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Chicago TribuneFormer Groupon sales reps countersue over tactics
Reuters
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) - Former Groupon Inc sales representatives who were sued by that company after deciding to leave for Google Inc have filed a countersuit, claiming their former employer is pursuing "sham" litigation to keep them from ...
Former Groupon Sales Managers Countersue Company Over 'Abusive' TacticsBloomberg
Former Groupon employees countersue over contract termsCrain's Chicago Business all 22 news articles » - Groupon offer damages Mt. Airy market, but Internet helps bring it back ...
Philadelphia Inquirer
Groupon suggested a promotional pitch that nearly sank it. The Internet nearly killed Amy Kunkle's Philadelphia business when an ill-advised Groupon offer drove her thousands of dollars into a hole. But this week, the Internet also helped save it.
How Mt. Airy's 'Food for All' got in trouble and how its customers saved itNewsworks.org
Food For All Owner: 'I Just Feel Revived'Patch.com all 4 news articles » 
BloombergHarvard University Joins Groupon Investor NEA to Finance Student Startups
Bloomberg
Enlarge image Groupon Groupon Peter Hoffman/Redux Groupon offices in Chicago. Harvard University joined with New Enterprise Associates, the first outside investor in Groupon Inc. (GRPN), to start a seed-stage venture fund for financing student startups ...
Harvard Joins Groupon Investor to Finance Student StartupsBusinessWeek all 15 news articles » 
Chicago TribuneFormer Groupon executive invests in urban winery
Chicago Tribune
Construction has begun on its West Loop site, a 28000-square-foot former food-storage warehouse at 1200 W. Randolph St. And there's a Groupon connection. Dorf's lead investor in the Chicago expansion is former Groupon Chief Technology Officer Ken ...
PerezHilton.comToday's Groupon: Midwest theaters refuse to screen Groupon-sponsored One For ...
A.V. Club Milwaukee
by Matt Wild January 27, 2012 Ubiquitous web coupon site Groupon is good for a lot of things: discounted meals, laser hair-removal, nail shellacking, filling up your trash folder. But like a scrappy film extra with dreams of hobnobbing with the ...
The Beginning Of The End Of Katherine Heigl's Career, Brought To You By GrouponPerezHilton.com
None for the 'money,' two to goThe Star-Ledger - NJ.com
The Star Market Revisited: Is It Over for Katherine Heigl?New York Magazine Gather.com -NOLA.com -Deadline.com all 251 news articles »
Blogs
- Groupon Snake Oil Wrinkle Remover Ad Mislead Customers ...
Groupon has been scolded for promoting an anti-wrinkle product called "Wrinkle Killer Snake Serum" in an advertisement on the site which at least one watchdog agency has said makes misleading or unsubstantiated claims ...
- Former Groupon Employees: Daily Deals are Not Proprietary ...
The managers' attorneys accused Groupon of trying to harass and silence the employees...
- Former Groupon employees countersue over contract terms ...
The countersuit, filed Wednesday, reveals an increasingly testy relationship between two high-profile Internet players: Google, the king of search advertising, based in Mountain View, Calif., and Chicago-based Groupon, the ...
- Groupon In Trouble For Selling Snake Oil, Literally
Reputable internet business Groupon has been banned from ever again advertising snake oil, an activity Groupon not only engaged in, but defended, back when it was trying to assure everyone of its steady growth.
- Groupon Countersued by Ex-Employees & Accused of Being ...
Lawyers representing these employees filed papers in an Illinois court on January 25 2012, suing Groupon for trying to subdue its ex-employees. This case is listed as Groupon Inc. v. Hanna, 11CH36731 in Circuit Court, Cook ...



