1. Twitter's Initial Public Offering (IPO)
... Bureau Chief Cheryl Fiandaca, who kept the public informed by tweeting on the day of the Boston Marathon Bombing, all rang the bell ("Twitter Stock Soars"). At 9:30 am Eastern Time, when the bell was rung, the company's Twitter page tweeted '#Ring!' (Devaney, Tim). However, it wasn't till 10:49am Eastern Time, when the first trade was made ... 25% more shares to the pot, making a total 421 million shares to be sold. Trading was to begin on the 18th of May at 11:00 am ET, however it was delayed till 11:30 am due to a glitch in the NASDAQ. This was not the only technical difficulty t...
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