what is a groupon?upon is, essentially, a voucher that's worth money that you can take into a business and use like cash. when you subscribe and you get these emails every day, it's a great way to explore your city and find out about really cool local things to do. >> stahl: the deals are at least 50% off. so, for example, a $40 meal for a $20 coupon, or a half off hot- air balloon ride. groupon has 150 million subscribers who get a daily email with deal offers from local businesses. is it usually for something that we don't really need? >> mason: it could be. sometimes, it's for a restaurant or a massage or a session in a sensory deprivation tank, but sometimes, it's for a hardware store or dry cleaning. >> stahl: the company began in 2008 at the height of the recession, when everyone was looking for a bargain, and then it grew so quickly so fast, it took everyone by surprise, including andrew mason. >> mason: once we started groupon, the success was intoxicating. it was just this rocket ship ride that

the city announced partnership with chicago-based company smart digital touchscreen displays show groupons of the day along with real-time deals targeted to the location of the kiosk application roll out 100 machines by the end of march. middle of winter but plant new version of summer's taste of chicago bottom line one-third fewer restaurants only 40 this time but a new way first time restaurants can participate as a pop pop restaurant in new plants operate 3-6 up restaurants. each day at taste not run in the fourth of july weekend instead july 11th-15th at only 15 days. rent a protestor update busloads of people captured heading to public hearing about school closings nobody would tell less with it were. chicago teachers union accusing pastors of high rent demonstrators to sway public opinion. mayor rahm emmanuel says protesters care about the schools and that is what he cares about city hall called like to make clarification tonight. weekend could bring chilly air along with it at tom skilling says could be snow as well next to tell us when it is coming. wgn news @ 9 tom skilling is he

some who can't afford health insurance and are in desperate need of healthcare say sites like grouponnd living social can be a life saver, but that has some health experts worried and they're issuing a word of caution. that story tonight from nbc's tom young. >> reporter: in this economy, who isn't looking for a good deal? >> thank you. >> reporter: matthew marcowits found one at a place that doesn't usually screen discounts -- the dentist. >> cleaning, x-ray and examination, you know, immediately i thought, well, this is too good to be true. >> reporter: but it was true. at dr. greg diamond's office. these three procedures should have cost matthew more than $500 but he got them for less than $60. >> it was essentially exactly like any other cleaning and x-ray and examination experience i have had. if not better. something that i would consider for other healthcare needs. >> reporter: a deal and part of a new trend. coupon sites expanding from travel and restaurant offers to include checkups and other health care procedures. >> this was about providing a service to people who don't fe

to groupon one bit. i saw the story and i thought what does it mean. >> they're actually using the groupon name and the wrong city. >> that's fabulous. doesn't matter it's the wrong city. >> won't help the company. >> not at all. >> i think that's just wrong. use the right city. >> doesn't matter. either way. >> just ahead, on "street signs," how a stuttering mind went from a flabby out of work actor to a six pack seven-figure stud. >> my bio's coming up? warren buffett favorite struggling to find its footing here in america. another foreign favorite lost in translation. a real gem. it's coming up. the two trains and a bus to the 5:00 arider.holar. the "i'll sleep when it's done" academic. for 80 years, we've been inspired by you. and we've been honored to walk with you to help you get where you want to be. ♪ because your moment is now. let nothing stand in your way. learn more at keller.edu. weight loss programs can be expensive. so to save some money, i just got the popular girls from the local middle

groupon has extended its lead over living social. that's a positive.nd billing expectations are low enough that you could see the potential for an upside surprise out of groupon. there's a price target of $28 on the stock. it's trading just shy of $20. there is some considerable upside that could be seen over the next 12 months. he has an equal weight on the stock. but it's going to be another one of those social media stocks closely watched going forward. i know that -- what's the other one? the one that's going to -- facebook. geez. facebook is the one that everyone's talking about. >> you need a little mexican food, scott! you need a little chipotle burrito, right? >> you guys take it away from me. the one everybody's talking about, the one i can't remember. >> go get some lunch and some coffee. >>> speaking of chipotle, it recently hit fresh 52-week highs, though it is trading down about .25% today. the company reports fourth-quarter earnings tomorrow after the bell. do you buy ahead of the results? bart glenn joins us. good to see you, bart. nice

