Google is one step away to buy the Groupon website.Rumors say that the value of the deal is between $5.3 and $6 billion.
According to New York Times,it seems that the deal will close this week .However,there are people saying that this acquisition is not a sure thing.The acquisition of Groupon website will become the largest purchase of the search engine giant so far.The largest purchase the engine giant made so far is DoubleClick,bought in 2007 for $3.1 billion.
Andrew Mason ,a 29 years old Internet entrepreneur created the website about two years ago.The website is said to have about 1000 employees and 2,5 million users in Britain alone.
On Groupon websites you can find discount vouchers that allows users to benefit from discounts on retailers websites.However,a minimum number of people have to agree to purchase something in order to benefit from any discount.
It is estimated that 200 discount vouchers for goods and services are being offered by Groupon daily .
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