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RockRaven

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3. If someone offers to massively overpay, you sort of have to accept...

Reply to grumpyduck (Original post)

Sat Nov 19, 2022, 02:12 PM

Nov 2022

$54.20/share was so inflated that the various parties with fiduciary duties were obliged to go along with the sale.

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So why did Twitter sell? [View all] grumpyduck Nov 2022 OP

They were facing serious financial problems DavidDvorkin Nov 2022 #1

Musk offered twice the value of the company edhopper Nov 2022 #2

More Than 3X! ProfessorGAC Nov 2022 #5

Thank goodness he was long on crypto Effete Snob Nov 2022 #8

Well Played! ProfessorGAC Nov 2022 #9

If someone offers to massively overpay, you sort of have to accept... RockRaven Nov 2022 #3

Got it. Thank you. grumpyduck Nov 2022 #4

And, get this... Effete Snob Nov 2022 #7

Yo Grumpy Effete Snob Nov 2022 #6

I don't have a business, but grumpyduck Nov 2022 #13

Time to cash out C_U_L8R Nov 2022 #10

I think this was their motivation Clash City Rocker Nov 2022 #11

money, simple republianmushroom Nov 2022 #12

They basically had no choice Polybius Nov 2022 #14

Just think of all the happy stockholders who got out at the right time. Even if not their choice. keithbvadu2 Nov 2022 #15

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