>> and now jim cramer explains groupon. >> groupon is killing itself, sending me all the coupons forushes. at least they haven't senn sent me a coupon for a brazilian lately. i don't want to go to brazil. >> this concludes tonight's jim cramer explains groupon. ♪ and they called it puppy love ♪ >> siri, do you know her like i know her? the woman on the phone. this woman can organize your life in the way you didn't think is possible. she woke me up this morning, 4:15, right on target. i turned to siri and i told her i was captivated by her. and she asked is that so? plaintiful. when i told her absolutely that was the case. she was self-effacing. i guess that's right. i'm crazy about her. i'm afraid to ask her on a date. what if she says she can't? what if she has to wash her hair tonight? >> sorry, jim, can't tonight. i've been meaning to get a root canal. >> siri, i love you. >> this is moving too fast for me, come on, speak to me! i love you. now what can i help you with at this time? there she goes. it's private. anyway, this is the best -- [ whistle ] >> thank you. >> i think you'

the uninsured are turning to groupon for medical procedures. >> and there is a scam alert coming from> a suspicious e-mail appears to be coming from american airlines. the airline says they suspect hackers have sent tony e-mails dating as far back as november. they're looking to get your personal information such as credit card information or account details. the airline is aware of the issue. if you suspect you may have received one of these there are examples on the official web site. $39 one-way fares from frontier airlines. that sale bans direct 12 for travel through march 7. check that out on their web site for more details. uninsured americans are getting more creative and turning to daily deal web sites such as groupon or living social for procedures such experts the cleaning and x-rays at a local dentist. they also finding discounts on eye exams. about one in every 11 deals offered online is for health care. that is business news. live at bloomberg headquarters in new york, linda bell reporting for abc 7 news. back to you. >> thank you. >>> 5:53 right now, 27 degrees ♪ ♪ [ fem

groupon says the amount paid doesn't expire. they say the amount paid doesn't expire for at least five years. that means if you purchase this $80 deal for $40 and it expires, you can still use the $40 you paid for services at the retailer. if your daily deal expired, check before you throw it out. >> gift cards have their own rules as well, they never expire. once the value drops below $10 you can get the remaining money in cash. inactivity fees are allowed but only after 24 months and is unused. bank branded gift cards like visa and mastercard have a different set of rules. they can expire after five years. promotional cards can expire after one year. inactivity fees are allowed but only after it goes unused after 12 months. >>> yahoo is trying to reinvent itself. the company company is shifting it's focus to mobile devices. david lure wi reports. >> reporter: yahoo has never been known for snappy home pages. they are diving deep into new services for monthly devices and the emphasis is on graphic appeal. yahoo sees this as its

autos and bank of america thinks it has a better way to save money other than those deal sites like groupon. and is offering through the bank's web site. kperz must use their bank of america debit or credit cards to get the savings. those in on the deals will get not when they buy but in the form of cash payments once per month. the so called deals will begin testing this week with employees in north carolina. we'll let you know when it's available for you. >> thank you. >> sure. >> stanford researchers say too much time spent juggling multi media tasks can be detrimental to girls. a survey of 3400 girls found those who spent hours bouncing between digital devices are more likely to struggle with developing critical social skills. but there is a powerful and simple solution saying more faceto face communities can diminish negative affects too much media has on young girls during these years. studies findings published in developmental psychology. >> we saw lots of sunshine today. >> we did. sandhya patel is here, very mild out there. >> it was. i promised you this, didn't i? >> another nice

i hear constantly, you could take -- if i was going $15 billion could i create groupon? i probably could. that was one of the big points of contentions. the high-growth companies that went public last year, that is the case. with facebook, even if you got $100 billion, you could not recreate that platform. like julia was saying, you have 800 million plus users on that platform, you can't recreate the nucleus of that. simon, i think what's going to happen is -- >> well, let me -- let's double-check that with harry. harry, this is first mover advantage, got nem a critical mass, to the extent that nobody else can now get into that space. that's the critical question, isn't it? >> yeah. no, and i think that's accurate. but i think that -- >> do you believe that to be true? now they've moved so big, so fast, they're unstoppable. they have barriers to entry. >> no fad is coming along to eclipse them. >> look, google has launched their own social network. there will be competition. i mean, there's no such thing as forever in this space. and the product life cycles are becoming

