and groupon is poised to leverage those revolutions.nd i think we're going to see continued growth. i think not only local deals, but groupon is doing real well in travel. they just sbroised groupon goods where they're just selling goods. >> bottom line here, you would nut new money in this stock ahead of the earnings, lou? >> i think groupon's got a long way to go. >> porter, i know where you are on the stock. gentlemen, thank you very much. we'll see you soon. porter, lou, thank you. >>> what a day, meanwhile, for caesar's entertainment. heavily traded today. the stock surging after pricing at $9 a share. something that some market watchers predicted because caesar's sold only 1.4% of the outstanding shares. many people thought the stock could get hit, though, because six times more shares were going to be offloaded by investors than were offered in the ipo. nonetheless, the strong showing put caesar's among the year's best performing initial public offerings. caesar's trails just guidewire software, up 63% since its debut last month.

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what's the trade on groupon? >> i'm a little leery of groupon, personally. i think there's other areas of social media, networking type areas to get into. one of them, google, having such low valuations and such huge cash amounts on their balance sheets to get into some of these areas. i wonder if google becomes a competitor of groupon. i'd rather stick with that a name like that. >>> next on the "halftime report," two stocks went soaring, one plummeting, both lighting up the twitterosphere. we'll reveal the stocks and the trade when we come back. ♪ our machines help identify early stages of cancer and it's something that we're extremely proud of. you see someone who is saved because of this technology, you know that the things that you do in your life, matter. if i did have an opportunity to meet a cancer survivor, i'm sure i could take something positive away from that. [ jocelyn ] my name is jocelyn, and i'm a cancer survivor. [ mimi ] i had cancer. i have no evidence of disease now. [ erica ] i would love to meet the people that made the machines. i had

i wants to talk about groupon though. before the ipo you said there really isn't much that groupon does in low barriers to entree make it unattractive. the stocks have been fairing pretty well of late. it's up another 4 1/3%. the other media stocks have been riding the coattails of what facebook has been doing. what do you think of getting in on groupon. not asking you to put your analyst hat on but in terms of what you thought pre-ipo and what you think of it now. a lot of people thought a the zero barrier to entry. recent data as well. i think the next six months are going to tell a lot to the story, right? we are going to see a couple more earnings releases as the company transfers itself from just excessive envestment to trying to prove to the street that they can have profitability. investment so they're trying to expand the depth of the product so we'll see how that works or doesn't work. and then, you know, i think the premier topic is just the lock-up release, right? you've got a huge number of shareholders who ca

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. >> have you signed up for groupon yet? soon you maybe able to get vip groupon status. for $29.99 a year you maybe able to get the perks that are available to other folks. groupon says the vip program is really a test phase but only right now in the handful of markets. >>> mars is going to shrink your sugar bars. you can still eat your pizzas as much as you want. >> it's bad for you. real quick, take a look tomorrow's forecast. not bad, we will recover nicely, back in the 50s sunshine. as we at the week, saturday is good, sunday not so much. keep it tuned into abc 2 and on the website, we'll keep you posted on the possibilities for sunday. . >> what did you learn on pinterest today? >> they got a lot of cute dogs on there. all right, have a great night and we'll see you tomorrow.

so he started a company called groupon. groupon become a phenomenon. forbes named it the fastest growing company ever. ipo, created around the world, created a new shopping phenomenon. more than 50% of its business very quickly is outside of the united states. so i really do think we need to not lose sight of we were advantaged, because we were the early adopter of the internet and the web and web 20 kinds of activities and technologies, but now that genie is out of the bottle on a worldwide basis and we have to drive lots and lots of new policy, new partnerships between government, between private industry, between the banking system to make sure that it doesn't get away from us and that we can kin to drive innovation and create jobs for our economy. if i was running for re-election, that would be one of the major would be major program, the start up initiative that one of my friends and partners steve case is running, that i think is vital for our company because it is small businesses that are venture capitalized that are hiring people. so, the more

