Facebook off to a flyer on Nasdaq

Facebook is updating its status to "public company" as its stock jumps in its debut on the Nasdaq Stock Market.

Facebook sets richest tech IPO in motion

Facebook is to make the richest-ever share offering for a technology firm, raking in billions of dollars it could wield to dethrone Google as king of the internet.

Gordhan: Youth wage talks urgent

Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan says the problem of creating jobs for young people is a matter of urgency and cannot be indefinitely deferred.

Privacy issues lurk as Facebook lists

A German data protection official has warned Facebook investors that the site's starting $38 share price is based on practices that breach privacy rules, as the company fell flat on its market debut.

Zuckerberg to ring IPO opening bell

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg will ring the opening bell as the social network he founded 8 years ago in his Harvard dorm room makes its long-awaited Wall St debut.