Posts tagged: Twitter
Wednesday, 27 April 2022, 7:27 pm
That was quick!
Elon Musk has agreed a deal with Twitter's board to purchase the microblogging site for $44 billion.
Now, the financial media commentariat's focussing (mainly on Twitter, ironically) on what the maverick billionaire plans to with the site, with many concerned about the negative impact.
Strange, though, that the idea of a counterbid to Musk's offer appears to have completely dissapeared from the general discourse.....
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Thursday, 14 April 2022, 7:31 pm
So, it was good call by my old boss at The Daily Telegraph - Richard Fletcher, now business editor of The Times - to splash on the Elon Musk Twitter bid rumours the other day.
Musk's announcement about his $41 billion ($54.20 a share) offer for Twitter has sent the Twittersphere into total meltdown about what might happen next...
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Wednesday, 13 April 2022, 8:24 am
There has been plenty of coverage over the last few days about Elon Musk's stakebuilding in Twitter and what it could mean for the micro-blogging website.
Several newspapers, including the Daily Mail, even went so far to report rumours that he may interested in launching a hostile takeover. Below are the links to their articles:..
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Thursday, 19 December 2019, 5:43 pm
One of Betaville's favourite City commentators has produced another fine column today.
Simon English of the Evening Standard's City pages is his usual amusing and insightful self with today's piece entitled: "if it aint fixed don't broke it".
If you have a spare moment Betaville recommends giving it a read...
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Thursday, 25 July 2019, 6:41 am
Betaville applauds the Evening Standard's excellent City Spy column yesterday sticking up for a young Finanical Times hack that just a couple of days ago was viciously attacked on Twitter by UBS for "agenda journalism"...
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Monday, 6 November 2017, 9:11 pm
CNBC's David Faber landed a great scoop today about Walt Disney's recent deal talks with 21st Century Fox. Below is the link:
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/06/21st-century-fox-has-been-holding-talks-to-sell-most-of-company-to-disney-sources.html..
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Wednesday, 4 October 2017, 9:21 am
Good to see Bob Iger, chief executive of Walt Disney Co, finally confirm to the CNBC (see the link below) the company did come close to purchasing micro blogging website Twitter.
https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/03/disney-ceo-bob-iger-confirms-twitter-bid.html..
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Wednesday, 14 June 2017, 8:47 am
The dynamic Danas over at the venerable Wall Street journal dug out a cracking scoop late yesterday about Sweden's Hexagon AB weighing a $20 billion sale of the business. Here is the link in case you missed it:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/hexagon-holds-early-stage-talks-with-rivals-on-possible-sale-1497383843..
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Wednesday, 21 December 2016, 10:44 pm
I'm sure I will be on the receiving end of a load of unpleasant abuse from various trolls after this little update but I think loyal and sensible readers deserve a follow up piece since my original RARE ALERT about Walt Disney rekindling its interest in buying Twitter. Here is a link to that piece published in October:..
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Thursday, 1 December 2016, 4:48 pm
It would appear some people in the echo chamber on the other side of the pond don't "get" Betaville. This is particularly evident with aspects of my recent Twitter stories, which are being mis-represented on Twitter (I realise there are many ironies here). Either that or there are some scallywags trying to deliberately mis-quote Betaville in markets for their own ends...
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