5 posts and columns on Jr.

Groupon Backpedals After Viewers Fail to See the Humor and Compassion, Will Pull Super Bowl Ad

in Commerce on February 7, 2011 at 1:34 pm PT

Groupon is planning to issue a response this afternoon to the thousands of people who flooded its Facebook and Twitter channels, accusing the daily deals site of exploiting others in its Super Bowl commercials for its own good. UPDATE: It will soon announce that it is pulling the most controversial ad, about Tibet.

Groupon Taps Celebrities Cuba Gooding Jr., Elizabeth Hurley and Others in Super Bowl Ad Blitz

in Commerce on February 6, 2011 at 10:51 am PT

Groupon has posted its Super Bowl commercials ahead of the big game, and is using a combination of celebrity power and Americans’ taste for budget-consciousness to sell the relatively new idea of group buying.

Moffat Viewed as "Classic IBM Executive"

in News on October 19, 2009 at 8:11 am PT

Within International Business Machines Corp., Robert W. Moffat Jr. was known as a “quintessential IBMer,” rising to Big Blue’s top echelons by relentlessly cutting costs to boost profits. To the rest of the world, he is becoming known as one of the highest-ranking executives to be embroiled in an insider-trading scandal since Wall Street was rocked by such schemes in the 1980s.

Weekend Update, 2.28.09

in News on February 28, 2009 at 10:50 pm PT

Much ado about the Amazon Kindle 2.0 this week: After its official unveiling on Feb. 9, the e-book reader started shipping on Monday, and actually managed to grab much–but not all–of the hype that’s surrounded Twitter of late. The device has been met with much acclaim, though it’s by no means unanimous.
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