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now let's move over to groupon and see what the deal of the day is there. that's not groupon.? it's here somewhere. well, it should be here somewhere. the deal is for $20 and you get $40 worth of food at chopsticks in georgetown. you dine on traditional japanese fare complete with sushi, sake, fresh noodles, and soups. more than 500 people have gotten in on that deal. check them out. when news 4 at 4:00 continues the "today" show gets ready to mark a huge anniversary plus this gigantic cat is finally getting its own home. also tonight at 9:00 on nbc washington nonstop vacant lollipops are just one of the dishes chuck bell samples at a popular d.c. restaurant that has now expanded to the suburbs. don't miss foodies. and then on nonstop at 9:30 no skates, no puck, no problem. we're sliding into a local rink and checking out d.c.'s only broom ball club. >>> get ready for the big chill. >> can't let your guard down this winter. we're all over the place and there is really nothing bigger than the change that is going to be taking place overnight. a dramatic change for us. let's loo

they have really grown in popularity a new survey of business owners found that they plan to use groupon and living some less this year. more than half said they didn't plan to offer any daily deals in the next six moss. the stock price actually fell after the results of the survey. >>> the economic down turn has -- duncan doughnut plans to double locations in the united states over the next 20 years. they already have nearly seven thousand stores in the united states. >>> we told you early this week about new carbon emission rules in europe and at least two airlines plan to raise fares. delta is adding six dollars per round trip tickets on any flight to europe. many believe the rules are a step forward for europe. >>> the company that runs the nuclear power plant wants to build a third reactor. what happened today that at least got the plans moving forward. that and more on the news at six which starts right now. . >> now abc 2news at since. >> this wasn't a push and shove match at a bar over a spilled drink. this was an attack on an officer and police are not going to put up with it. >

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have yuri milner, largest investor in facebook, the potential facebook ipo and has a big stake in groupone of social tech and media. we'll bring that throughout the hour. >> thanks. in our headlines some key earnings reports, ford earned 20 cents a share, a nickel below estimates. procter & gamble fiscal second quarter profit of $1.10, two cents above expectations, stock is now almost back to -- cfo jon moeller telling us currency issues represent the company's primary profit headwind for the rest of the year. our top market story a first read on fourth quarter gdp, the report is due at 8:30 eastern, economists are looking for a growth rate of 3%, which would be up from the previous quarter's expansion rate of 1.8%. and eastman chemical is buying solutia in a deal valued at $27.65 a share and cash and stock. the total value $3.38 billion. the deal represents a 42% premium for solutia, maker of specialty chemicals and stub of the big monsanto splitup from monsanto became an ag company. >>> the future of thes postal service turned as a hot topic on capitol hill. darrell issa called for big

driving a lot of our foot traffic into our stores facebook, twitter, a group on, living social -- groupon, living social. that is all technology stuff. we are a retailer. we're not a technology company. retailers are saying stuff like this a consumer data. i have a ceo say to me, here is the challenge i'm facing. we have 900 stores across the united states. i can tell you what products sold and what stores yesterday down to the sku down to the level of detail, and i can readily tell you how many customers came into our story yesterday. here is the problem i face. amazon or a company like yours e day you -- ebay, you know how many people came into your store, who bought what item, what they looked at, what they left at the checkout counter when they did not buy it, and what they paid for. you have perfect information about your customers. what i am scared of is the pandora of shopping, this ceo said to me. i do not know how many of you used pandora. pandora has this amazing ability to predict what music you will like. he said, i am afraid that companies like amazon and ebay are going to us

you've seen groupon bomb. facebook has to take heed of what's going wrong in the market and make money for and that is difficult to do. facebook was definitely by large, the front-runner there, 28.5% of display ad were facebook. yahoo! 11%. when you look at the impact it will have when it goes public in terms of demand, the ability to absorb shares -- >> this company has profits. it makes a huge amount of money. this is a different story from all others, other than perhaps google. just the google quarter, you continue to come back to the fact that company has lost tremendous momentum. had is over like a nine-week period. a lot of things happened in the last four weeks of the world, 2012, from 2011 into 2012. a lot of it was europe and facebook doesn't seem to be as europe-centric. >> momentum can come back pretty quickly, we should point out. we've seen this a couple of times over the history of google where we get a bad quarter but ultimately it not followed up with another bad quarter. >> no, but you pointed

