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“Goofy” CEO Andrew Mason on “60 Minutes” This Week

Kara Swisher in Media on January 12 at 9:58 am PT

Guess who’s back? Back again. Guess who’s back? Tell a friend.

States Cleared for Online Bets

Alexandra Berzon, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Voices on December 27, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

Some state lotteries are likely to take steps toward online gambling after a new opinion by the Justice Department that gives states a green light.

Exclusive: Groupon Prices at $20 a Share; More Than 10x Oversubscribed, So It Adds 5M More Shares

Kara Swisher in News on November 3, 2011 at 3:51 pm PT

Despite all the controversy and criticism, the daily deals site is not going out into the public markets at a discount.

President Obama’s LinkedIn Town Hall: The Other Silicon Valley Jobs Event

Kara Swisher in News on September 26, 2011 at 10:09 am PT

Here’s an idea to get more jobs for the citizens of the U.S.of A.: Fantastic high-speed wireless access!

More: Groupon Amends Its S-1 IPO Filing — Again! — Over Accounting Issues and CEO Letter

Kara Swisher in News on September 23, 2011 at 2:24 pm PT

The goat rodeo of an IPO for Groupon has a new twist — on a Friday afternoon, of course.

Uh-Oh: Groupon Loses New COO, Who’s Going Back to Google

Kara Swisher in News on September 23, 2011 at 1:54 pm PT

In a blog it just posted, Groupon said its recently hired COO, Margo Georgiadis, “has decided to return to Google (her former employer) in a new role as President, Americas.” She was hired in April, only months before the company filed to go public.

How Market Fares After Labor Day Will Determine if Groupon’s IPO Is Delayed — Or Even Pulled (Or Not)

Kara Swisher in News on September 5, 2011 at 3:07 pm PT

With all the heat on it, questions swirl around the social buying phenom, including about the status of its IPO.

Groupon Doesn’t Care if You Got the Memo

Kara Swisher in Commerce on August 30, 2011 at 7:30 am PT

Didn’t you get the memo? Because it’s all in the raspberry of a memo the social buying site sent out to — well, everyone — last week.

Exclusive: Groupon’s Mason Tells Troops in Feisty Internal Memo: “It Looks Good.”

Kara Swisher in Commerce on August 25, 2011 at 3:02 pm PT

Facing a barrage of negative press about its upcoming IPO, Groupon CEO and co-founder Andrew Mason took up a pen to counter critics of the social buying service in a pugnacious email to employees.