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\f0\fs24 \cf0 Twitter\'92s financial woes\
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Twitter CEO Dick Costolo is stepping down after failing to stem the messaging platform\'92s slowing user growth. Despite revenue of $1.4 billion last year, it hasn't made a profit since its stock market debut in 2013\
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Quarterly revenue\
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$312m Q2 $361m Q3 $479m Q4 $436m Q1 $470m* Q2\
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*estimate by Twitter\'92s chief financial officer\
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Twitter share price ($)\
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2014 Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec 2015 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun\
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30 35 40 45 50 55\
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Oct 9: $55.29\
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Nov 10: $39.59\
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2014: Report suggests 44% of users have never tweeted\
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Oct 24: Share price falls following Q3 losses of $175m and user growth of just 4.8% over Q2\
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Apr 7: $52.87\
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Apr 27: $51.66\
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$35.84\
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Apr 27-29: Share price falls 25% as Q2 revenue fails to meet expectations\
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Sources: Twitter, NYSE, Twopcharts\
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