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groupon's valuation from $20 billion to $12 billion. so there's a natural decrease to what we will see facebook go public at from that $100 billion number. my sources telling me it should be in the $80 billion range. >> kayla, stay with us as well as everybody. we have david on the phone now author of "the facebook effect." he's in davos. nice to have you with us. >> good to be here. thanks for having me. >> your reaction to the story, the valuations, does it fit with what you just heard from kayla? >> yeah, i mean, this company could value itself extremely highly and still have tremendous demand. facebook is becoming the communications architecture for the world. and let's face it, a lot of its users want to invest and it's the hottest internet company in certainly this decade. i wouldn't say our lifetime, but it's moving in that direction. so i've been thinking $100 billion made perfect sense. whether i would personally invest at that level is another matter. we'll have to see the numbers. >> jon, is there any buzz around the floors,

misled everyone with what happened to customer account money >>crain's chicago business says that groupon is not in the running to make its market the super bowl with another tv spot they're being pressured to cut their advertising budget because they're putting too big a dent in their profits ... there cutting the fat at chick-fil-a ... grilled chicken nuggets are going to be offered january 9th that should cut the fat in their kids' meals and half >>the reduction of corn syrup and sodium is getting reduced at mcdonald's ... >>we're looking at a 40 point lower trading volume with the new york stock exchange dow jones industrial average's ... love it or hate it all of facebook said 800 million users will soon have to deal with " timeline " karin caifa has tips to help you embrace and maybe even enjoy the new format that is slowly spreading to your friends pages >>maybe you are confused but some point very soon all 800 million facebook users will have to learn to live with and loved timeline mark zuckerberg introduce the new format back in september >>all of your stories all of your applic

>> start a groupon. >> and hot sheet for you. here is katy perry on twitter who will not attend the people's people's choice awards as planned and in the first public statement she has stern words for her family. her preachers implied that divorce was good pr for their church and katey wants to be clear. no one speaks for me not a blog or close sources or my family. this must be a belated birthday present. hugh jackman returning to broadway. he will be back on stage and playing harry houdini and working with a writer and composer. i cannot wait to see the show. we'll find this under too obvious. snoop dog was arrested for marijuana possession. >> shocking. >> u.s. border patrol smelled the pot and found marijuana cigarettes inside. snoop will be in court next week. by the way, after all of this, he still wants to go to the white house to talk to president obama about legalizing marijuana. >> i am not saying a word. >> not saying anything. >> our tech round up from the consumer electronic show in las vegas. i can't wait to get a r

. >>> let's check out our deal of the day on groupon. a restaurant in chinatown offering a deal. for 20 bucks you get $45 worth of food. more than 700 people have purchased this one. get it if you want it. that restaurant's been around for a while. we like it there. >> we like that place. we have a day left on that one. let's move on to living social. slender spa, after you've gone to toscano west has one slimming body wrap. it takes about an hour, it will take off inches, it costs $67. the store is located in woodbridge, virginia. >> i never understood that, i guess they just squeeze it. >>> when we come back, an embarrassing mistake outside a new york school. >>> hollywood reacts to the oscar buzz. >>> join us at 9:00, foodies. i'm going to take you to the world of raw cuisine. elizabeth's gone raw. healthy mediterranean food without the wait. >>> carve out some time for nonstop d.c. tonight. we're going to go to the bar that takes your favorite cocktail to a whole new level. cocktail to a whole new level. that's never in my lifetime d

. >>> let's check out the deals of the day in groupon this afternoon.anic market is offering $20 worth of organic groceries for just $10. >> let's check out the deal in georgetown, the cake and the frog for $20. you get $40 to buy custom made cakes. the cake and the frog is locate ed in northwest. >>> we go inside jcpenney's new bargain basement prices that eliminate having any sales. >>> is david hasselhoff engaged again? >>> don't miss foodies tonight at 9:00. we go into the kitchen at wolfgang puck's the source to learn how to make their famous dumplings. >>> at 9:30, check out nonstop scene d.c. tips to transform your make-up, take it from day time to nighttime. a look that's ready for a night out >>> i guess we can't go through february like this, can we? >> i don't think so. for toda mild, doug just walked in and said, we have a new record in dulles, 66 degrees. the old record was 65. look at the warmth in miami, 77. would you guys want to be there, 77 degrees? >> sure. >> wow! >> 72 in new orleans right now, the only chilly air across the u.s. ri

