Facebook narrowly avoids dip below starting price in mixed first day of IPO

Social network giant ends day at $38.23 (£24), up just 0.61% from its starting price after share sale got off to a messy start

Facebook IPO: social network makes stock market debut – Friday 18 May

• Facebook breaks even in first day of trading• IPO smashes record for trading volume with 565m shares• Underwriters step in to shore up $38 offer price• Launch delayed amid confusion at Nasdaq• Follow our Facebook shareholder wealth tracker here

Facebook IPO reaps huge rewards for founders as buyers watch and wait

Early trading delays subsided to sell 82m shares of Facebook stock in 30 seconds before subsiding close to the offer price

Facebook preaches accountability – but doesn’t practise it

Mark Zuckerberg's control of Facebook shares means there could be tension over strategy in the future

Facebook shares open at $42 as it begins trading on Nasdaq

Mark Zuckerberg instantly catapulted into the top tier of the super-rich in most anticipated IPO since Google's in 2004

Facebook’s IPO and the new tech bubble

Michael Wolff: There's no doubt the Facebook IPO is symptomatic of a new tech bubble. The only question is when will it burst

Facebook users file class action suit in US over web tracking

Users of the social network have filed a $15bn class action complaint over data collection. By Simon Goodley

Who’s the fool in the Facebook IPO? It may be you

Joris Luyendijk: Bankers' fees for the flotation total about $100m. Is Facebook being conned – or is it ultimately someone closer to home?

Hewlett-Packard to axe up to 30,000 jobs

Computer and software company expected to cut 8% of workforce as consumers ditch bulky PCs in favour of tablets

Facebook IPO: the key players and what they are worth

Mark Zuckerberg isn't the only one who stands to gain big on Friday. Here are the other early adopters with a piece of the pie

Pinterest valued at more than $1bn after raising $100m funding

Popular social network valued at between $1bn and $1.5bn following a $100m round of funding. By Charles Arthur

Johnston Press takes print ad hit as digital revenues rise

Regional publisher reports ad revenue fall of 9% and announces partnership with used car sales portal. By Mark Sweney

Facebook IPO: analysts warn investors away as more shares hit the market

As early investors decide to cash out, some consultants warn first-day bubble will burst once the cultural spectacle wears off

Facebook Nasdaq flotation set to raise $16bn

Facebook's stock exchange debut increases by 25% as demand for shares pushes early backers to cash in

Five reasons not to buy Facebook shares

The sale will likely generate billions, but hidden just beneath the buzz are signs that not all is well for Silicon Valley's star

ISPs told to come clean on broadband speeds

TalkTalk and BT the worst offenders in mystery shopping exercise that showed broadband companies often fail to offer a speed quote to potential customers. By Juliette Garside

Perform buys data company RunningBall for £95m

Sports rights company buys real-time data firm in deal worth up to £95m. By Mark Sweney

General Motors gives Facebook the boot ahead of $100bn share sale

Withdrawal of one of the world's biggest advertisers days before stock market sale seen as an embarrassment by analysts

Facebook: a tale of two media models

Michael Wolff: The irony of the Facebook epoch is that old media covets its IPO billions, while new social media envies the old's content

Unfriending the US: Facebook co-founder stands to save millions

In renouncing his citizenship last year, Eduardo Saverin will get out of paying $39m in taxes according to one estimate

Facebook raises float price after being ‘swamped’ by investors

Price hiked to $34-$38 a share – valuing social network at $104.2bn and the most expensive US company to go public

Facebook raises price range ahead of IPO

Social network has raised price target to $34-$38 a share, potentially valuing the company at more than $100bn. By Charles Arthur

Former Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson diagnosed with thyroid cancer – reports

Thompson, who quit amid allegations that he had lied on his CV, reportedly said his illness contributed to his decision to resign

Ailing Nokia falls back on patents legacy

Mobile phone maker steps up quest for royalties from rivals that it says infringe its patents. By Charles Arthur

Trayvon Martin petition site Change.org comes to UK

Website that teenager's mother used to bring his case to world attention says it has 'structure of a business but non-profit ethos'

Next question after Scott Thompson’s departure: what is Yahoo actually for?

Since the advent of Google, and then Twitter and Facebook, the company hasn't had a unique selling point

Yahoo chief Scott Thompson quits amid claims of fake qualification

Internet giant replaces CEO with former News Corp executive after less than six months in job. By Dominic Rushe

Embattled Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson reportedly set to quit over fake resume

Tech company is expected to announce that he will leave 'for personal reasons' a week after it was revealed he lied on CV

Eduardo Saverin renounces US citizenship ahead of Facebook IPO

Facebook co-founder who owns 4% of company to become legal resident of Singapore – dodging a major US tax bill

Facebook IPO overvalued at $96bn, say investors

Poll finds 79% think social media giant's price tag is too high – but report says next week's flotation is already oversubscribed. By Juliette Garside