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chris123 on Dec 19, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Saudi prince invests $300 million in Twitter

"Invests $300 million in Twitter" means "not secondary market."

samt on Dec 19, 2011 [–]

How do you figure? The Saudi Prince is "investing" regardless of how the equity is purchased. The question is if this is an "investment" from twitter's perspective. Signs seem to point to no.

chris123 on Dec 21, 2011 | [–]

The word "in" means "in", which means "not secondary market."

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