for groupon, if you're looking for love in time for valentine's day. there's a dating deal for you.ssionals in the city has a two-hour speed dating event for one, two or four people. the cost is $15 for one ticket. almost 1,000 people have bought this deal already. >>> let's check out the deal on living social. you can get six educational dvd's for $25. shipping included. more than 1,000 deal hunters have said yes to this one. there you have it. >>> when news 4 at 4:00 returns, a college student against hazing ends up dead in a hazing event. the victim's family tries to set the record straight. >>> why there has been a recent boom in the music business. >>> don't miss foodies on nbcwashingtonnonstop tonight at 9:00, a spot on h street that offers an expertly made fresh bowl of ramin that's a step up from aoodles of noodles. >>> peril with a positive message. two from turnity brothers showed two from turnity brothers showed us how they turne never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. if my mom can fight and beat breast cancer, i can walk 60 miles. (woman) the f

. >>> now, time for our deal of the day on groupon this afternoon. cookies and milk painting class for a child or teenager. it costs $12 for $25 worth of stuff. there are locations in silver spring and chantilly. >>> now we take you to kushi restraunt, $30 will get you $60 worth of food and drink there. >> that's a lot. >> that is good. >> that's good business. >>> coming up on news 4 at 4:00. a pilot warned a model, watch out. just moments before a helicopter accident. >>> the tsa plans to test its own screeners for radiation exposure. >>> and join us tonight on nbcwashingtonnonstop, foodies, the world of all raw quiz even. and healthy mediterranean food without the wait. >>> and stay tuned to nonstop scene d.c. will head to a local favorite among celebrity designers. a furniture store with one of a kind finds at housewares with a history. >>> we're starting to get dizzy on this roller coaster. >> yeah, and we really do need a scorecard to keep up. you need that, and spring clothes mixed with a few winter clothes. as i said before, you want to keep

. >> on groupon, you can pay $15 and get $30 worth of italian cuisine and wine in downtown d.c. restaurant's manager there is an italian native who says you will find authentic tuscan flavors at this restaurant. more than 200 people have already bought that. >> not bad, even after gorging for two weeks. >> you can make room for more. >> and do not do the italian dinner before going to yoga. >> no, no. separate those two. >> when we come right back, why some fear your new mobile device may be a hot target >>> did you make any new years resolutions but you're worried about keeping them? >> apparently there are certain things you can do to boost your willpower. on the "today" show, it was explained the step you should be taking. >> yes, yeah. get at least six hours of sleep. >> so i'm going to say no to that cake tomorrow morning if i have more sleep than less sleep? >> yes. surprisingly if you get less than six hours of sleep a night, the brain has a harder time resisting temptation and it is akin to being a little bit drunk. >> the next tip would follow logically. if you have som

. >>> folks without health insurance are turning to groupon and living social, sites typically offerns for restaurants, spas and the like but you can find mark downs on medical services teeth cleaning, eye exams, cairo chiropractor care. people with insurance are turning to the sites to fill holes in their coverage for laser eye surgery and botox injections. >> here are five deals usual keep your eye out for in 2012 prices usually drop in january and february for electronics as manufacturers prepare to release new models according to yahoo! if you search, you should be able to score a nice text message plan that is not a data plan just a package. all right and you might be able to find a cheap trip to europe thanks to the country's debt crisis wineries are taking part in flash sales sites if you plan to buy a house or new car, interest rates are expected to stay low or go lower even. bad news according to bank rate, same rates have pushed down yields on checking and savings accounts. >>> new years is often a time when people make a resolution to lose weight dr. oz joins us live this

it's not easy from going to zero to google, facebook, or groupon.wo folks who understand the obstacles and the opportunities in getting americans back to work through a new business. executive director of the launch pad out of the university of miami and john duff y, one of the big entrepreneurs helping to drive the cradle of innovation here in south florida. it's a pleasure to see both of you. the culture of investment and repeated failure that leads to all the learning that leads to the successes is unique to them. is that fair? >> it is unique right now. because silicon valley has everything you could need. that doesn't mean it can't be done elsewhere. one of the things we've been working on is an idea of ecosystem. we're growing it 1% at a time. it's been successful so far. >> why, john, is the ecosystem the critical thing? >> well, you know, first of all, i'd like to say we have 112 people that think it can be done spectacul spectacularly. the e ecosystem is important because we believe good people make a business successful. in order to develo

