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Groupon, the online social coupon site launched in 2008, is looking to raise hundreds of millions of dollars in expansion-related funding after rejecting a bid from search giant Google worth as much as $6 billion, Bloomberg News reported Thursday, citing people familiar with the process.

The U.S. Census Bureau is pushing residents to mail Census 2010 forms back ahead of the April 1 deadline. Why is that so important? States could stand to lose an average of $1,400 for each person not counted.

First off, to my esteemed colleague Nick, who assumes I "haven't heard of or experienced" either the dizzying heights of education costs or the depressing depths of student loan debt, I have just one little number for you: $30,000. Or at least I think it's around $30,000-ish. I stopped keeping...

What's the status of Startup Nation? Fledgling tech companies are smaller, more numerous and a bit crazier if you ask top executives and investors gathered at the Supernova 2009 technology conference in San Francisco this week. Prominent angel investor and venture capitalist Dave McClure puts it...

Larger transactions and increased investor confidence pushed clean technology ("cleantech") venture capital investments higher in the second quarter of 2009. Investments in companies dealing with energy efficiency and solar power led the overall market, which surged 73 percent quarter-over-quarter....

It appears that soon the zoos around Boston will be receiving less than adequate state funding.They are being put in the sad position of possibly being forced to lay off approximately 160 employees. They are also facing the all-too real possibility of having to relocate as many as 1,000 zoo...

This week President Obama brought science back into the Endangered Species Act, effectively overturning a wild diversion of the law by the Bush administration last summer. Bush decided that federal officials didn't have to bother to consult with scientists when they decided whether logging or...

Mark Cuban wants the economy to recover just as much as you do, and he's putting his money where his mouth is.Right now you can apply for a piece of the Mark Cuban Stimulus Plan by sharing your business idea on his blog, where ideas that meet his criteria and are deemed worthy will receive...

As if the down economy wasn't bad enough, the unwravelling of Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme has many women's groups struggling for new funding. Many are facing deep cuts from foundations that were invested with Madoff, who federal authorities have accused of operating a fraudulent $50 billion...

Cutbacks are coming as state and local governments try to achieve anything resembling a balanced budget. One of the items on chopping blocks across the country is support for local zoos and aquariums. New York has one of the most prominent examples of zoo cutbacks. Governor Paterson is cutting the...