Groupon is accelerating pretty fast. It's signed a partnership deal with eBay recently and there continue to be rumours of a Yahoo acquisition. However, just as Mike Arrington confirmed in the above analysis piece, we've heard today that Yahoo is in the process of implementing a global distribution deal with Groupon, not an acquisition. 
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