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Facebook Backs Down In Its Challenge To Groupon

Facebook Backs Down In Its Challenge To Groupon

By Phil Villarreal 8.30.11

Facebook Deals, the four-month-old effort to compete with Groupon and LivingSocial, is on the way out. The social networking site plans to sever its daily deals arm in the coming weeks. [More]

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