02/05/2015 23:44 clock
Twitter is growing more slowly. The Internet short message service announced on Thursday after US market close a rise in the number of users by 1.4 percent to 288 million within three months known. This is the slowest growth for several quarters. Compared with the previous year, the US group had thus a fifth more users. Sales in the quarter to the end of 2014 doubled while almost surpassing the expectations of experts, as well as the profit excluding special items. In particular, the number of users is tracked on the market with great attention. The lower growth rate is likely to increase pressure on CEO Dick Costolo.
Twitter reported 125 million euros net loss
The Twitter Share broke immediately after the announcement of the results at eight percent, recovered However, in the course and tended later virtually unchanged. While Twitter is one of the world’s most popular Internet services. However, the company is struggling to broaden its user base. Experts point for comparison in particular Facebook now almost 1.4 billion users worldwide. Twitter announced in mid-November to try to build new services and expand the possibilities of his classic 140-character messages.
In the fourth quarter, sales increased to EUR 479 million after 243 million in the same period last year. Analysts polled by Reuters had expected $ 453.1 million. The net loss was 125 million, or 20 cents per share. Excluding special items, was a profit per share of twelve cents, while the experts had six cents expected. (reuters)
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