Twitter tries to spur growth with shopping and political donations
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TWITTER Inc's plans to let users buy goods and make political donations through tweets offer a path to reach new customers and build profit at a time when the company has struggled to increase its audience.
On Tuesday, Twitter announced that it has partnered with mobile payment company Square Inc to accept online donations for US political campaigns. A day earlier, it tied up with payment processor Stripe Inc to let shoppers buy products directly with a tweet.
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