Twitter Inc prices shares at $26 - source

REUTERS - Twitter Inc on Wednesday priced its initial public offering above its expected range to raise more than $1.8 billion, according to a source, in a sign of strong investor demand for the most highly anticipated U.S. public float since Facebook Inc .

The microblogging network priced 70 million shares at $26, above the expected range of $23 to $25, which had already been raised once before.

(Reporting by Olivia Oran; Editing by Bernard Orr)