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Groupon follows LinkedIn with IPO

Six months after it rejected a $6bn takeover offer from Google, Groupon has filed for an IPO. The Chicago-based company – which sells coupons for discounted goods and services from local merchants – hopes to raise $750m. According to an SEC filing, Groupon's revenues topped $644.7m in the first quarter of 2011, up from $44.2m …

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So they are not based in MIssisippi?

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