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The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Twitter, Salesforce and Tencent

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For Immediate Release

Chicago, IL – Jan 29, 2018 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include Twitter ), Salesforce (CRM - Free Report) ) and Tencent (TCEHY - Free Report) .

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Here are highlights from Friday’s Analyst Blog:

Why Was Twitter Soaring on Friday?

Shares of Twitter were up more than 7.5% in early afternoon trading on Friday after the social media company once again found itself at the center of multiple reports suggesting that it could see a takeover offer soon.

Twitter briefly crossed over the $24 per share mark shortly after Bloomberg reported that customer-relations software giant Salesforce was considering a bid for the company. Salesforce has been linked to Twitter takeover rumors for years, and the two companies were engaged in unsuccessful deal talks as recently as October 2016.

Meanwhile, notable short-selling firm Citron Research, which actually holds a long position in Twitter, speculated that Chinese tech giant Tencent could be a bidder:

Shares of Salesforce gained about 1.2% in the wake of the latest round of rumors. Tencent was up more than 2.7% in morning trading.

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