. >>> and groupons offer items to your inbox for free. >>> wii sports, modern nfl. if you have kids in your house, chances are you have these video games. they are becoming a source of lot of pain. abc2's linda so works for you and shows us how it can lead to breaking a bone. >> reporter: when it's time to play, ashley likes to groove to the music. she isn't shy about showing off her moves. >> i like it because it's fun. >> reporter: it didn't take long for the fun to start hurting. >> ow. >> reporter: there's the occasion album here and there but ashley got a lot more than she bargained for while playing wii's just dance 3. >> i heard some crying. ashley said she hurt her foot. >> it was pinching at first. then it started to really, really hurt. we thought it was a bruise or not a big deal but she couldn't walk on it. >> reporter: ashley hit her foot on the coffee table and broke it. >> most people think it's funny. >> reporter: this orthopedic surgeon treated ashley. he said video game injuries are on the rise. >> while it doesn't seem to be an epidemic, we are se

groupon, i signed up for groupon, my personal experience with it is i just click delete, it's just spamonly reason i haven't unsubscribed is we have a position so i sort of like to follow it. that's only trading at six times revenues. but i don't see any real barriers to entry here and it has a $10.5 billion market cap and so, yeah, there's some value there for sure, but it's way, way south of today's value. >> would you buy takes book right now facebook right now if you could? >> heck no. although i would admire it from afar. we allowed my oldest daughter to finally get on facebook and she has 700 friends and it's a highly addictive product. >> you're make the case for why you would buy it. >> i would buy it at the right price, but based on what i can see, it's coming -- companies ipo at favorable times. in 13 years, i don't think we've ever bought an ipo on its opening. we look for busted ipos six months later and often those can be good investments. so facebook's a fabulous company. it's a real business. we would never short it. but certainly not anything close to today's valuation.

take a listen. >> get your groupon. get your groupon.on. >> this is groupon's first earnings announcement since going public last year. the online company beating on revenue, but missing on earnings, a number of active customers came short. the stock was down after hours. let's have a look at where it's open now. we're 51 minutes into trading. wow, almost 12%. mark may is analyst at barclay's capital. good morning. >> good morning. >> they can short-term manipulate whether they make profits or not by cutting back on the marketing. we've seen that. have they proven to shareholders at long-term this is a profit-making business? >> well, you know, it's always important we dig into the numbers every quarter, but took a step back, as well. 3-year-old company, third year in the business doing 2 billion in revenue run rate. and, yeah, they generated greater than expected free cash flow in the quarter and generate $250 million in cash profits for their third year of business in 2011. i think they have started to answer that thesis, that part of

groupon says the v.i.p.s in a test phase, but only in a hand full of markets right now. >>> what was your favorite toy growing up as a child. >> i had a lot. i would either say the fashion flate, did you ever see those, the heads and you could put different things on it. the bright light set and the cabbage patch kids. >> you tell the story about the cabbage patch kids, you should be ashamed of yourself. your dad suffered for that thing. >> he did. >> i liked the big wheel, the star wars toys but i had a really bad habit of building homes with lincoln logs and then burning them. >> that sounds dangerous. don't do that at home. listen, g.i. joe, easy bake oven, my little pony, we remember those classic toys, apparently they're making a comeback. i wonder if they're the same prices they were when they were first sold. the this summer the big wheel will be relaunched. >> that's going to cost about $30 to $50 depending on the size and is up from the $20 price tag back in the '70s. you gotta factor in inflation.

>> unlike groupon that came to the market before it was profitable, facebook is very profitable. and linked in, you know, sort of started coming to its own and it's done relatively well, but you get to a case facebook is the company that all these companies want to be in terms of the mass of people using it and the revenue. so i think it will set itself apart in that way. some of my colleagues were respectity cal about the stock, but i think this is a very dynamic company that we can't call a fad any more. >> tom: the profit marriage ins close to a record 30%. would you be a buyer on the first day? >> i would be very careful, because a lot of new investors that don't know what they're doing, they're going to say i want to buy face back, it can get dangerous. but i think you do want to own a piece of this company at the right price. >> tom: fair enough, rick munarriz from the motley fool. thanks. ahead of that facebook news, we did see solid job gains. payroll processing firm a.d.p. says private employers added 170,000 jobs in january, right in line with expectations. that's seen

