Groupon stock surges 10% on strong earnings, company says it’s ‘still a toddler’

Groupon has had a tough past few months, but at least today's Q1 earnings beat expectations.

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 founders choose NYC for Lightbank’s second office

When it came time for VC firm Lightbank to open its first office outside of Chicago, its partners -- including Groupon founders Brad Keywell and Eric Lefkofsky -- looked east to New York City, instead of Silicon Valley.

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 …

Chicago Tribune talks to Groupon chairman Lefkofsky; asks the wrong questions

In the midst of all the turmoil of Groupon, which is now trading at a market cap below $8 billion and broke below the $12 mark in trading today, the company's hometown newspaper had a sitdown with Groupon chairman Eric Lefkofsky. As a former journalist who once aspired to work at the Tribune, I'm embarrassed for them.

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 …

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 …

Groupon co-founders invest $1M-plus into an anti-Groupon: Belly

Belly, a loyalty and customer rewards program for small and medium sized businesses, launched today in Chicago, announcing it has received more than $1 million in seed capital from Lightbank, the firm owned by the co-founders of Groupon.

In a …

BenchPrep releases iPad app with sync features inspired by Evernote

Today, digital course creator BenchPrep announced its new iPad app, which launches with sync functions.

The new feature allows students to access a project across its iPhone, Android, iPad and web apps; they’d be able to keep changes synced across …

Groupon to amend its IPO filing to remove unusual accounting metric

Deals site Groupon will be updating its S-1 filing yet again to remove an unusual accounting measurement, according to an article by AllThingsD.

ACSOI, or adjusted consolidated segment operating income, is a metric Groupon used to show income while excluding …

Groupon buys Zappedy for $10.3M

Daily-deal site Groupon bought Zappedy, a mystery company, for at least $10.3 million, according to a Form D filed with the SEC today.

Brad Williams, an internal spokesman for Groupon, confirmed the purchase and explained in an interview with VentureBeat …

After breaking quiet period rules, Groupon amends IPO filing

Someone broke their quiet period. Groupon amended its IPO filing after Bloomberg News published a statement from Groupon’s co-founder and Executive Chairman in June.

The amended filing states that Eric Lefkofsky was reported saying that “Groupon was going to be …