- With Twitter (TWTR +5.7%) sale news coming fast and furious now, Recode reports that Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL -0.2%) isn't planning to make an offer and that Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is unlikely as well.
- Twitter shares have given up the day's gains after hours, -5.5%. Apple is up 0.3% in late trading.
- A source says Twitter should have "low expectations" of an offer from Apple. And with Google reportedly not moving forward, that may leave the driver's seat open for Salesforce.com (CRM -5.8%), whose stock appears to drop the more it talks about buying Twitter. But Disney (DIS -0.2%) is still in the mix (or at least doesn't have as many sources tamping down reports of its interest).
- A Reuters report earlier said that Twitter would look to end sale discussions by the time of its Q3 earnings report, Oct. 27.
- Previously: Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff comments on Twitter reports, obscurity persists (Oct. 05 2016)
- Previously: WSJ: Twitter to field bids this week, likely from CRM, GOOG, DIS (Oct. 04 2016)