Lawmakers are questioning a process in which the banks involved in Facebook’s I.P.O. shared a negative outlook about the company only with select clients.

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DealBook: Regulators Ask if All Facebook Investors Were Treated Equally

The success of shareholder lawsuits is likely to depend on whether certain information should have been disclosed to all investors, and with more details.

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White Collar Watch: The Facebook I.P.O.’s Potential Legal Exposure

Rival bankers and big investors have complained that Morgan Stanley botched the debut by setting the price too high and selling too many shares to the public.

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DealBook: Facebook Debut Raises Questions on I.P.O. Process

The main issue, according to the chief executive of the Nasdaq OMX Group, was a number of order cancellations that flowed in during the final stages of the initial public offering process.

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DealBook: Nasdaq Chief Says Glitches Weren’t at Fault for Facebook Stock Plunge

Facebook’s $16 billion offering was the biggest I.P.O. that Nasdaq had ever listed. Now there are growing questions over how it was handled.

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DealBook: Facebook’s Debut Marred by Trading Glitches

After a gain of more than 10 percent at the start, the stock drifted back to the offering price, then rose again.

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DealBook: Facebook Shares Open Trading With Modest Gains

Facebook will offer 96 million more shares, or 25 percent more than it was planning to offer previously in response to high demand.

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DealBook: Facebook Increases Number of Shares for I.P.O.

The company, led by its technology investment banking chief, Michael Grimes, has shepherded 28 technology initial public offerings in the past year. Facebook is next.

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DealBook: Morgan Stanley, Where Money and Tech Meet

While shares of the hottest initial public offerings go almost entirely to Wall Street banks that oversee the stock sale, Facebook has discussed raising the number of shares that will go to retail investors.

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DealBook: Small Investors May Get to Own a Bit of Facebook

Despite rumors of delays, Facebook could begin its roadshow as soon as early next week, according to two people briefed on the company’s plans.

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DealBook: Facebook Prepares for I.P.O. Roadshow

Just as its shares started selling to the public for the first time, BATS Global Markets, one of the nation’s newest and largest electronic exchanges, halted trading on its own stock after a series of technical errors in its system.

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DealBook: A Fast-Paced Stock Exchange Trips Over Itself

A data-driven culture, which has been at the root of Zynga’s success, could become a serious liability, several former senior employees warn.

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DealBook: Zynga’s Tough Culture Risks a Talent Drain

$500 million came from Goldman Sachs and a Russian firm, as well as $1 billion from Goldman clients overseas.

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DealBook: Facebook Raises $1.5 Billion in New Financing

A.I.G. paid off its obligations to the New York Fed, paving the way for the insurer and the Treasury Department to plan for a massive sale of stock this spring.

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DealBook: A.I.G. Repays Fed Debt and Looks Toward Big Stock Sale

The site is pushing ahead with plans for an I.P.O., a debut that could value the company at $15 billion or more.

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DealBook: Groupon Readies for an I.P.O.