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Employees and guests of Groupon ring the opening bell in celebration of the company’s IPO at the Nasdaq Market in New York in this file photo taken November 4, 2011. Groupon Inc reported a quarterly net loss Wednesday as the largest daily deal company recorded higher taxes overseas.

Groupon stock slumps

Groupon Inc shares have slumped as the daily deal company's first quarterly results since it went public stoked concern about limited disclosure and slowing growth.


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Amateur Apple analysts outsmart Wall Street

While Wall Street analysts' forecasts for Apple's revenue and earnings per share were off by an average of 21 per cent in the latest quarter, amateur analysts missed by just 10 per cent, according to the Fortune data.


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Extreme University

Extreme Startups offers $7 million for young businesses

A group of investors has put $7 million on the table for Canadian startups. The group, called Extreme Startups, has launched a program that aims to help young tech companies and fast-track startups working in the home grown tech scene.


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Mark Zuckerberg's letter to Facebook investors

Read the letter Mark Zuckerberg sent out to investors as Facebook filed papers to raise at least $5 billion in one of the most hotly anticipated IPOs of the decade.


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