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Groupon Could Go Public Next Month; Sugar Refiners Sue Corn-Syrup Processors

• After delaying for a few weeks, it looks like Groupon will go public in either October or November. [Crain’s]

• Sugar refiners are suing corn-syrup processors, and needless to say, relations between the two are anything but sweet. [ABC News]

• Josh Ozersky ponders an eternal mystery: Why are Jews so smitten with Chinese food? [Time]

• Chipotle’s South Asian spinoff, ShopHouse Kitchen, debuts Thursday in D.C. P.F. Chang’s, it’s on. [NRN]

• With poor eating habits, little exercise, and smoking, China is basically turning into America circa 1965, and they have the same chronic diseases to show for it. [WP]

• Underground Secret Dining in Jakarta trumps anything the kids are doing in Brooklyn or San Francisco: Guests have no idea what will be served until they show up. [SceneAsia/WSJ]

• New research about deals sites suggest people are just as much suckers for small discounts as large ones. [NRN]

Groupon Could Go Public Next Month; Sugar Refiners Sue Corn-Syrup Processors