Jonathan Marino

Can We Put a price tag on how much patent trolls suck? We can now! Let’s Find the Craigslist Killer: And let the families of the victims have closure few seem to care enough to provide them Cheap Date! Dinner with the leader of the free world, HALF OFF! How’d Groupon miss it? Playing Operation: CD&R on why operations matter

Not a Bad Day: Apple wraps Monday at all-time high Everyone Else… Stock futures signal a mixed open for Tuesday In the Crosshairs: Samsung targets the new iPhone for litigation Blunt Smoking Qwikster: Wants some serious coin for his Twitter handle, yo When Good Tech ideas go bad Speaking of Which: News Corp. to pay up in spy case

CityDeals croaked, and was dealt to the Beehive State’s top waterparks operator. The acquisition came at a tremendous loss for the company’s backers, who put millions into a company that was ultimately claimed by one of its lenders—a lender who, in turn, still saddled the investors with CityDeals’s liabilities. However, the tale of the company’s failure—according […]

Getting Uglier: Things at Techcrunch just keep getting worse and worse Tax Time! Will President Obama embrace the Buffett tax? Putting a Face on a Tragedy: Greece’s impoverished grows New Shiny Thing: PE firms circling AOL turn to Yahoo Yikes: Things are about to get messy up in H-P

Approaching the Summit? Netflix’s impressive roll begins to slow Still Missed the Mark: RIM’s fortunes fall further It Warrants Asking… so how did the “Amish Bernie Madoff” print up P&Ls for his investors? Bullish on the Buck? Fortress bets vs. the Euro Suburban Decay: Is this it for the ‘burbs? Here’s Why CEOs need to engage Washington (distasteful as it might sound!)

UPDATING: Mike Hirshland has posted an item at his own blog, in which he confirms his departure from Polaris, and states that he will launch a seed investment fund. Michael Hirshland, who joined Polaris Venture Partners in 1999 to focus on Internet investments, is leaving the venture firm, peHUB has learned from two sources. Hirshland […]

Joe Francis: Wins casino debt case, still a tool OBEY. Subscribe. peHUB. The SEC widens its CDO probe You. And us. And we just lost two billion on a rogue trader. UBS. Despicable You: Teen fakes cancer for cash The Good News? For the White House, it’s that voter dissatisfaction isn’t a primary concern. But jobs, and the economy, are.

Groupon has had a heck of a ride in 2011 (as has the whole daily deals business). It kicked off the year with a mega-round at a mega-valuation, and thanks to investors’ interest, some secondary market hype and an alphabet’s worth of clones, Andrew Mason’s daily deals titan rode a wave of investor euphoria all the way to a $20 billion valuation. But as it reached that crest, things started to head south. And, sideways. The daily deals industry has inflated to a phenomenal size, but no one knows what it precisely threatens to do with all its clout. Three months ago, consumers said they felt inundated through their inbox with daily deals offerings—which means that, as the industry goes from e-mail to mobile phone, competitors will have to keep up with the trend shift or get left behind. Already, some players in the space (some notable recent entrants, to boot) have felt the pains of a growing industry. What’s next….

Gamebreaker: Google adds flight search D’oh! Early losses foreshadow tough November for the Dems Do You See What Happens, Danny? 12 pro teams with negative outlooks Elbowing to the Front: The White House pushed for Solyndra loans Frank the Tank: How Qatalyst got Motorola the most I See… US futures headed for mixed open

Bachmann Attacks! Lashes out at Rick Perry Yeah, the Economy, Stupid! Cerberus grasps for straws to explain away Innkeepers debacle Recovering: Diane Sawyer will interview Gabrielle Giffords Bachmann’s Not the Only One with a sharp tongue: Huffington lashes out Manny Being Manny: Ex MLB slugger busted in Fla.