Exceeded all expectations. Twitter makes a big splash on its opening day on wall street and makes instant millionaires out of dozens of bay area employees. Twitter executives didnt make the same mistakes facebook made a year and a half ago. They priced their stock conservatively and didnt flood the market with too many shares. Twitters stock closed this afternoon at just under 45 a share. A 2 premium from its ipo 72 premium from its ipo price of 26. Our business and Technology Reporter is live at twitter headquarters. David, i imagine that party is still going. Reporter yes, you can tell thats whats going on because theres been no one leaving the twitter building since lunchtime today. And we have also heard from a neighbor across the way at the end of the building. He says there are preparations underway for a big bash for tonight. Now, we know that theres been a lot of celebrating going on, and it was joined by Top Executives from the company who were in new york this morning for the
Recorded history. Just look at the tide of this thing. 300 miles wide. As it made land fall in the philippines. Packing wind gust in excess of 200 miles an hour. It is a massive killer. Good evening. Reports out of the philippines say the storm has cut communication and down tree or blocking roads in the center of the country. Some video emerge showing extreme storm conditions. Authorities in some areas could not be reached and the Philippine Weather Service has lost contact with its staff in the windfall area. In addition there has been wide spread flooding. The pictures show a street under knee deep water with floating debris. Many more pictures in the hours and days ahead. 10 Million People who live in the region and they are most at risk tonight. We check first with 7 news weather anchor Spencer Christian trackinghi this. This is enormous. It is a powerful dangerous storm reaching havoc in the central philippines right now. We start with the super typhoon yesterday just west of paw
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Good evening. Im dan ashley the late develop nment a family tragedy. Despair for a family. They accept the fact their daughter will die tomorrow. Shes being removed from life support after a normally simple surgery the 13yearold went to Childrens Hospital to have her tonsils out. After surgery, something went wrong. Abc7 news has been speaking with the family and is live in oakland tonight with the story. Cornell . Just a terrible story. She remains on life support here at Childrens Hospital but the family has just met in front of the hospital tonight say they will fight with Childrens Hospital oakland anymore. They have agreed to remove her from life support as soon as tomorrow morning. But this family says they need a lot of answers because i need to make sure theyre not trying to go into her room and do anything to her. She spoke with us only a moment before rushing back to the bedside of her 13yearold daughter who came to Childrens Hospital last monday to have her tonsils removed b
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