For simplicity's sake, let's reduce Twitter's net margins to Google's, which are a gusher-like 21%.

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For simplicity's sake in our illustration of trading math, let's assume that this is the precise exchange ratio.

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For simplicity's sake, the internal conversion rate should be one-to-one, Mr. Bootle says.

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