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Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Twitter names ex-Google executive Kordestani chairman, (NASDAQ: GOOG), (NASDAQ: GOOGL), (NYSE: TWTR)

Twitter Inc appointed former Google Inc executive Omid Kordestani as its executive chairman, the latest step in the company's turnaround efforts under Jack Dorsey, who last week was named permanent CEO.Kordestani's extensive sales experience could prove a good counterpoint to Twitter co-founder Dorsey's product knowledge and vision, analysts said."It's rare you get to be at a company with an amazing business that's also transforming the world," Kordestani tweeted. "I've had good fortune to be at three: Netscape, @google, and now @twitter." Kordestani, a former Google chief business officer and senior adviser, will join Twitter's board but not the company. He offered few other details on his role and how he will split duties with Dorsey.

Alphabet Inc (Alphabet) is a collection of Companies. Shares of GOOG fell by 0.12% or $-0.76/share to $651.54. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $486.23 and as high as $678.64. On average, 2603030 shares of GOOG exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 938664.

Alphabet Inc (Alphabet) is a collection of Companies. Shares of GOOGL fell by 0.22% or $-1.5/share to $681.67. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $490.91 and as high as $713.33. On average, 2650280 shares of GOOGL exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 1072108.

Twitter, Inc. (Twitter) is a global platform for public self-expression and conversation in real time. Shares of TWTR traded higher by 1.93% or $0.56/share to $29.62. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $21.01 and as high as $53.49. On average, 22567600 shares of TWTR exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 22124295.



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