01-10-2016 01:17 via feedproxy.google.com

Twitter shares jump 5% on report that Google is working with Lazard on a possible bid

Twitter stock increased more than 4 percent after a report today claiming that Google has tapped financial advisory firm Lazard to help it consider bidding on Twitter.
Google worked with Lazard earlier to do its acquisition of Apigee earlier this year, according to Bloomberg, citing an unnamed source.
Disney and Salesforce are also rumored to be evaluating their own bids on Twitter. The initial report that Google and Salesforce were both interested led Twitter stock to spike 20 percent.
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