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Exclusive: Groupon Will Dump Controversial ACSOI Accounting in Amended IPO Filing

Kara Swisher in Commerce on August 5, 2011 at 2:49 pm PT

The social buying phenom is planning to bid goodbye — and good riddance — to its lightning rod of an accounting metric.

Not So Much on Groupon IPO Delay, But SEC Scrutiny Still a Drag

Kara Swisher in Commerce on July 27, 2011 at 11:51 am PT

The Groupon public offering is still on schedule, despite a CNBC report saying it is delayed, but it is also not without its bumps.

What to Expect When You’re Expecting a Zynga IPO (Insider Selling, Natch!)

Kara Swisher in Commerce on June 29, 2011 at 8:07 am PT

So exactly how fecund is “FarmVille”? If reports hold, we’ll all find out today what the yield is from the online gaming phenom Zynga, which will finally be filing its regulatory documents sometime today. Here’s what to watch out for.

A Sneak Peek at Zynga’s IPO: How to Turn Virtual Goods Into Real Money

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on June 24, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

With Zynga’s IPO filing likely to hit any day now, the question is: What will it tell us? The Facebook game developer will be the first major U.S. company supported primarily by the sale of virtual goods to go public. Just how might that work? Hard to say.

Liveblogging Demand Media's Q1 Earnings: Perky Perfecting!

Kara Swisher in Media on May 5, 2011 at 2:13 pm PT

Today, after Demand Media beat Wall Street expectations, its cheerful execs got on the horn with investors to explain how it plans to beat the Panda. That would be the beastly name for Google’s rejiggering of its search algorithm, in order to rid search results of poor quality content. BoomTown liveblogged the event, of course.

Demand Media Beats the Street in Q1 Earnings and Promises to Clean Up Its Content Act

Kara Swisher in Media on May 5, 2011 at 1:39 pm PT

Demand Media handily beat Wall Street expectations in its first quarter results today, released after the market closed. The company reported revenue of $79.5 million and six cents a share in adjusted net income. Investors were expecting the company to report about $69.6 million in revenue for the three months, with four cents a share in profits. On a GAAP basis, net loss per share was 13 cents compared to 94 cents a year ago.

Cisco Earnings Beat Estimates, but Only by a Little

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on February 9, 2011 at 1:15 pm PT

Air pockets have been transformed into “a period of transition” for CEO John Chambers.

LinkedIn Aims to Raise $175 Million in IPO, Filing Shows

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on January 27, 2011 at 1:41 pm PT

LinkedIn’s filings with the SEC show the social networking site for professionals was profitable in the first nine months of 2010, but says it doesn’t expect to remain so in 2011 as costs rise.