a very big mover, groupon has been on fire since going public. let's get to kayla right now. >> yeah, maria, groupon reporting a 2 cents loss for the fourth quarter of 2011. analysts had expected a 3 cents profit. now, the biggest reason we're told is looks like as a result of international operations intact there, because of being profitable for the first time in some of these international territories. revenue did beat. revenue was $506.5 million. beating estimates of $475 million. we're seeing a proforma loss of 2 cents a share, marimaria. >> we are moments away from cisco's report. expected to report earnings of 43 cents a share, revenue of $11.2 billion. this is the fiscal second quarter for cisco. jon foertt has been watching for the numbers. and joining us is shahwu. we await cisco, jon, let's talk about what you're expecting and what you would look to as far as the most important part of this report. >> well, in some ways, these numbers are looking to be sort of a carbon copy of last quarter. but particularly important, i think, i'm going

. >> chris: what do you think of groupon?ave built a big business. >> groupon is the biggest sue upon website. >> there is a competitive aspect but i think it will end up being when history is written something that looks more like ebay and amazon. >> live social is branching out from coupons offering members adventure. >> we might do something called whitewater rafting and beer tasting. we will take you through a rafting experience and then to a brewery he and drop you back off in the city. >> and they just opened a clubhouse in washington where they offer experiences like a two hour painting class with juan or a cooking class with a top local chef. >> we are not going to peel the carrots. chop them up a little bit. >> he showed us a few of h his 5,000 employees putting together adventures. >> you will see people e-mailing back and forth, figuring out contracts. there is a sexiness associated with the actual event but a lot of labor that goes into actually get it there. >> there were 700 coupon businesses on the web last yea

after that groupon, an ugly slog down. almost half of its high before it bounced back above the offering price. what was the right thing to do? take the money and run. get stock on the offering and ring the register when it opens. the brokers don't like to encourage flipping. this is called flipping. putting in for a hot deal i am not your broker. they may not condone the practice i say, why not? i'm working for you. you do commission business. you do fee business. you put in for a sliver deal which is designed to pop, why can't you take advantage of the pop? the bottom line, sometimes only two decisions to be made here. putting in for a sliver deal and sell it into the pot. you time that sell to the very open of the hot deal and you don't stick around for one red hot minute longer and never, nerve never buy in the aftermarket. the vast majority of time buying in the aftermarket is for suckers. be smart. take the money and run. >> announcer: don't leave home without him. bring cramer everywhere you go. >> you need to get i

groupon as well up today after announcing it's testing a in you program called groupon vip. the subscription cost $29.99 a year and provides early access to deals as well as deals that closed out or sold out to the regular users. up more than 4% there. back over to you. >> all right. thanks a lot, jackie. of course, you mentioned groupon. we've been looking at huge moves in social media. let's talk more about the second market here where the firm is announcing the launch of a new program to provide shareholders with secondary liquidity. liquidity on the second market. a lot more on that later. we know where the liquidity has been in technology for those companies not yet public. we'll talk about what other tiers we might see trading here in terms of companies that are private. more on that coming up. as far as staff, delivering $8.7 billion in trades last year. the firm has 85,000 market participants in 2009. big growth there. since the launch of the private company market, this firm has recorded over $1 billion in transactions in private stock. we'll talk with some of the f

. >> what do you think of groupon? >> a groupon built a great business. >> they are the biggest coupon website. but living social built quite a business. since 200960 million member in 25 countries have bought 63 million coupons. >> there is a competitive as pect. aspect. but when history is written it will bery something more like e bay and amazon. >> living social is branching out from coupons and offering itsnc members adventures. >> we might do something called white water rafting and beer tasting. we will take you to a rasing experience and then to a brewery and do beer tasting and then we drop you back off in the city. >> and they just opened a clubhouse in washington where they offer experiences. like a two-hour paving class and a cooking class with a top local chef. >> we are not going to do anything, we will just chop them up. >> he showed us a few of the 5,000 employees putting together adventures. >> you will see people e mailing back andl forth. they are manage -- they are figuring out contracts. there is a

