'Mad Money' Lightning Round: I Like Groupon
Opko Health (OPK): "This one is very speculative and you have to bear with them before they reload." Omeros (OMER): "I said last week to take profits in these speculative biotechs." Groupon (GRPN): "I like Groupon. It's got a good CEO." Molycorp (MCP …
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Can lawyers use Groupon-type marketing? ABA ethics opinion sees problems …
The opinion (PDF) doesn't specifically mention Groupon, probably the best-known group coupon website, except in a footnote referencing a state bar opinion. But its description of the typical arrangement has Groupon-like characteristics: Daily deals are …
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Why Groupon's top data scientist quit to join this predictive analytics company
As director of data science for Groupon, David Gerster spent the last three years building up a team of eight data analysts who studied mountains of data about customers. In January, Gerster started looking for an easy way to analyze data to try to …
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Groupon shares have a lot further to fall
If Groupon Inc. shares are destined to fall as much as Wall Street's profit estimates for the company have, the stock has a lot further to drop. Groupon's (NASDAQ:GRPN) shares are off nearly 20% since they hit a 52-week high of $ 12.76 on Sept. 19, but …
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Groupon (GRPN) Plummets Despite Market's Levity
Groupon (GRPN) , however, plunged 5.7% to $ 10.79, despite the absence of any concrete news. The drop in share price is seemingly in sympathy with bellwether e-commerce company eBay (EBAY) , which dropped 3.9% to $ 51.44 after reporting sluggish …
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What is Groupon, and how does it work?
Dear Jennifer: My granddaughter uses these things called "Groupons." Do you know anything about them or how they work? She told me she saves 50 percent on all sorts of things. Answer: Groupon is a Chicago-based company that offers online deals to …
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Groupon's fake vitamins in the Philippines could damage trust in e-commerce
However, the Philippines' Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has revealed that Beeconomic, the Philippine arm of deals giants Groupon, sold counterfeit multivitamins and mineral tablets. The Centrum and Centrum Silver multivitamins were sold at Php …
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