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The daily deals leader is turning out to be one lean, mean, fighting machine. Though it wasn't too long ago that Groupon CEO and co-founder Andrew Mason got into trouble for writing an internal memo that leaked online, it all seems like a distant memory now. Over the past few months, Groupon has...

According to the Dow Jones Newswires, Groupon has received questions from the Securities and Exchange Commission over the outspoken memo that CEO Andrew Mason sent out to his employees late last month. The memo leaked and, within a matter of days, everyone knew what Mason was thinking. “The reason...

There is an article in the Wall Street Journal today discussing Groupon. That's nothing new, the company is set to go public before the end of the year, and many have deemed it the fastest growing tech company of all time. So why is this mention causing such a stir? It's because the company may...

In an internal memo sent to thousands of employees, Groupon CEO and co-founder Andrew Mason breaks his silence. Kara Swisher of AllThingsD has scored an exclusive look at the memo, which addresses the silly (if not absurd) controversy surrounding Groupon's accounting practices. Known as ACSOI (...

The Groupon IPO. The one everyone has been waiting for. This morning, some details were released about about the company's second quarter, as it had an amended filing with the SEC to get rid of its accounting metric, known as "adjusted consolidated segment operating income,” or ACSOI. “While we...

We knew it was coming. Groupon's prospective IPO has been the talk of the town ever since Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) attempted to acquire the daily deal organization last fall. The reports were all but daily, with every rumor indicating that Groupon would be sold to the search engine giant. Groupon...

It's not often that you can turn down $6 billion dollars and still come out ahead, but that's exactly what it looks like Groupon just did. In the world's worst-kept secret, the Chicago-based Groupon filed paperwork Thursday to raise up to $750 million in an IPO. The filing does not specify how...

In a joint venture that could forever change the way consumers buy concert tickets, Groupon has teamed up with Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: LYV) to develop a new online ticketing deals channel called GrouponLive. While this announcement isn't likely to signal the end of traditional...

Despite some verbal backlash as a result of the company's Super Bowl ads, Groupon said it plans to expand its Chinese staff to 1,000 within three months, and enter China "very soon." The company had three ads during the pre-game and the game, showing Groupon deals in the context of tragedies around...

Groupon Inc. is seeking venture capital that may value the company at around $3 billion, according to Bloomberg. Groupon wants to expand beyond the 230 markets it currently operates in, hoping to expand to 300 cities by year end. Groupon's popularity has spawned a flurry of coupon websites from...