hi, emily. >> hey there, groupon is losing money and in its first earnings report groupon said it brought in $500 million up almost 200% year over year. but the giant lost $42 million over all. shares are getting pummeled in after hours, the ceo has got a big job ahead to convince analyst that's daily deals aren't just a fad. face book updated a filing disclosing new details saying it's working with the online gaming dop fuel growth. according to a regulatory document filed in december, facebook is responsible for more than 90% of the sales. and as for stocks, they made little change for the day but treating at lofty levels. s and p at seven-month high. and apple's working conditions continue to be a source of controversy. and tomorrow will be presented with a petition, 250,000 customers asking the company to develop a worker protection strategy preventing abuse at chinese factories. and protestors want apple to vow to make a quote, ethical iphone 5. signatures expected to be presented at several locations including san francisco. apple released very detailed reports about working conditi

groupon getting ready to report its first-ever earnings report since going public. are out after the bell. the stock is down just a little ahead of that report. but it's up more than 15% so far for the year. kayla tausche's here with what you need to know before those numbers come out. hi, kayla. >> hi, sue. well, you know, we're expecting a tight profit for groupon's first-ever public quarter. earnings expected by analysts to be 3 cents a share of $473 million in revenue as the company reversed pre-ipo losses by slashing its marketing expenses. for the full year, however, steep costs will eat into groupon's bottom line where analysts expect a loss of about 29 cents a share. the main concern from wall street is can groupon continue rapidly acquiring customers without spending an arm and leg on marketing. citi group estimates active customer base grew 12% in the recent quarter versus 26% the previous quarter. definitely appears to be slowing if those are to be trusted. remember, growth was the buzz word for last year's internet ipos. the sole reason could be valued n

and groupon as well moving up since going public.aking the biggest moves today, courtney reagan. >> take a look here at the big board. we'll look all the way across and see where we are in the broader index. we're up just p three points. a little more advancers than decliners right here. we'll drill down to some specifics here, if we can take a look at the sectors and see exactly what's happening. tech and consumer staples all the way over at the far end doing the best today. flip over to the other side, utilities and health care doing the worst. but not by that big of a margin. if we look at some of the names moving within the sectors, let's start first with tech. look at these names, all the way over on the far side, akamai up 10%. same thing with teradata. first solar is more than likely getting a lift with the group. some speculate it's the bears covering their shorts. let's take a look at the other end of the spectrum when we look at the utility names. right across the board, but not by huge margins. the biggest loser, in fact,

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that's what groupon has to aim for. sue. >> thank you very much. u.s. markets surging since the october low of 2011 with the dow, nasdaq and s&p higher by more than 20%. despite this huge move, billionaire investor ron baron said on "squawk box" this morning that stocks are still cheap. >> the way i see it because of all these concerns that everyone has, everyone's afraid. they're afraid to invest. and because they're afraid to invest, stocks are at the lowest level, most attractive level, in my lifetime. >> that's a pretty bold statement. is he right? let's bring in mike finnegan, chief investment officer at principle funds and chief investment strategist at pncwet management. bill, i'm going to start with you. do you agree with that statement? >> i'm not sure how long he's been around, i'm not sure i go that far. certainly a lot of measures in terms of interest rates relative to inflation, all those different things, they certainly show up as attractive. i think certainly attractive relative to the bond side of the world. >> and, mike, would you agree

particularly groupon. this shares more than 50% in after hours trading on wednesday after this firm recorded earnings that missed on estimates. the daily deal site has a loss coming in and $43 million cited expansion plans and nearly $35 million in tax expenses for that. if you thought that was bad, groupon lost for the same period the previous year. nine times in the fourth quarter loss. these results are the company's first and since it went public in november, as such they will be getting many analysts's attention. >> okay. let's take a look at what to expect in the market today on wall street. as you can see, appearing virtually flat with a few hours to go before they come here with interest. one way or the other in the u.s. markets. >> a bit like the picture we saw here. two up, two down. andrew was talking about the united states. here in world business, england's national football team is looking for a new manager. why ka pello quit and why he may be lining up to a place. we'll be right back after t

