By Tom Leonard Here we go: Veteran British actor Patrick Stewart and other Twitter users rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange Dozens of Twitter’s British staff were in line for a huge payout yesterday as shares in the company soared to almost double their original price on the first day of trading in New York. Britain is the social media website’s biggest market after the US and a clutch of senior employees in London could make sums well into six figures thanks to owning shares in the company. They include Bruce Daisley, the UK general manager.
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Britain is social media website Twitter's biggest market after the US
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Senior employees in London could make sums well into six figures
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Investors were asking for 30 times number of shares that were on offer
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Actor Patrick Stewart and other Twitter users rang opening NYSE bell
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