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Groupon Fires Up

Groupon said its performance had improved dramatically in the fourth quarter of 2013, as revenues jumped by a fifth to US$768.4m (£461.3m) and profits more than doubled to US$72m. Following its US$250m acquisition of South Korean Ticket Monster last month, boss Eric Lefkosky said the deals brought it new “scale, relationships and category expertise”.

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