remember groupon only offered about 5% of its shares which manufactured the giant pop on day one. zinga offered 15% of its shares. flowing into that stock that diluted it a bit. it will be interesting to see if that number is 5 billion. what percentage of outstanding shares that is expected to actually comprise. that will help steer valuation here. >> kayla, do you think the news that we're hearing this evening is confirmation of the suggestions that have been made today that zuckerberg is really controlling all of this right now. it's not morgan stanley. it's not the underwriters that are dictating the terms. it's really, he's pressing all the buttons. >> well, i don't think it's zuckerbe zuckerberg. i think he would stay private he had the ability to. according to my searches has been steering all of the discussions here. he's basically, you know, some bankers have used the term bankers are viewed as the necessary evil to be brought in and help them do this deal and allocate the shares in the appropriate manner. it seems up until this point it has been cfo and at this point zuck

renren is shifting its model to be one more sort of like a groupon. and we see it in these stocks right now in the reaction to facebook. >> look at seen -- sena today. i don't know if you saw that stock. >> i haven't, i've been paying attention to other stuff. >> all right, herb. we'll see you at 2:00. >>> let's get some viewer tweets now. fuegymoney wants to know, when will it be time to short netflix? i'm not a believer. >> if you want to get insight on this, go no farther than whitney tillson. he says there's still more to the up side and until whitney changes his tune and puts a note on why, it seems to me it's going higher. >> the next one says, is the dip a buy in bed, bath and beyond? going back to 63? >> i'm not big on bed, bath and beyond. i don't know why these things -- >> you said people don't buy 60-inch tvs on line. >> for me there's so many things. i don't know why staples exists, i don't know why bed, bath and beyond exists. i would be buying amazon over all of these. >> next, the half time report, running into resistance and how you s

first looking at groupon in montgomery county.levation burger in wheaton is what we're talking about. for $10 you get $20 worth of organic burgers and fries. more than 1,000 people have already bought this deal, pat. >> yeah. it looks like a real yummy meal if you like that. now to living social. this deal from northern virginia, urban evolution in alexandria is offering for $40 a month of unlimited par core and movement classes. par core is pretty animated exercise. >> really? >> you go swinging through the air on -- >> we'll have to check that out. we've been looking at all the different types of exercise. >> great way to stay in shape. >> okay. i'll check that one out. >>> when news 4 at 4:00 returns a three-time tony award musical gears up for performance here in d.c. we have a preview coming up. >>> also an interesting story about a boat that disappeared and then showed up three years later. on the other side of the continent. >>> plus how a cat caused a few-hour delay while the plane was ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] combine a pnc

that's what happened with groupon where you still got a pop but it's also zinga, miss pricing at itsthe former and the latter got back to even. there is no way to determine which route the bankers will take until we get closer to a deal. it's the amount of shares not the valuation that will let you know whether to put it, hold, or flip the facebook shares. so don't make a move until we hear that number. stay with cramer. tspark card from capital one... spark cash gives me the most rewards of any small business credit card. it's hard for my crew to keep up with 2% cash back on every purchase, every day. 2% cash back. that's setting the bar pretty high. thanks to spark, owning my own business has never been more rewarding. [ male announcer ] introducing spark the small business credit cards from capital one. get more by choosing unlimited double miles or 2% cash back on every purchase, every day. what's in your wallet? this guy's amazing. >>> everybody is so focused on europe versus the united states, i want you to focus on business cycles. think about what rick wallace, the fabulous c

this particular cycle, you ever seep a number of these new generation internet companies, such as groupon, linked done in and zing ga not be able to sustain after market trading once they opened. i think that will be the case with facebook. >> that is the bottom line, isn't it? we are already seeing this anticipation that it is $100 billion company once it goes public, i get what you're saying. let's talk about the trends, how you want to really value these companies. for example, advertising, signal where the money will be flowing in the internet stock sector, new data out today on display ads, facebook dominated. what are the most important metrics we need to be looking at in terms of what's behind that valuation? >> the metrics simple, someone revenue growth and the second is conversion of the incental revenue to operating cash flow. if you look at the mold, apple grew 80, 90%, more importantly, apple gives you stuff it doesn't zap bit, it converted 45%, i believe, of the incental revenue to cash flow. just a phenomenal business performance. google didn't do as well, their incremental

