For those who want to know the economics and commerce behind the tweeted words, a Forbes.com report explains that under the SEC rules JOBS Act, that was passed in the US last year, "emerging growth companies" can file their S-1's (to go Public) confidentially, if the annual taxable income is less than $1 billion. The report further mentions that valuation of the company's secondary stocks puts it in the $10 billion plus range. Considering that promoted tweets is the only monetary component of the website, its low income capacity of the seven-year old company isn’t that much of a surprise.
Considering how FB stocks have picked up in the recent past, would have surely given the guys at Twitter the much-needed confidence. Apart from the IPO which will make it a Public Limited company, it has expanded its financial aspirations by picking up mobile advertising company MoPub earlier this week.