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Twitter has reported its quarterly earnings for the first time since its initial public offering in November, but the results hardly came as birdsong to investors' ears. Twitter CEO Dick Costolo described the period ending on December 31 – Twitter's fourth fiscal quarter – as "our strongest financial quarter to date," and …

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  1. Electric Panda

    Retweeted by Electric Panda

    lol told you so! @twitter - our earnings are down, this isn't a profitable business model! #fail #yolo

  2. JDX Gold badge

    IPO-related overhead, including a $521m charge for stock-based compensation expenses

    WTF? We see numbers thrown around but five hundred million dollars as a fee?

    1. I ain't Spartacus Gold badge

      Re: IPO-related overhead, including a $521m charge for stock-based compensation expenses

      I assume that's not the fees, so much as the giving staff loads of shares so they don't instantly leave expense.

  3. Vociferous

    Retweeted by Vociferous

    Couldn't have happened to a more pointless IPO.

    #twitter #overvalued #junk #sellsellsell

  4. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    @CEO #Dick, @twitter #FullOfTwats

  5. Martin Budden Silver badge

    Fortunately I have not lost a single cent from this stock plummet. #foolsandtheirmoney

    1. Charlie Clark Silver badge

      Are you sure your bank or pension fund didn't lose money for you?

  6. armyknife

    titles are for toffs.

    "$521m charge for stock-based compensation expenses"

    The 'pumping' is over, the 'dumping' is about to begin.

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