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Groupon CFO Defends Use of Non-GAAP Measures
Jason Child says Groupon provides these numbers to supplement GAAP metrics and help its investors better evaluate the company.
February 10, 2012
Dismissing as "silly" a suggestion that Groupon might be boosting its cash-flow numbers by not paying its bills, Jason Child, CFO of the online coupon company, defended his company's use of several non-GAAP measures in its quarterly earnings report in an interview with CFO on Friday. Read more...
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