

Groupon is being featured as one of “Oprah’s favorite things” on today’s “The Oprah Winfrey Show.” More Groupon news: The site has been overwhelmed today (“slow or completely down”) as it offers $50 in credit at Nordstrom Rack for $25, All Things Digital’s Liz Gannes is reporting. Google stock, by the way, finished regular trading today at $590.83, down $5.73, or 1 percent, from yesterday’s closing price. More Google news: The company has agreed to delete data collected by its Street View cars in Britain, according to The Associated Press. Swisher also mentioned Microsoft, Amazon and San Jose online auction powerhouse eBay as possible Groupon buyers.

Groupon has already raised $171 million from investors including Digital Sky Technologies, Accel Partners and New Enterprise Associates, according to TechCrunch.Īccording to All Things Digital’s Kara Swisher, Groupon “appears to be engaged in a pattern of shopping itself around.” Earlier, she wrote, talks over a $2 billion to $3 billion offer by Sunnyvale Internet content powerhouse Yahoo ended without a deal.
