Six news items to get you ready for this weekend’s cocktail parties and other current events chatter:
1. Twitter Is Ready for Its Closeup. Twitter Inc. officially went public on Thursday, hitting the New York Stock Exchange in the most anticipated tech initial public offering of the year. In the run-up to the IPO, the talk had been Twitter’s high opening price of $26 per share. According to CMSWire, Twitter had already increased its starting price on two separate occasions prior to Thursday’s Wall Street debut—a move that raised eyebrows with analysts. Turns out Twitter may have set the bar too low. The stock officially opened at $45 a share, hit $50 at 11:00 a.m., and eventually closed at $44.90, according to the Wall Street Journal. Twitter, meanwhile, brought out several notable users to ring the opening bell, including actor Patrick Stewart, members of the Boston Police Department, and a girl who used Twitter to raise money to bring awareness to child slavery. At least they didn’t call on Ashton Kutcher, who is apparently taking his role as Steve Jobs a little too seriously.
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