Groupon

Groupon filed its IPO papers yesterday, saying it will raise $750 million as investors look to cash in on the company with enormous growth. The filing did not say whether I would get 50% off a hang gliding trip in Brooklyn if I bought the IPO. Pandora Media Inc. announced it would be going public...

It's a big week for Groupon, and not just because of its initial public offering. This week, the daily deal giant announced that it is teaming with Expedia (NASDAQ: EXPE) to offer travel deals and to allow travel suppliers the chance to expose their brands to consumers. Fox Business reports that...

Oppenheimer has published a research report on Groupon's IPO filing, with ticker proposed at GRPN. In the report, Oppenheimer writes, "On Tuesday, Groupon filed for a $750M initial public offering, with a proposed ticker of GRPN. Founded in 2008, Groupon boasts 83M subscribers in 43 countries. As...

We knew it was coming. Groupon's prospective IPO has been the talk of the town ever since Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) attempted to acquire the daily deal organization last fall. The reports were all but daily, with every rumor indicating that Groupon would be sold to the search engine giant. Groupon...

Here are the nine listed executive team members of Groupon who gained significant shares of the company, which is going public soon in an effort to raise up to $750 million. After valuation numbers come in, these nine individuals, some of whom are already wealthy, will be even wealthier.

It's not often that you can turn down $6 billion dollars and still come out ahead, but that's exactly what it looks like Groupon just did. In the world's worst-kept secret, the Chicago-based Groupon filed paperwork Thursday to raise up to $750 million in an IPO. The filing does not specify how...

In the ‘90s, fresh startups were known as “websites” and “dot-coms.” Now that every company has a website, we simply refer to them as “tech startups.” For the average person, these labels are meaningless. Few people care about the way Groupon is classified so long as it saves them money. If...

Shares of LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD) are now up over 100% from their IPO price, trading at $93.25, good for a gain of $48.25‎ or 107.22%‎. Shares priced at $45, and the company is the first major social networking company to go public. Slated to go public later either year or next year are Groupon,...

LinkedIn has raised the terms of its IPO, as it believes demand for the social networking company's shares will be stronger than first initially thought. LinkedIn provided an amended filing to the SEC, and raised the IPO pricing by 30%, going from $32-$35 to $42-$45. This would value the company...

Groupon, the daily deal purveyor that, by some estimates, could be worth $15 billion to $25 billion when it decides to sell shares to the public, is preparing to launch Groupon Now, a mobile app designed to help businesses land customers that happen to be in the immediate proximity of their...

According to AllThingsD, Groupon wanted to file to go public this week, but the company was unsuccessful in its efforts. According to a source close to the situation, “It was a bit of a fire drill." Groupon has met with Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein to discuss a potential IPO, and has had a...

According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, LinkedIn has priced its IPO. The social networking company said it will sell 7.84 million shares at a range of between $32-$35 per share. LinkedIn's market cap will be approximately $3 billion should the IPO price in the expected range....

comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) today released an overview of the U.S. online display advertising market for Q1 2011 based on data from comScore Ad Metrix, indicating that nearly 1.11 trillion display ads were delivered to U.S. Internet users during the quarter. Facebook accounted for 346 billion...

Reports were surfacing yesterday that AT&T is preparing to join the list of companies aiming to compete with Groupon. Apparently, the telecom giant began pre-registration on Monday to consumers in Los Angeles, Atlanta and Dallas-Fort Worth. The company is offering $10 rowards the first deal of...