every day sites like living social and groupon. doyle will be searching for you. >> here are some of our favorites this morning. groupon for the washington area is offering a digital photo academy. $49 for a three hour photography workshop in the field. that usually goes for 99 bucks. moving over to living social's offerings in the region, this could make a nice valentine's day gift. you can get a favorite photo turned into a 20 by 30 canvas print. these look just like what you see in galleries. that represents a 65% savings. finally a little bliss for you and your honey. google offerings is linking to a deal. $899 for a 50 minute couples massage. you are getting one for yourself and one for your sweetie. you also get a $20 gift card at creative hands and therapy. that is the deal, andrea and mike. >>> time to look at the final question of the day. this is what it was. here's the answer. the number one thing adults tend to two get is what do you think? why they went to the store, where you put your keys, or a friend's phone number?

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groupon reported a loss. what's this one? >> this is a hold.here's still some questions about the business model, and the valuation is rich. i thought the selloff last night was a little extreme. i thought they showed decent growth and nice profitability. but nonetheless, there are some open questions that will take a while to resolve as to whether they can expand from the daily deals segment into the travel segment. until they continue to expand margins, it's a hold. >> is there fatigue, if you will, with daily deals at this point or no? >> we haven't seen it show up in the numbers yet. their guidance implied a sharp deceleration in growth. it's one quarter out of the box. i can't tell if they are being conservative and they want to blow through the number, or if it's a real number. >> do they need an adult in the room? and you know what i mean. >> yes, i do. >> there's questions about andrew mason and his leadership going forward. >> no. i don't think so. we'll see. you know, you have to take this a couple of years down the road. they have a

groupon dealt with a series of marketing gaffs. and from a controversial super bowl commercial to violating sec's so-called quiet period rule. and sony's incoming ceo says he will make a hard, painful decision to cut costs in the tv business and supply change. and the company faces four years of losses and he does say sony will continue to make televisions at the very least and finally there are reports google is creating an entertainment device from the home. information coming from a filing revealing google is testing some sort of device in a few cities. we don't know what it is or what it looks like but a lot of people are speculating what we do know is that google is positioned for a push into hardware looking to make and sell it's own android devices to compete with those successful iphones and ipads. larry, back to you. and have a great weekend. >> thank you. you too. >> we saw scattered light showers today. >> yes. >> actual precipitation. >> i'm just filled with good news today. and the rain came but not so heavily. and tom

groupon for the washington area, is offering a digital photo academy. $4 for a three hour photography workshop in the field, usually goes for 99 bucks. i'm actually going to send it back to you guys. >>> all you have to do for this deal is log on to groupon and moving over to living social's offerings in region, this could make a very nice valentine's gift. you can get a favorite photo turned into a 20 by 40 canvas print. >>> google offers it is linking to a deal from kgb deals. it is $8 for a 50-minute couples massage. that is one for you and for your sweetie. you can also get a $20 gift card at creative hands massage and therapies. that normally goes to 200 bucks. >>> this is a regular segment, you will be hearing from us about these deals every day. >>> okay. coming up, singer whitney houston was prayed for and remembered last night at the grammys. >> there were accolades for an artist who swept a category, coming up. >>> let's see who is celebrating today. he broke the sound barrier, chuck yeager is 89 today? she played rizzo, stock arid channing is

microsoft, zynga, groupon and living social are also big spenders on facebook ads.may reveal whether any of them account for more than 10% of the company's ad revenue. wall street's also eager to hear about the rest of the company's business. just how big a cut does facebook take of e-commerce including virtual goods for social games and movie and music sales. the question is how mark zuckerberg plans to grow facebook's e-commerce revenue down the line. now we'll see just how rich mark zuckerberg will be. we could be sitting on as much as a quarter of the company which would make him worth between $20 billion and $25 billion, depending on the company's valuation. this ipo will also mint a couple of other new millionaires. we'll have to see how much of their initial stakes in the company they have sold. a number of institutional names should also turn a hefty profit. the s1 are reveal the stakes of microsoft, goldman sachs, as well as excel partners. this ipo is certainly the buzz of menlo park this morning. we were at the starbucks across the street. a couple of the

