Stubbornly, they arranged themselves into a most unexpected conclusion, one that seems almost blasphemy to type: Twitter has the potential to match some of the money-gushing properties of the Internet's greatest money gusher, Google Inc.

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Barry Diller is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of IAC, an Internet company whose properties include Ask.com, Match.com, Citysearch, Evite, The Daily Beast and Vimeo.

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Attempts have since been made to match the prices of the funds more closely to the market value of the properties.

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As chief executive and chairman of IAC, Diller has used that confidence--and Malone's backing--to get his hands on some of the most coveted Internet properties available, including Ask.com, Expedia.com, Match.com, LendingTree.com (coveted, at least, until the subprime mortgage crisis began) and Ticketmaster.

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