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this is not zynga, this is not groupon. this is facebook. everybody knows the company. if it goes off well, could that potentially lift all boats? or will it just suck money away from other investments? >> no. i think it's former. it's very possible facebook ipo is a positive for the market if not fundamentally, psychologically. and i think that's where the input comes from. it's hard to envision one company as big as it is moving or turning the markets, but i think it's a very positive psychological impact. and i look forward to it. >> all right. randy, do you agree with that? and would you buy -- it's a stretch because you don't know the numbers, but would you buy facebook? >> i'm not sure we'd buy facebook. and i'm not sure this is going to be the turn of a new 1990s technological boom. and we'll see those taking off. but what we do know is we're seeing all of a sudden a great deal more of the ipos as well as takeovers. this past week we've seen a number in the technology area, in the health care area and in materials area. and those are all pretty exciting, i think.

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. >> you raised an issue about the methods groupon used in its ipo and i'm curious whether you thinkessons have been learned when we see the filing we're going to see straight-up numbers. do you expect to see some more interesting metrics get raised? >> i don't know. we'll have to wait and see the document as to whether lessons have been learned. i don't think so. i think investors on things like this lose their mind, if you will, and just invest on momentum. hope this will skyrocket. i just -- having lived through the dot-com craze, andrew, and seeing the debacle at the commission, seeing the things like groupon, things that you pointed out where their metrics don't make any sense, i just don't think investors learn from that at all. they continue to repeat mistakes hoping for that one big killing. >> i have one quig quick quiet period question. people around the company are speaking. i know last week sheryl sandberg was in davos. she spoke but tried to keep her words away from the ipo, some of their investors have been speaking. how does the s.e.c. look at that issue? >> well, real

>> companies like facebook and groupon are basically transformational companies.ou don't come across them very often and i'm pretty sure they can continue to grow for a long time, even being public. >> we'll have more on the expected ipo throughout the morning but again this is the big week we're watching for things coming up on wednesday. >> may happen as early as wednesday? we'll see who the banks are jockeying for position to lead the thing and also numbers, finally get the numbers. what's going on inside the company. >> how much can they make even though the razor thin margin, is it $100 billion, hutch is it worth? >> the company may be worth somewhere -- >> how much account bankers make? >> i think it's going to be razor thin. >> still it's a lot. >> it's not going to be 7%. it could be 2% or 3%. >> tens of millions. >> it's not a bad deal for the banks but it's the -- >> if they asked "squawk box" to underwrite the ipo we'd do it. >> for the cache. they might need us for the cache so you have to think about it. >> we are flush with cache around here, we are.

>> behalf found an groupon approved a fungicide and yet it won't do not know if it is simply warned ore maid brand. orange prices went up 10% on monday fell 10% on tuesday. coke's stock was unaffected >>catherine: they're not clear they will have to recall products today are just looking in on this in. here is a loser, chris ford said the agent leigh steinberg of what is going on? when >>pam: and never ever kick someone when they're down. but he has vowed for bankruptcy. and she was then jerry mcguire integration, show me the money he represented to play a, steve young, every man says i wish i had that guy's job he is an attorney representing of people and get 10 to 15 percent of their salaries that is also curious he went bankrupt he said what he was in the have you lost track of its finances. >>catherine: it is hard to imagine because he clearly had a lot at one time. >>pam: yes binge drinking problems, it just messes up people's lives financially speaking so be careful out there. >>catherine: thank you rob, be careful out there. >>jacqueline: temperatures tomorrow won't lead to a fr

howard schultz is on the board of groupon and we have become good friend with howard and he basically has taken on a, we have to do the work. we have to be articulate and deliver the votes. we have to communicate to government but we have to deal with our people and our customers as if we're our own governing body. and if we can be exemplars in the way we run our businesses maybe that's a good proxy for what we should asking for government. i was mayor of my town for several years and in florida and you know i learned a lot about local government and then when i was president of aol i used to say, i'm running the fastest-growing city in the world. we would go from a million to four million to seven million, 12 million people and governing really is a function of focusing on the vital few and what i think has happened is that there's so much noise in our system right now that we have lost sight of what the big, vital deliverables of the government is. and you're absolutely right. there should be a partnership and a simplifying of the best ways for the private sector and government to w

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