Brean Capital Reiterates Buy on Twitter (TWTR) Following 'Moments' Launch

Twitter (TWTR) Trades to Session Highs Late; Shares Near Key Technical

Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) will likely be in focus tomorrow as the stock approaches the key $30 price level.

Shares rose as much as 8.4 percent to $29.95 on Wednesday's session as Prince Alwalled Bin Talal... More

British PM Cameron Attacks Twitter (TWTR) Users

British prime minister David Cameron is launching an attack against Twitter (NYSE: TWTR).

During his keynote speech to the Conservative Party conference on Wednesday, Cameron commented... More

Prince Alwalled Bin Talal Shows New 5.17% Stake in Twitter, Inc. (TWTR)

In a 13G filing on Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR), Prince Alwalled Bin Talal disclosed a 5.17%, or 34,948,975 share, stake in the company.

The prince and his kingdom first invested $300 million in Twitter in 2011.

The new investment makes Prince Alwaleed and KHC the second... More

Twitter rolls out feature that showcases day's best tweets

By Yasmeen Abutaleb

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter Inc rolled out its much-anticipated "Project Lightning" on Tuesday, a feature that shows users the site's best tweets and content as curated by a Twitter team.

The feature, introduced a day after Twitter announced interim Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey would stay on permanently, is one of a slate of projects under Dorsey that aims to ramp up Twitter's waning user engagement and growth.

When users open the Twitter app on their mobile phones, they... More

Twitter (TWTR) Launches 'Moments'

One day after naming Jack Dorsey as permanent CEO, Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) has launched 'Project Lightning' aka 'Moments', which seeks to help users find "the best of whats happening on Twitter in an instant."

Going to the "Moments" page now, for instance, users would find "South Carolina flood breaks dams" and "California enacts right-to-die bill".

Twitter admitted that in the past finding these only-on-Twitter moments "could be a challenge", especially if... More

Twitter (TWTR) Offers Additional Commentary on New Buttons, Tweet Count Depreciation

Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) posted the following to its Developer blog on Tuesday:

Recently, we announced a new design for our Tweet and follow buttons, as well as a deprecation of the Tweet count feature. We expect to ship these changes by Nov. 20, 2015. We wanted to... More

Twitter (TWTR) CFO Anthony Noto Botches His First 'Moments' Tweet

Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) investors are a little nervous today after yesterday's big run up on the Jack Dorsey news. Today, the company ships "Moments" and Twitter CFO Anthony Noto just botched his first one. Noto sent followers to a... More

Market Wrap: Twitter Affirms Dorsey as CEO; DuPont CEO Kullman to Step Down; Peltz Gets Active on GE

Market wrap for October 5th

End of the Day: S&P 500 up 36.0 to 1,987.05; Dow Jones up 304.1 to 16,776.43; Nasdaq up 73.5 to 4,781.26

Market Brief: U.S. markets rose Monday following last Friday's nonfarm jobs report, with weaker numbers hinting that the Fed might delay its rate hike.

Twitter officially named Jack Dorsey as its permanent CEO.

Nelson Peltz's Trian Fund took a 1 percent stake in General Electric.

BP and the U.S. settled over the 2010 oil spill in... More

'Jack Back' an Incremental Positive for Twitter (TWTR), Cantor Fitzgerald Says

Cantor Fitzgerald analyst Youssef Squali reiterated a Buy rating and $50 price target on Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) after the company named Jack Dorsey as permanent CEO. The analyst views this as a incremental positive for the stock short-term.

Squali commented, "Today, Twitter... More

Streetinsider.com's Hot Lunchtime Reads 10/5: (AAPL) (ONCE) (TWTR) (BLUE)

The following is a list of notable articles to help get you through the lunch hour:Paul Tudor Jones Says 'Income Inequality' is Hot Button Topic; Discusses JUST Capital and Fed ->... More

Twitter (TWTR) CEO Appointment has Many Positives, Few Negatives - Cowen

Cowen affirms Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) at Market Perform with a price target of $30 after the company named Jack Dorsey as CEO.

Analyst John Blackledge sees the news as a modest positive for the stock. The analyst commented, We see merit to... More

Notable Analyst Rating Changes 10/5: (TWTR) (FOLD) (JNPR) Upgraded; (SNI) (LRCX) (FEYE) Downgraded

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Axiom Capital upgraded Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) from Hold to Buy with a price target of $37.

Chardan Capital Markets upgraded Amicus Therapeutics (Nasdaq: FOLD) from Neutral to Buy with a... More

Jack Back Twitter (TWTR) News Seen as 'Neutral' Event at RBC Capital

RBC Capital analyst Mark Mahaney weighed in on Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) after the company announced that Jack Dorsey, the Co-Founder and interim CEO, has been named the full-time CEO, but will no longer be Chairman. Adam Bain, Twitters President of Global Revenue &... More

Twitter (TWTR) Made 'Right Move', SunTrust's Peck Says

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey analyst Robert Peck weighed in on Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) following news Jack Dorsey was made permanent CEO.

Peck commented, "Today, Jack Dorsey was named permanent CEO of Twitter (maintaining the CEO role at Square as well). Most investors have expected... More

Topeka Capital Upgrades Twitter, Inc. (TWTR) to Buy

Topeka Capital upgraded Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) from Hold to Buy.

For an analyst ratings summary and ratings history on Twitter, Inc. click here. For more ratings news on Twitter, Inc. click here.

Shares of Twitter, Inc. closed at $26.31 yesterday.

Pre-Open Stock Movers 10/05: (ONCE) (FOLD) (TWTR) Higher; (APP) (FEYE) (VRX) Lower (more...)

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Twitter (TWTR) Jack Dorsey Hire 'Step in the Right Direction', Baird Said

Baird analyst Colin Sebastian weighed in on Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) following news Jack Dorsey is back as permanent CEO, calling it a step in the right direction.

Sebastian commented, "As we highlighted in our September 2 note, we believe Dorsey has the requisite... More

Twitter appoints Jack Dorsey CEO, seeks new chairman

By Abhirup Roy and Yasmeen Abutaleb

(Reuters) - Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) named Jack Dorsey as its permanent CEO but said it would look elsewhere for a chairman, seeking to allay concerns about its co-founder's dual role as head of the mobile payments company Square.

Twitter's shares rose as much as 6 percent on Monday after the announcement, which ended months of speculation about who would take the top job at the microblogging service.

Dorsey has been running Twitter as interim CEO to much acclaim since his predecessor, Dick Costolo, stepped down on... More

Twitter (TWTR) Names Jack Dorsey as CEO

Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) disclosed the following on Monday:

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On September 30, 2015, the Board of Directors (the Board) of Twitter, Inc. (Twitter) appointed Jack Dorsey, Co-Founder and interim Chief Executive Officer, as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Dorsey will continue to serve as a member of the Board, but will no longer act as Chairman. Mr. Dorsey will also continue to serve as Chief Executive Officer of Square, Inc., the payments and financial services... More

Axiom Capital Upgrades Twitter, Inc. (TWTR) to Buy

Axiom Capital upgraded Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) from Hold to Buy with a price target of $37.00.

For an analyst ratings summary and ratings history on Twitter, Inc. click here. For more ratings news on Twitter, Inc. click here.

Shares of Twitter, Inc. closed at $26.31 yesterday.