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Twitter ‘Headwinds’ Continue To Stall User Growth

Twitter (TWTR) received at least five downgrades and at least seven price target cuts Wednesday as Wall Street worried about the company’s lackluster user growth in Q1 and the possible loss of advertising share those results signal. After an 18% stock price plunge late Tuesday, the Twitter stock was down 5% in midday trading in the stock market today, near 40. Twitter’s Q1 earnings leaked about an hour before the market close Tuesday. Revenue rose

Twitter, Q1 Earnings Out Early, Dives On Sales Miss

Microblog Twitter (TWTR) saw its stock tumble into the close Tuesday after its earnings results were posted ahead of schedule, with Q1 sales missing expectations. Trading on Twitter was temporarily halted after leaked earnings came out. Twitter then officially released its results shortly before the close of trading in the regular session. Almost all companies post before the open or, as in Twitter’s case, after the close. In any case, Twitter

Facebook Messenger Adds Video Calls; Stock On Hold

Facebook (FB) on Monday added video calls to its fast-expanding Messenger service, posing a challenge to Apple (AAPL) FaceTime and Microsoft (MSFT) Skype. But investors have put Facebook’s stock on hold as social networks Twitter (TWTR) and LinkedIn (LNKD) are poised to report earnings this week. Facebook’s Messenger, which boasts more than 600 million monthly users, is already a major player in mobile Internet calls. But on Monday, the social