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Re:Twitter Deal Temporarily on Hold by zerocrates on Friday May 13, 2022 @07:14AM (#31365913)
Feels like you'd have to offer substantially more premium, or more breakup fee, or (probably) both, if you've intentionally broken your last deal and then you turn around and propose another.

Now that's premium starting from a lower base, but...

Also, it does feel a little "manipulation"-y to tank the price on news of you yourself trashing your deal, then taking advantage of that to make the same deal but cheaper?

Of course any analysis is assuming Elon actually means it and didn't just tweet this as a joke or on a whim.

Re:Twitter Deal Temporarily on Hold by kibwen on Friday May 13, 2022 @07:25AM (#31366014)
> Also, it does feel a little "manipulation"-y to tank the price on news of you yourself trashing your deal, then taking advantage of that to make the same deal but cheaper?

Elon Musk's past behavior has shown him to be extremely comfortable with this tactic.