Twitter's New Owner

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🗓️ 26 April 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Now that Elon Musk has a deal in place to take Twitter private, we have a few questions. (0:20) Bill Mann discusses: - The mediocre performance (to date) of Twitter's business - Whether Tesla shareholders should be nervous about Musk running another company - How other ad-driven businesses like Pinterest and Facebook are feeling - The latest results, and near-term future, for bellwether stock UPS (14:00) Inflation is rising, but that's probably not a good enough reason by itself to expect a raise at work. Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp talk with Kara Chambers, head of People Development at The Motley Fool, for insights and suggestions. Stocks discussed: TWTR, DRI, TSLA, FB, PINS, UPS Want even more stock ideas? Get a copy of our FREE investing starter kit - http://fool.com/starterkit Host: Chris Hill Guests: Bill Mann, Alison Southwick, Robert Brokamp, Kara Chambers Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineers: Dan Boyd, Rick Engdahl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	We've got some questions about Elon Musk buying Twitter and we've got suggestions for
0:09.7	getting a raise in your salary.
0:11.6	Motley Fool Money starts now.
0:15.1	I'm Chris Hill, joined by Motley Fool's Senior Endless Bill Mann.
0:17.9	Thanks for being here.
0:18.9	What do you want to talk about Chris?
0:20.7	There's a little something in the news.
0:24.4	Earnings from UPS and we'll get to that shortly.
0:28.0	At first we've got to talk about what everybody in the financial media is talking about, which
0:31.8	is we've got to talk about Musk, don't we?
0:34.2	We absolutely do.
0:35.5	We absolutely do.
0:36.8	Even though I was thinking earlier today, when was the last time there was this much
0:41.5	oxygen spent on a company that's being taken private?
0:46.1	And I think maybe it was when Warren Buffett and 3G Capital got together to take hines
0:52.7	off the public markets.
0:55.5	Which similar consumer profile, I guess, they're taking over big catch-ups.
1:02.4	So in this case, they're taking over big tweet, I guess?
1:07.5	Big tweet, yes.
1:09.4	There are a few things to get to here.
1:13.4	I'm going to start on Twitter, Josh Brown, the CEO of Ritholz Wealth, who does not tweet
1:18.9	often, but tweeted on Monday the following.
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