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Bfd

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8. Yup. Check out who upped his investment in Twitter in 2015

Reply to dalton99a (Reply #6)

Fri Oct 19, 2018, 01:44 PM

Oct 2018

https://www.google.com/amp/amp.timeinc.net/fortune/2015/10/07/saudi-prince-twitter-stock

Oct 17, 2015
Saudi billionaire Prince Alwaleed doubles his stake in Twitter

Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, the Saudi billionaire, doubled his investment in Twitter over the past six weeks, the Associated Press reports.

According to the SEC filing, Prince Alwaleed now holds 30,100,000 shares of the company while Kingdom Holding Company, his investment company of which he’s the chairman, holds 4,850,000 shares.

Combined, this adds up to over 5% of the social media site’s stock and a market value of $1 billion.
He and his company originally invested $300 million in Twitter back in 2011 before it went public in 2013.
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Twitter wouldn't really risk the billionaire investor who gave the Co a shot in the arm when business was flat, would they?

Wonder who else the Kingdom Holding Company is invested in

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Twitter kills pro-Saudi "botnet" spreading Khashoggi disinformation tweets [View all] FSogol Oct 2018 OP

It's a good start Bfd Oct 2018 #1

Yeah, but it's a shame twitter doesn't catch this on their own. It was exposed because of a NBC FSogol Oct 2018 #3

did twitter follow up? Hermit-The-Prog Oct 2018 #17

and that right there is the problem BigGermanGuy Oct 2018 #20

Yes it is,you mean our so called Media Wellstone ruled Oct 2018 #5

Hard to believe isn't it. Media plays both sides., they really don't give a hoot otherwise Bfd Oct 2018 #7

My guess is,someone Wellstone ruled Oct 2018 #13

Most likely. Step carefully with the ruthless Saudis. It is time their true business in the US is Bfd Oct 2018 #15

And they would never support terrorist attacks against skyscrapers in NYC.... erronis Oct 2018 #23

Nope never ever 🙄 Bfd Oct 2018 #26

Meet the new boss...... Same as the old boss groundloop Oct 2018 #28

Same old Oil for Dollars for Wellstone ruled Oct 2018 #30

Give NBC credit for this one FakeNoose Oct 2018 #24

True. Bfd Oct 2018 #27

Well that's Something! Cha Oct 2018 #2

Keep journalists safe.....Twitter became aware....NBC reporter provided Twitter asiliveandbreathe Oct 2018 #4

Mohammed bin Salman knows how to work the social media dalton99a Oct 2018 #6

Yup. Check out who upped his investment in Twitter in 2015 Bfd Oct 2018 #8

NPR did a story on that today FSogol Oct 2018 #9

Aha! That's interesting. I had seen chatter on twitter about it too, earlier Bfd Oct 2018 #10

+1 dalton99a Oct 2018 #11

This is a must read. Glad to see some journalist peel back a layer Bfd Oct 2018 #12

Nice shallow conspiracy theory you got there mathematic Oct 2018 #14

Doesn't matter. The point is how embedded & beholding Twitter, Bfd Oct 2018 #16

Same thing happened with Beto. I don't know if they killed it. nolabear Oct 2018 #18

This points out that all of us have a role to play in policing these social networks... SWBTATTReg Oct 2018 #19

Once any bot is identified on a social media site, shouldn't it be shut down immediately FiveGoodMen Oct 2018 #21

Not all bots are nefarious. For example, there are art bots. eom littlemissmartypants Oct 2018 #29

Hopefully, there's some way for site software to differentiate. FiveGoodMen Oct 2018 #31

what were the talking points NJCher Oct 2018 #22

I'm sure it is the same Muslim Brotherhood crap the GOP and Fox are trying to spread. n/t FSogol Oct 2018 #25