Twitter has, by most estimates, 75 million visitors a month, which makes it one of the largest social networds in the world. All major media companies have a presence on Twitter and some are followed by over one million Twitter users.
24/7 Wall St. will look at the Twitter posts at Reuters Biz, WSJ, Financial Times, CNN Money, MarketWatch, CNBC, and 24/7 Wall St. each day to see which stocks are most frequently mentioned. It is clear that in this area of social media these tweet are a sign of which companies the Twitter universe is interested in. These financial sites are followed by a combined 625,000 Twitter users which makes them a sizeable sample of Wall St.’s interests. In some cases, we will publish the actual tweets from the sites.
Each tweet has the source and the tweet itself.
A great deal of the focus on financial media Twitter pages was on Apple’s (AAPL) iPad and the death of board member Jerome York. Google’s (GOOG) China problems were also mentioned frequently. Earnings from Palm (PALM) and GameStop (GME) were prominent in discussions of corporate financial results
24/7: AppleInvestor Tech Today: Apple Scrambles to Secure iPad Deals, Review Site Yelp Sued by Local Businesses: Apple is still workin… http://bit.ly/clEXQe
CNBC: BuffettWatch Blog: Warren Buffett (With Tats and Bandana) Reveals His Inner Axl Rose http://bit.ly/9aQiuv $BRK $BRK.A $BRK.B #WarrenBuffett
Reuters Biz: Arrow shares halted; Shell/PetroChina to sweeten bid? http://link.reuters.com/raq44j
Reuters Biz: Samsung, LG see growth, but know rivals are catching http://link.reuters.com/tym44j
Reuters Biz: Google may announce China plans next Monday: report http://link.reuters.com/zaj44j
WSJ: Apple has sold hundreds of thousands of iPads as the company races to secure media deals http://on.wsj.com/9Zh2Nq
CNNMoney: Greenspan offers a mixed mea culpa http://bit.ly/aI1zjb
MarketWatch: Palm cuts losses despite disappointing sales http://bit.ly/a0NYnG
FT: YouTube ‘knew of copyright violations’: YouTube executives were aware early on in the video sharing website’s hist… http://bit.ly/bMcTlc
MarketWatch: GameStop net tumbles, but investors hopeful on outlook http://bit.ly/de4pXE
Douglas A. McIntyre
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