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"Groupon's long souring Cinderella Story finally hit a low point yesterday, as their stock plummeted 25 percent. The online coupon company which was once hailed as the future of retail and hasn't really hit the right note ever since, responded by firing their CEO,  Andrew Mason. \r\n\r\n\u201CAfter four and a half intense and wonderful years as CEO of Groupon, I\u2019ve decided that I\u2019d like to spend more time with my family,\u201D he wrote in a note to employees. \u201CJust kidding\u2014I was fired today.\" Mason continued the note in good humor, which included such classic CEO references as \u201CIf Groupon was Battletoads, it would be like I made it all the way to the Terra Tubes without dying on my first ever playthrough.\" You may not know what Terra Tubes are anymore than Groupon's remaining employees do, but Wall Street seemed to take it well. The company's stock rose 4 percent following news of Mason's firing ..."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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