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Wailin Wong / Chicago Tribune:
Groupon promotes Raman to COO   —  Groupon Inc. said Wednesday that Kal Raman, the company's senior vice president of global sales and operations, has been named chief operating officer.  —  Raman, who joined Groupon in April, fills an executive role that has been left vacant since September 2011.
Nov 14, 2012, 4:50 PMIn context
Wailin Wong / Chicago Tribune:
Lock-up over, Groupon shares tumble 9%   —  Shares of Groupon Inc. tanked on Friday, reflecting heavy selling as restrictions on insider sales of stock were lifted.  —  The stock closed down nearly 9 percent, or 95 cents, at $9.69 per share.  Earlier in the session, it hit a 52-week low of $9.53.
Jun 2, 2012, 2:05 AMIn context
Wailin Wong / Chicago Tribune:
Groupon lock-up period ends Friday, letting insiders sell stock for first time   —  Top executives have said they will not sell; analysts predict many others will sit tight, wait for share price to improve  —  On Friday, Groupon insiders will be allowed to sell their stock for the first time since the company went public in November.
Jun 1, 2012, 1:00 PMIn context
McClatchy-Tribune / Chicago Tribune:
HP restarts tablet manufacturing   —  Hewlett-Packard (HP) has announced it will resume production of consumer tablets but says it will run them on Microsoft's new Windows 8 operating system.  —  The world's largest technology firm suspended its touchPad WebOS tablet production line last year on poor sales.
May 11, 2012, 4:50 PMIn context
Steve Schmadeke / Chicago Tribune:
Robbery getaway is foiled by GPS   —  GPS device hidden in cash helped police apprehend 3 men within minutes of a Calumet City bank holdup, FBI says  —  GPS devices are hidden in cash to help authorities track down bank robbers.  (Photo courtesy GeoTrax / January 6, 2010)
Jan 10, 2010, 10:20 PMIn context
Wailin Wong / Chicago Tribune:
United Airlines launches Wi-Fi on some flights   —  Chicago-based carrier first testing service on flights between New York, California  —  United Airlines has started inflight Wi-Fi service on flights between New York and California, allowing passengers to surf the Web on their laptops and mobile devices.
Oct 8, 2009, 12:40 PMIn context
Sharon Pian Chan / Chicago Tribune:
Microsoft interns still feel the love   —  Attention to student program continues despite software giant's financial results, 5,000 job cuts  —  On the same day that Microsoft Corp. reported some of its worst financial results ever earlier this summer, a dozen buses left the company's headquarters campus.
Sep 14, 2009, 8:20 AMIn context
Chicago Tribune:
New law makes sex offenders' use of Internet social networking a felony   —  Quinn also signs law against online ‘grooming’ of victims  —  SPRINGFIELD — Gov. Pat Quinn signed new laws Tuesday designed to limit sex offenders' use of technology as a way to find more victims.
Aug 13, 2009, 1:45 AMIn context
Wailin Wong / Chicago Tribune:
Michael Jackson death news: Online activity heats up Twitter and Google, slows down some sites   —  TMZ leads with early details, while Los Angeles Times and AP do the heavy lifting  —  Michael Jackson (Carlo Allegri / Getty Images)  —  The tributes, expressions of shock and bad jokes came flooding …
Jun 26, 2009, 9:35 AMIn context
Wailin Wong / Chicago Tribune:
Motorola to lay off 4,000 in 2009   —  Schaumburg-based Motorola Inc. said Wednesday it is laying off 4,000 workers in 2009, with 3,000 of them in the company's flagship mobile phone division.  —  The layoffs are expected to begin immediately and come on top of a 3,000 workforce reduction announced during the fourth quarter of 2008.
Jan 14, 2009, 6:50 PMIn context

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