Remember how stock market analysts were praising how well Groupon stock performed during its Initial Public Offering earlier this month? Two weeks later, it looks like a wait-and-see approach may have been better served. more ›

Groupon’s Initial Public Offering Friday exceeded expectations, but they need a rising stock price to put more shares on the market within the next few months. The price is flagging slightly at the moment. more ›

The online daily deal pioneer raised $700 million in its Initial Public Offering. The IPO helped value the company at $12.76 billion, making Groupon the largest IPO by an American Internet company since Google raised $1.7 billion with its 2007 IPO. more ›

As if Groupon wasn't already in the news for all the wrong reasons... more ›

Another analyst raises skepticism about the Groupon IPO. more ›

For those Cubs fan still basking in the glow of Zambrano's no-hitter from Sunday night comes some disturbing news: besides being responsible for an Astros loss, Z may also be responsible for Monday's stock market downturn and it may not be the first time a Cubs pitcher has initiated such a national fiscal mess. Great, something else for Sox fans to blame on the Cubs. [via Dealbreaker] more ›

You know how you always feel a little guilty for downloading a record for free, if you actually like that band and wanted to (in theory, anyway) support their careers? more ›

File this under "chutzpah." An antitrust lawsuit (Adobe PDF file) filed by the Federal Trade Commission this week against Whole Foods, which seeks to block the organic food giant's purchase of its closest competitor Wild Oats, revealed that anonymous postings to business and financial forums criticizing the price of Wild Oats stock were actually authored by Whole Foods CEO John Mackey. Mackey's postings, made under the name "radoheb" from 1999 to 2006, consistently criticized the... more ›

For this month’s Convince Us, we asked you to recommend a love story. We picked The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger. We picked it because of the Chicago connection, but also because we can’t stand to keep hearing about a book we haven’t read. The story is about Henry, a man with Chrono-Displacement disorder, or in other words, a time traveler. Henry meets and falls in love with Clare: “I met Clare for the... more ›

Spring appears to have, er, sprung, at least temporarily, in most of the Ist-A-Verse, so naturally, we're all feeling pretty good. (Yes, we know that spring doesn't start till later this month. Just let us enjoy our weather!) And that makes us that much more eager to share all of the nifty things we're up to... more ›

The annual University of Chicago Graduate School of Business’ forecast luncheon took place on Wednesday, December 6. The forecast, which takes a look at the domestic and international indicators regarding the economy, gives the political and business community a basis for which they can plan for the year ahead. more ›

Today is Festivus and we've been reading a lot lately about how all the cool kids are celebrating. It's easy. All you need is an aluminum pole to display unadorned. Local customs sometimes allow decorations, but they must be non-threatening plain decorations, and tinsel is absolutely banned. What? It's distracting! At Chicagoist's Festivus party we would ask everyone invited (all of you!) to contribute to The Human Fund and the money would really go to... more ›