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Re:Saudi prince invests $300 million in Twitter by chris123 on Monday December 19, 2011 @05:12AM (#3369167)
"Invests $300 million in Twitter" means "not secondary market."
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Re:Saudi prince invests $300 million in Twitter by samt on Monday December 19, 2011 @11:51AM (#3370153)
How do you figure? The Saudi Prince is "investing" regardless of how the equity is purchased. The question is if this is an "investment" from twitter's perspective. Signs seem to point to no.
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Re:Saudi prince invests $300 million in Twitter by chris123 on Wednesday December 21, 2011 @06:12PM (#3379546)
The word "in" means "in", which means "not secondary market."
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