News Bloomberg BusinessWeek reports that Groupon chief executive Andrew Mason has been working as a maitre d’ in order to learn more about the restaurant business.Critics of the daily deals company—whose prescient arguments got an airing in a WW cover story last year—might wonder why Mason didn't make that effort before running thousands of deals that pinched local businesses around the country on ...   More

News Earlier this afternoon the Wall Street Journal reported that Groupon, the fast-growing daily deals company whose business model WW picked apart in a cover story last summer, is under investigation by federal financial regulators. Here's the news:The Securities and Exchange Commission is examining Groupon Inc.'s revision of its first set of financial results as a public company, according to a person ...   More

Cover Story Ethan Powell and Tobias Hogan, two typical restaurant workers with more than a decade’s experience between them, wanted more. Two years ago they stepped out and took a gamble that has lured—and   More