if you think i am wrong think groupon. their first day of trading $28, and now they closed at $22. linked in 20 up to $22 and now they are at $74. facebook is good, but we need to know how this company is going to make money going forward. if you want to invest, go to google. it is expensive, $500 a share, but they control a much larger portion of the ad market on-line. >> anytime people go to linked in. all i know is it is an e mail from people i don't talk to and they want into to join in. and what is the other thing, plastics ? >> i am on it. i have it and it is the equivalent of being a landlord and having rental property that makes you no money expru to clean it like once every two months. >> all i know about groupon is i fished for it off the hudson. i didn't know you could call and order the food. >> jedediah when i started facebook i thought it was a book made of faces. >> that's a big disappointment. >> it is. i didn't bother investing in it. how much do you stand to make on this? >> none. that's why i am bitter. i am not good with stocks. i am not good with money. i don't

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groupon for the washington area is offering a digital photo academy. it is $49 for a three hour workshop in a field that usually goes for 99 bucks. you can get a favorite photo turned into a 20 by 30 canvas print. the price is $45, and that is a 65% savings. finally, a little bliss for you and your honey. google offers is linking to a deal from kgb deals. it is $89 for a 5 minute couples massage. >>> i'm jessica doyle with your daily deals. >>> alzheimer's disease disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the country. it cannot be prevented, cured or even slowed, according to data from the alzheimer's disease association. and caregivers suffer not only emotionally, but also physically. but in fairfax, there is help. and today we salute the alzheimer's disease family day center on hero central. >> reporter: each day, care takers bring their loved ones to the alzheimer's disease family day center for entertainment and social activity. and today, allen and charles provided a delightful afternoon of music and dancing. and even i had a great time. mile

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. >> groupon. >> it is the biggest coupon web site. living social has built a business. 2009, 60 million members in 25 countries have bought 63 million coupons. >> there is a competitive aspect. when history is written something that looks more like ebay and amazon. >> living social is branching out and offering members adventure. we might do something called white water rafting and beer tasting. take you through a rafting experience and brewery and drop you back off in the city. and opened a clubhouse in washington where they offer two hour paving class and a cooking class with a top local chef. >> we'll chop up the carrots. he showed us the 5,000, employees putting together. and people e-mail figuring out contract sexiness associated with thentious vent and a lot of labor that goes in to get it there. there were 700 coupons on the web last year and 170 shut down. and in november groupon raised several million and put the value at more than 13 billion dollars. >> if group on is worth 13 billion what is living social? >> without the market to tell you what it is. it is a

the chief exec says to make sure groupon doesn't show people deals they don't want like offering bikini close friday on concerns about europe's debt problems. new opportunity to take a class at one of the most well-known schools in the world. m.i.t. is enrolling students online with new features like weekly homework deadlines, test and certificate if you make the grade. the first class is about circuits and electronics and focus on the inner workings of smartphones and other cool garage wits. at the new york stock exchange, -- garage wits. at the new york stock exchange, i'm jane king. >>> the white house handed out copies of the spending plan 20 minutes ago. the administration says the proposed budget aims to cut four trillion from the deficit over the next decade the spending plan is filled with stimulus-style initiatives sharp increases for highway construction and school modernization it calls for eight billion dollars for a new program that pairs community colleges and businesses to better train two million workers for jobs in so-called high growth industries. you will be hearing a

. >> the university in chicago is the first school ever to offer a groupon and it worked. several students signed up. >> we decided to look at the concept. we know our students are sharp consumers. >> there are all kinds of twists to the educational deals. the university in tennessee offered 10% off which dropped the sticker price by $4600. grace college in indiana offers an accelerated three-year degree that saves mony. columbus state community college in central ohio gives students 24 years and up $3500 in scholarship money over two years. in colorado, the state's online school offers tuition locks. but what if the school that you had your heart set on isn't running a sale? the educational consultant and college admissions strategies said negotiate a discount. >> it's got to be done in a subtle and polite way but you can negotiate. >> treat it like you would a job. note the accomplishments and areas you excel in. you may be able to negotiate more with the schools not at the top have the rankings in the areas you excel. explain what your background will add to the school