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Republican politician arrested for Facebook IPO fraud
Craig Berkman, 71, told investors he had access to scarce pre-IPO shares of Facebook and other social media companies such as LinkedIn, Groupon and Zynga. -
Groupon bitten by watchdog down under
Online coupon outfit Groupon is in hot water with Aussie regulators after its "newsletters" were categorised as spam. -
Groupon CEO told to hop it
Freshly fired Groupon CEO Andrew Mason has leaked news of his sacking to the great unwashed. -
Pincus, Zuckerberg and Mason world's worst CEOs
The list of five is compiled by Dartmouth College professor Sydney Finkelstein, and included Zynga's Mark Pincus. This year he extended his list to seven so he could give Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook and Andrew Mason of Groupon a dishonourable mention. -
GroupOn bombs, blames Europe
Groupon has seen its shares plummet by a quarter, blaming its disastrous performance on the European market. -
ASA rules KGB Deals offered up five misleading ads
Deal websites are increasingly becoming a hot topic for the watchdog. Earlier this year it referred Groupon to the Office of Fair Trading for persistent breaches of the advertising codes. -
Beer soaked Groupon CEO tells staff to grow up
Beery Groupon's CEO gave his staff a long lecture on how they needed to grow up while under the influence of a little too much amber necter. -
Google to angry GMail users: we know better
CommentAt one blog, Ho-Sheng Hiao writes: "You would think with the number of people continually hitting ´revert to the old design´ would trigger a metric somewhere", to which Jason Crawford, an engineer at Groupon, writes: "They clearly heard the feedback" but adds "that´s why they introduced the density -
Real investors don't buy Facebook shares
Groupon is being seen as a cautionary tale for investors. Shares in the company gained about 31 percent in their first day of trading after the firm's November IPO, and have since fallen about 22 percent. -
Facebook to apply for IPO a day early
According to Reuters, the preliminary IPO filing sets the stage for a May market of the world's largest social network. Morgan Stanley was the brains behind the successful Groupon IPOs and the less successful Zynga one in December. -
Britain is a nation of politically confused piles sufferers
The fastest rising search for 2011 was "Royal wedding" followed by a mixture of electronic goods and middle-of-the-road music. Apple products rated highly, with iPhone 5 the second fastest rising search term in 2011. -
Groupon investors get a kicking in the IPO
Investors who ignored warnings from Wall Street, and us, which said that the Groupon IPO was over-priced are probably considering looking for a nice tall building to fling themselves off. -
It’s the people that count when you’re starting up, trillionaires claim
Silicon Valley comes to OxfordPatrick Chung is a VC – you will recall he was very outspoken last night. The founder funded Apple, Silicon Graphics, Groupon and others. Chung’s job is to identify opportunities. -
Barron warns about Groupon IPO
Online coupon site Groupon is about to have a high-profile IPO this week and while these are traditionally over subscribed, analyst outfit Barrons suggest it is better off avoided. -
Analyst claims semiconductor industry is in dire straits
White Bull 2011Madhvani said that this time last year that ecommerce 2.0 is “fuelling the M&A market” and we were seeing this to “an extent”. The Groupon effect is affecting everyone. Traditional retailers are at last realising they have to pay up and shut up. -
Tech industry gets drunk on SXSW's fumes
Sunday at the Austin Convention Center was a day for keynotes, the most anticipated being Groupon CEO Andrew Mason's talk entitled "Strange Business: Corporate Creative that Doesn't Suck. -
Tech giants have unseemly row at the Superbowl
Despite some great efforts, particularly from Mr i.am, the top prize for lack of taste went to Groupon. -
Facebook Places Deals tries to edge Foursquare out of Europe
Facebook is expanding its location-based service, Places Deals, to five countries in Europe, setting up some major competition for the likes of Foursquare and Groupon.
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