Twitter’s scarce suitors, Didi’s New York exit
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🗓️ 21 April 2022
⏱️ 22 minutes
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| 0:19.9 | The views expressed on this podcast are those of the participants, not of Rogers News. |
| 0:28.7 | Elon Musk's pursuit of Twitter has put the social network in play, but does it have any natural predators? |
| 0:35.7 | Meanwhile, D.D. Global is taking a drive out of New York, but the |
| 0:40.3 | Chinese ride-hailing firm doesn't have anywhere else to go. Tune in as our columnists discuss the latest top stories. |
| 0:50.3 | Welcome back to the Views Room. I'm Peter Tharlarsen, coming to you this week from a sunny Canary Wharf in East London. |
| 0:56.7 | This week, breaking views economists have, like many other people, been debating Elon Musk's pursuit of Twitter. |
| 1:03.6 | Meanwhile, our colleagues in Hong Kong have been looking at the fate of DD Global, |
| 1:08.1 | the China-based the US-listed ride-hailing firm, which is getting ready to cancel |
| 1:13.0 | its listing in New York. |
| 1:15.1 | First up, I talked to Rob Searin about Twitter. |
| 1:17.4 | For the past few weeks, the social network has been at the center of a drama sparked |
| 1:22.1 | by Elon Musk's disclosure of a 9% state from the firm. |
| 1:26.6 | More recently, the Tesla boss announced a sort of offer which values Twitter at $41 billion. |
| 1:32.3 | We unpick that bid and also look at whether anyone else might be interested in making an offer. |
| 1:39.3 | Next, Jennifer Hughes and Robin Mack talk about DD Global. |
| 1:43.3 | It's less than a year since the Chinese ride-hailing company completed an initial public offering in New York that raised $4 billion from investors. |
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