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According to widespread reports, how many billion US dollars did Groupon turn down from Google in 2010? Answer with the whole number only.

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The question asks for the widely reported headline amount in whole billions of US dollars; use the reported $6 billion figure.
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www.theguardian.com, bloomberg, 'groupon prankster mason not joking in spurning google' (dec. 6, 2010), https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-06/groupon-prankster-mason-not-joking-in-spurning-google-s-6-billion-offer.html; wall street journal, 'groupon's $6 billion gambler' (dec. 18, 2010), https://www.wsj.com/articles/sb10001424052748704828104576021481410635432, cbs chicago, report: groupon declines google offer (2010-12-03), https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/report-groupon-declines-google-offer/; forbes, groupon turns down google's $6 billion offer (2010-12-03), https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeisaac/2010/12/03/groupon-turns-down-googles-6-billion-offer/, cbs chicago, ‘report: groupon declines google offer’ (december 3, 2010), https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/report-groupon-declines-google-offer/, chicago tribune (dec 3, 2020) "10 years ago, groupon turned down google's $6b offer"; nyt dealbook (dec 3, 2010) "groupon said to reject google's offer"; business insider "why groupon really turned down google's $6 billion offer", en.wikipedia.org, forbes, groupon turns down google's $6 billion offer (dec. 3, 2010), https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeisaac/2010/12/03/groupon-turns-down-googles-6-billion-offer/; los angeles times, groupon reportedly rejects google's acquisition offer (dec. 4, 2010), https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-dec-04-la-fi-groupon-google-20101204-story.html, forbes, mike isaac, 'groupon turns down google's $6 billion offer' (dec. 3, 2010), https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeisaac/2010/12/03/groupon-turns-down-googles-6-billion-offer/; los angeles times, melissa harris and wailin wong, 'groupon reportedly rejects google's acquisition offer' (dec. 4, 2010), https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-dec-04-la-fi-groupon-google-20101204-story.html, forbes, ‘groupon turns down google's $6 billion offer’ (december 3, 2010), https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeisaac/2010/12/03/groupon-turns-down-googles-6-billion-offer/; los angeles times, ‘groupon reportedly rejects google's acquisition offer’ (december 4, 2010), https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-dec-04-la-fi-groupon-google-20101204-story.html, fortune.com, reuters, 'groupon rejects google's $6 billion buyout offer' (dec 3, 2010); widely corroborated by ap, techcrunch, and the wall street journal reporting google's offer at approximately $6 billion., techcrunch.com, the guardian, 'discount website dares to cut and run from google' (5 dec 2010), https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2010/dec/05/google-groupon-discount-websites; forbes, 'groupon turns down google's $6 billion offer' (3 dec 2010), https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeisaac/2010/12/03/groupon-turns-down-googles-6-billion-offer/, widely reported (e.g. new york times, reuters, techcrunch) that groupon rejected an approximately $6 billion acquisition offer from google in december 2010., widely reported (e.g. reuters, 'groupon rejects $6 billion buyout offer from google', dec 2010; corroborated 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    #17356Reuters, 'Groupon rejects Google's $6 billion buyout offer' (Dec 3, 2010); widely corroborated by AP, TechCrunch, and the Wall Street Journal reporting Google's offer at approximately $6 billion.
    #5986Widespread news reports (e.g. Reuters, WSJ, CNET) from December 2010 stated Groupon rejected Google's acquisition offer of approximately $6 billion.
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