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Geographic Real Time Tweets |
As
Twitter gets ready to float its IPO which has been " among the
biggest technology IPO amidst a slowing global economy, It
also showed the " 140 character " reflects in terms of
sheer numbers and bottom line . Here are the top 5 Numbers which the
Public and Retail Investors would like to know
1)Twitter
is planning a $1 billion IPO and hopes its symbol will be TWTR — it has not
chosen an exchange yet.Twitter had reportedly been planning to raise $1.5
billion with an offering of 50 million to 55 million shares priced at $28 to
$30 each.
2)Twitter
is at the time of IPO offering 472,613,753 shares of stock. It made
$316 million in revenue in 2012, $253 million for the six months ended June 30,
2013
3)Not
many would know that among Twitter's top 3 biggest Market after
US, is Indonesia Japan and India.( source French market research firm semiocast
) Twitter is widely used by Bollywood stars like Amitabh Bachchan, who has
6.5 million followers on the service.
4)However,
Twitter had net losses of $79 million in 2012 and $69 million for the six
months endedJune 30, 2013.
5)Twitter
has 200 million monthly active users, and its users have tweeted over 300
billion times with 500 million tweets coming through every day.( venturebeat)