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2016-12-22 Economy

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Posted by badanov 2016-12-22 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11127 views ] Top

#1 They are passing the baton to Zuckerman now.

Posted by Pliny Thearong9194 2016-12-22 00:38|| 2016-12-22 00:38|| Front Page Top

#2 Did banning Glenn Reynolds kill Twitter?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-12-22 04:19|| 2016-12-22 04:19|| Front Page Top

#3 headline is a hyperbole

twitter has a growing stream of revenue (over $2B/yr) and even at say, $9/share it would have a market cap of $7B.

it needs to control costs as it has lost money for every quarter for year after year

Posted by lord garth 2016-12-22 08:47|| 2016-12-22 08:47|| Front Page Top

#4 If Twitter is toast, it did it to itself. There are alternatives to Twitter.

Posted by JohnQC 2016-12-22 10:48|| 2016-12-22 10:48|| Front Page Top

#5 it needs to control costs as it has lost money for every quarter for year after year

"We lose money on every sale, but we make up for it in volume!"

Posted by Frank G 2016-12-22 10:56|| 2016-12-22 10:56|| Front Page Top

#6 Beat me to it, Frank. How do they stay in business? They bring in money but they send it out the door faster. Whose money is floating the enterprise?

By the way, the test pic on this comment was the Hindenberg. It's like Fred installed an AI in last week's upgrade...

Posted by Steve White 2016-12-22 11:37|| 2016-12-22 11:37|| Front Page Top

#7 They stay in business by investors buying future revenues. Which is the case for any company that sells its stock.

Twitter has competitors that are much bigger in the market in places like India and China. I wouldn't buy their stock.

Posted by phil_b 2016-12-22 16:38|| 2016-12-22 16:38|| Front Page Top

#8 I dumped Twitter a while ago. Seems most not super left wing people are doing so as well.

Posted by DarthVader 2016-12-22 20:06|| 2016-12-22 20:06|| Front Page Top

#9 Conspicuously NOT invited to the Tech Heads Summit™ with DJT. Heh.

Posted by Frank G 2016-12-22 21:30|| 2016-12-22 21:30|| Front Page Top

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