

Twitter Shares Soar on NYSE Debut

“This bird has flown.”

At Twitter HQ on IPO Day, Business Almost as Usual

#RingRing

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Twitter’s IPO Prices at $26 Per Share

Twitter’s initial public offering was expected to price at $25 to $28 a share, and that’s exactly where it has come in. Moments ago, the microblogging service said its IPO of 70 million shares has priced at $26 a share. At that price, Twitter will have a market capitalization of approximately $14 billion when it opens for trading Thursday morning on the New York Stock Exchange.

#ThrownOutByTwitter: Upset San Franciscans Plan IPO Day Protest

Say hello to your adoring public, Twitter.

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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.