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Twitter Buyout Coming?

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Today’s big news is rumors of a Twitter buyout. According to “sources,” whatever that means, Twitter is close to receiving a formal takeover offer. This makes Twitter the latest so-called business with a huge internet presents, but no way to make money, to be snapped up by another company that thinks that they know what Twitter doesn’t: how to make money. Twitter is, of course, a huge internet icon. Unlike Tumblr before, which never made a penny, and was inexplicably snapped up by Yahoo. Yahoo came to find out that Tumblr not making any money may not have been by choice. The company never reached anything even close to the modest $100 million goal set for it, and was eventually written down by Yahoo as essentially worth nothing, despite having paid $1 billion for it. See my Credit Check Total review. Which brings us to Twitter. Twitter does make some money. Twitter’s second quarter filing showed revenue of $602 million for the quarter, but a loss of $107 million. A little math shows that it costs over $700 million just to run Twitter each quarter. And, that may be where other companies think they can do better. Although Yahoo was naive to …

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Apple Stock Good Investment or Passing Fad

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People are always asking me if I think certain stocks are a good investment. There is a flaw in the question, but we’ll get to that in a minute. Right now, let’s get right to the real question people are always asking me these days. Is Apple Stock a good investment? What people mean when they ask me that is not whether or not Apple is a good investment, but whether or not I think Apple stock will go up a lot … soon … really soon. They also want to know whether or not I think Apple stock will go down, but that is not why they ask the question. They want to buy Apple stock because it sounds like a smart investment, or because it feels like a smart investment. Of course, none of this has anything to do with an in-depth analysis of the company’s stock and it’s prospects for future growth and earnings. It’s all about buzz. They heard about the iPhone and it’s a big hit! They heard about the iPad and it’s a big hit! They heard about the NEW iPhone, and it’s a big hit! Now, they hear that Apple’s earnings are higher …

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