The hole into which Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) has fallen has gotten even deeper. The Wall Street Journal reports that the Securities and Exchange Commission has begun to examine the firm’s first quarterly report as…
Douglas A. McIntyre Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad is the number one tablet PC in a new Consumer Reports survey. (Reuters) CEO pay jumps for last year as stock options rise. (Reuters) Avon (NYSE: AVP) turns…
The hole into which Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) has fallen has gotten even deeper. The Wall Street Journal reports that the Securities and Exchange Commission has begun to examine the firm’s first quarterly…
Douglas A. McIntyre Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) made a $6 billion offer for Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) late in 2010. The rumor then was the Groupon had revenue of $2 billion that year. It turned out not to be true, and…
Markets opened lower this morning but managed to recover fairly quickly following a report on robust manufacturing growth (our coverage here). The report on construction spending came in weaker than expected (our…
If you were not sure about the IPO market being hot, you better take note. PWC has issued its first quarter review and the market is hot. Last week had about ten offerings…
Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) has been humiliated by several financial mistakes that have rattled investor confidence to the core. The responsibility belongs at someone’s feet, and that someone is Groupon’s chief financial officer, Jason Child.…
Douglas A. McIntyre Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN), the troubled online coupon company, has trouble getting its financials correct before its IPO. Now, post-IPO, it it in trouble again. Groupon revised both its Q4 2011 and full year…
Douglas A. McIntyre Ecommerce site PriceGrabber.com surveyed 933 online shoppers during a three-week period in late January to mid-February, and 51% of those surveyed said that they intend to maintain the same level of spending…
Paul Ausick The three major US stock indexes opened a bit higher this morning, and after some volatility have managed to get to the final half hour of trading with a modest gain. Some…
Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) and Facebook are in a battle with many investors about the value of their audiences. Do Groupon’s visitors still use it regularly to buy merchandise? Do Facebook’s members ever look…
Greek ministers will go to Brussels to meet with EU officials about restructuring of debt, but several details have not been resolved. (Reuters) Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) posts earnings that trouble Wall St. and…
Groupon, Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) has just shown its first earnings report since it came public. The online couponing site reported -$0.02 EPS on an increase of 194% in sales to $506.5 million…
Jon C. Ogg We are entering into the last waves of the normalized quarterly earnings reports for companies with December 31 quarter-end dates, and we are entering the first waves of the earnings reports from…
Last night’s SEC IPO filing from Facebook has lit a fire under some of the other social media stocks this moring. The biggest gainer is Zynga Inc. (NASDAQ: ZNGA), which Facebook noted…
