Groupon’s next leader (savior?) will be an outsider, report says

Groupon's board of directors is looking outside the company's current management for candidates that could assume the now vacant position of CEO.

Groupon Q4 2012 earnings release: Daily deals still can’t make money, shares dive 28%

Groupon reported its fourth quarter 2012 earnings today almost exactly where analysts had expected: with $638 million in revenue, up 30 percent over last year.

The problem was that analysts wanted a profit.

Groupon shares surge 23% on absurd rumor that Google wants to buy it

Groupon’s shares soared about 23 percent today on a sketchy rumor that Google was interested in buying it, according to a report.

Epic regrets: 3 companies that should have sold out sooner

We reject the blogosphere’s new admonition to hot indie startups: “Don’t do a Digg.” In Kevin Rose’s defense, he is not the first founder to reject an inflated acquisition offer, only to see the company sell years later for a …

Groupon investigated for odd stock spike prior to earnings report

Groupon is being investigated by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority after the company’s stock made a sharp, upward turn Monday, before earnings beating expectations were delivered at the close of business that same day.

Finra, which watches for oddities within …

Groupon rebounds with $559M in Q1 revenue

Still reeling from a disastrous fourth quarter, Groupon beat Wall Street’s expectations and reported $559.3 million in revenue and $39.6 million in operating income for the first quarter of 2012. Monday’s earnings report is Groupon’s second since opening on the …

Why Andrew Mason is still wrong about Groupon’s prospects

After an accounting restatement, a shuffling of its board of directors and Groupon's stock falling to below 50 percent of its initial public offering price (and 66 percent off the high it reached on its first day of trading), Groupon CEO Andrew Mason wrote a letter to shareholders yesterday to try to swing the momentum back in the company's favor.

Groupon CEO Andrew Mason: We want to be “the OS for local commerce”

After a rocky showing in its first earnings report, Groupon CEO Andrew Mason revealed his grand ambitions for the company in a letter to stockholders today. It’s not just about daily deals anymore: Mason wants Groupon to become the “operating …

Shareholder sues Groupon’s board of directors — on behalf of Groupon

Executives at daily deals company Groupon are responsible for egregious corporate wrongdoing, a new suit alleges.

In a derivative complaint filed last Wednesday in Illinois, Groupon shareholder Theresa Monturano is suing the executives and board members for breach of fiduciary …

Groupon revises Q4 earnings, drops 7 percent in after-hours trading

Groupon has revised its fourth quarter earnings report, admitting that revenue was actually $14.3 million less than originally indicated.

At the time of this story’s publication, Groupon’s shares were down nearly 7 percent in after-hours trading. The daily deals company …

Groupon reports net loss in first earnings, still doing great if you don’t count what it spends

There were a lot of doubters who said Groupon was nothing more than a Ponzi scheme looking to cash out with an IPO. Groupon just reported its first quarterly earnings as a public company, and did better than many on …

Groupon CEO Andrew Mason is grumpy, takes on critics at DLD

Groupon CEO Andrew Mason is grumpy. Donning jeans, a white collared shirt and black blazer, and shucking the goofy boy demeanor he’s known for, Mason took the stage at the Digital Life Design conference in Munich today and candidly shot …

SEC probed Groupon about Andrew Mason memo prior to IPO

The government questioned Groupon CEO Andrew Mason for his potentially market-conditioning statements, according to documents released by the SEC today.

Soon after filing papers with the Securities and Exchange Commission for Groupon’s initial public offering, Mason got wind of some …