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Twitter Jumps After Steve Ballmer Confirms He Bought 4% Stake

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When @Steven_Ballmer tweeted last night about acquiring a 4% stake in TWTR, many thought he was either hacked or the account was bogus. It appears, given Bloomberg headlines that this has been confirmed. A 4% stake makes him a bigger holder than Jack Dorsey who owns 3.2%.


The initial tweet...

And Bloomberg appears to confirm at 1132ET:

  • *STEVE BALLMER SAYS HE OWNS 4% STAKE IN TWITTER
  • *STEVE BALLMER COMMENTS IN E-MAIL TO BLOOMBERG NEWS
  • Steve Ballmer confirms in e-mail to Bloomberg News that he owns a 4% stake in Twitter.

The result...

 

 

Don't get too excited though...

 

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Fri, 10/16/2015 - 11:46 | 6675283 insanelysane
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Guarantee that Balmer won't be tweeting that he just sold Twitter but is anyone watching?

Fri, 10/16/2015 - 11:56 | 6675323 38BWD22
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Twitter?

#NoGracias

Fri, 10/16/2015 - 12:15 | 6675410 Oh regional Indian
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This is how Jewish monies are moved around.

Ballmer (Jew) to Biz Stone (what kind of name is that anyways) Jewish....

Keeping the game alive, all theae made men in tech, playing 3 card monte.... pretty disgustingly open about the bergs, steins and now Stones...

SillyCON Valley is run by the Establishment...Fucking disgusting...did I already say that? Fucking disgusting....

Fri, 10/16/2015 - 12:03 | 6675358 Larry Dallas
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This is the kiss of death for Twitter.

Fri, 10/16/2015 - 13:08 | 6675643 t0mmyBerg
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Exactly!  What a great short bounce.  Why would anyone buy anything Ballmer bought?  He has to be the biggest and most undeserving idiot of all time!  Lucky wanker in the right lace at the right time sticking with Gates.  Ffs.

Fri, 10/16/2015 - 11:55 | 6675318 _ConanTheLibert...
Fri, 10/16/2015 - 11:43 | 6675260 RacerX
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because steve ballmer knows tech. /sarc

https://youtu.be/eywi0h_Y5_U

Fri, 10/16/2015 - 11:43 | 6675265 NoWayJose
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I would not take a steve ballmer buy as guaranteed success

Fri, 10/16/2015 - 11:44 | 6675269 Dr. Engali
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Oh isn't that special? Steve is trying to be Carl Icahn. What a douche. 

Fri, 10/16/2015 - 11:44 | 6675271 ebworthen
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Twitter: Windows Millenium Edition!

Fri, 10/16/2015 - 12:06 | 6675375 813kml
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Twitter needs some Clippy.

Fri, 10/16/2015 - 11:45 | 6675274 SloMoe
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Same guy that wanted to buy Yahoo? meh

Fri, 10/16/2015 - 11:45 | 6675280 Temporalist
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Yay!  Some asshole made a boneheaded move!  Everyone pile in!

Fri, 10/16/2015 - 11:47 | 6675287 insanelysane
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Who the fuck is following what Steve Ballmer is doing?  Does he have a Twitter rap?

Fri, 10/16/2015 - 11:48 | 6675289 yogibear
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Steve Ballmer helped Microsoft ride into the sunset.

So many failures under him. Pretty much no innovation.

Now the Indians are in control. An Indian company will probably take over Microsoft.

Fri, 10/16/2015 - 11:50 | 6675300 Consuelo
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Yeah but...   

 

The difference is Ballmer sweats a lot but more than likely wears deordorant.   The Kuldeeps on the other hand...

Fri, 10/16/2015 - 11:48 | 6675292 Consuelo
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Ballmer Funk...

 

 

Fri, 10/16/2015 - 11:50 | 6675297 buzzsaw99
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Crawl faster. [/Newt]

Fri, 10/16/2015 - 11:53 | 6675313 _ConanTheLibert...
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Explain /newt please. Thanks you.

Fri, 10/16/2015 - 11:58 | 6675322 buzzsaw99
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It's the "Newt" eCONoME. lulz

It's the "Aliens" eCONoME.

theme friday? i dunno, make something up.

Riiiiippplee...

Fri, 10/16/2015 - 11:52 | 6675310 _ConanTheLibert...
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Steve Ballmer? Who was that again? Not heard from him in a long time.

Fri, 10/16/2015 - 11:53 | 6675315 Panic Mode
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What a toss twat.

Fri, 10/16/2015 - 12:10 | 6675328 Atomizer
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On noes. Steve Ballmer? Cannot wait for Zuckerberg counter offer to consolidate a worthless social media platform. 

Fri, 10/16/2015 - 12:17 | 6675411 JuliaS
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Someone beat me to Ballmer Rap. I yield.

Fri, 10/16/2015 - 12:25 | 6675450 Dr_D
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Given his recent business record the share price of Twitter should rather fall than rise..

Fri, 10/16/2015 - 12:27 | 6675458 Anopheles
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Better question is who did Ballmer buy it FROM? 

Maybe we'll find the real winner...... 

Fri, 10/16/2015 - 12:34 | 6675495 tommylicious
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Why buy because that dipshit bought?  Look what he did to MSFT stock price under his tenure.  Sell the fucking dumb-ass TWTR.

Fri, 10/16/2015 - 13:17 | 6675687 Gypsy Ramono
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Twitter looks like a great buy. P/E: NA Div: NA. Dorsey laid off 8% of the workforce. Most importantly Donald Trump Tweets. Like most people I use Twitter 24/7. I will sell my useless G & S and buy Twitter. Share price will skyrocket to the moon!

Sarc!

Fri, 10/16/2015 - 12:38 | 6675512 FlacoGee
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SELL ALL RALLIES

Fri, 10/16/2015 - 13:52 | 6675850 machop
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I thought you should run away with anything he touches.

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