Facebook IPO loses steam at the end

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Social network�s shares weaken near the end of its first trading session following $16 billion initial public offering, missing the first-day �pop.� See full story.

Facebook IPO loses steam at the end

Social network�s shares weaken near the end of its first trading session following $16 billion initial public offering, missing the first-day �pop.� See full story.

Facebook hacks its way to the Nasdaq

Images from arguably the biggest day in the social network�s brief history feature a �hackathon� in Silicon Valley, a newly multibillionaire 28-year-old CEO, the crowning of a new richest rock star � and a perhaps surprisingly drab debut performance from the new stock. See full story.

Facebook debut sets pace for tech IPOs to come

The deal and its aftermath could unleash investor demand to get in on the ground floor of the next wave of public offerings in social networking and other fast-growing parts of the technology sector. See full story.

Rocky start for Facebook IPO�s Nasdaq open

The social network�s much-anticipated trading debut had a rough going, with the expected opening of the $16 billion IPO pushed back by about 30 minutes. See full story.

MARKETWATCH COMMENTARY

There�s been a lot of hand-wringing about the debt this week. But the biggest problem we face is not deficits, but unemployment, writes Darrell Delamaide. See full story.

MARKETWATCH PERSONAL FINANCE

Home prices in a majority of the markets covered in Zillow�s Home Value Forecast are set to bottom this year � if they haven�t already, according to a Zillow report released on Wednesday. See full story.