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’s Mark Zuckerberg: from Harvard hijinks to hoodie billionaire

The social network's stock market debut has made Zuckerberg the 23rd wealthiest person on earth but he's no evil genius. By Josh Halliday

Facebook IPO: is a smartphone next on the agenda for Zuckerberg?

With Facebook now sitting on $16bn after its flotation, will we see the massive social network do a Google and develop its own phone?. By Charles Arthur

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?

Facebook share price set at $38

Social network's landmark flotation has investors clamouring to buy, but some analysts issue warnings about IPO

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

Local newspapers’ crisis: is hyperlocal journalism the answer?

Roy Greenslade presents, after a short break, a further extract from What do we mean by local?. It's taken from chapter by David Baines

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

How Bitly mapped Britain’s news websites for us

Which news sites are read disproportionately highly across Britain? See how Bitly mapped Britain

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 ‘co-creator’ continues legal action over The Social Network

Aaron Greenspan will fight on despite judge dismissing copyright infringement claims relating to book on which film is based

Facebook IPO: the data behind our animation

Facebook is about to hit the stock exchange - but just how big is it and how has it grown so massive?

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

Obama’s team of tech gurus to unleash ‘Holy Grail’ of digital campaigning

Dashboard, the Democrats' sophisticated new tool, melds data collection with a social aspect to unify volunteers nationwide

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

Bing gets social as it leapfrogs Google with Facebook, Twitter – and Google+

Updates to the perenially cash-bleeding search engine mean that it now includes data from your social networks - including the biggest two that Google can't reach. By Charles Arthur

Police call on ‘Twitter squad’ to fight web bullies

Police chiefs ask users of social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter to help combat criminal behaviour online

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