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		<title>Hangin' Tough: Groupon's Stock Closes in Single Digits for First Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 22:12:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia Duryee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Selling a pair of tickets to see New Kids on the Block for $10,000 today didn't stop Groupon's stock from closing below $10 a share.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Selling a pair of tickets to see New Kids on the Block for $10,000 today didn&#8217;t stop Groupon&#8217;s stock from closing below $10 a share.</p>
<p><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-203916" title="New-Kids-on-the-Block" src="http://allthingsd.com/files/2012/05/New-Kids-on-the-Block-285x285.jpg" alt="" width="285" height="285" />The daily deal company&#8217;s shares slid 3.3 percent, or 34 cents, to settle at $9.97 a share today, marking the first time its stock closed in single digits.</p>
<p>At that price, the company&#8217;s value hovers around $6.4 billion, which is getting uncomfortably close to Google&#8217;s $6 billion buyout offer that the Chicago company turned down in late 2010.</p>
<p>Groupon has been unable to regain investor confidence since revising its fourth-quarter results at the end of March despite putting out a string of press releases. Over the past couple of weeks, it has <a href="http://allthingsd.com/20120426/groupon-hires-ex-amazon-exec-kal-raman-for-adult-supervision/">hired a new SVP, Kal Raman,</a> and <a href="http://allthingsd.com/20120430/exclusive-schultz-and-efrusy-to-leave-groupon-board-accounting-types-joining/">appointed two new directors</a> with accounting expertise.</p>
<p>Today, <a href="http://www.groupon.com/deals/ga-agps-management?dl=d47388">it sold a package</a> that included a pair of tickets to see New Kids on the Block, a ride on a roller coaster with the teen heartthrobs and round-trip airfare, among other activities, for $10,000, or roughly half off.</p>
<p>Now Groupon is also half off. (I&#8217;m pretty sure the NKOTB&#8217;s lyrics &#8220;Hangin&#8217; Tough&#8221; can apply.)</p>
<p>At less than $10 a share, Groupon&#8217;s stock is 50 percent below its IPO price of $20 a share.</p>
<p>For CEO Andrew Mason, it means watching his shares decrease from $1.3 billion at the stock&#8217;s peak on day one to roughly $470 million today.</p>
<p><a href="http://ycharts.com/companies/GRPN/price#recessions=false&amp;series=calc:price,type:company,id:GRPN&amp;maxPoints=640&amp;zoom=5&amp;format=real"><img src="http://media.ycharts.com/charts/533d6ba030e70ac9e46c661ac8880ab4.png" alt="GRPN Chart" /></a></p>
<p style="font-size: 10px;"><a href="http://ycharts.com/companies/GRPN">GRPN</a> data by <a href="http://ycharts.com">YCharts</a></p>
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		<title>Boybama: Bizarrely Addictive</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kara Swisher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saturday night was all Sarah Palin's, after the Alaska governor and Republican VP candidate appeared on "Saturday Night Live" with a classy comic turn.

Now, the Democratic side--which has been overwhelmingly more active in creating funny online videos--is back with yet another political spoof: a boy band called, of course, Boybama.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Saturday night was <a href="http://kara.allthingsd.com/20081019/sarah-palin-plays-sarah-palin-on-snl-nails-it/">all Sarah Palin&#8217;s</a>, after the Alaska governor and Republican VP candidate appeared on &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; with a classy comic turn.</p>
<p>Now, the Democratic side&#8211;which has been overwhelmingly more active in creating funny online videos&#8211;is back with yet another political spoof.</p>
<p>This time, it is via pranking on boy bands like &#8216;N Sync and New Kids on the Block with a new one. Of course, the group is called Boybama.</p>
<p>Singing to white independent women, Boybama&#8217;s song, &#8220;Battleground for Your Heart,&#8221; is oddly catchy.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s the video:</p>
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