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Nasdaq Aims to Pay Up in SEC Facebook Probe

Jenny Strasburg, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on April 24 at 7:30 am PT

Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. plans to set aside $10 million in anticipation of settling a regulatory investigation into its handling of Facebook Inc.’s stock-market debut, according to people familiar with Nasdaq internal discussions.

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Nasdaq Is Still on Hook as SEC Backs Payout for Facebook IPO

Jenny Strasburg and Jacob Bunge, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on March 25 at 11:20 am PT

U.S. regulators approved a plan by Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. to pay customers as much as $62 million for losses stemming from last year’s bungled Facebook Inc. stock-market debut, though the decision left the door open for Wall Street firms to take further legal action.

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Nasdaq Talks Settlement in Facebook IPO

Jenny Strasburg and Jean Eaglesham, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on February 5 at 4:08 pm PT

Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. is in preliminary talks with U.S. securities regulators over a potential settlement related to its botched handling of last year’s Facebook Inc. stock-market debut, according to people with knowledge of the discussions.

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Facebook Makes Nasdaq-100 Trading Debut

Alexandra Scaggs, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on December 12, 2012 at 10:13 am PT

Facebook Inc. joins the Nasdaq-100 Index at the start of trading Wednesday, a move accelerated by the departure of Infosys Ltd., which is moving to the New York Stock Exchange.

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Facebook to Join Nasdaq-100

Michael Driscoll, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on December 5, 2012 at 2:05 am PT

Facebook Inc. will join the Nasdaq-100 Index at the start of trading next Wednesday, Nasdaq OMX Group said late Tuesday.

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Facebook Executives Sell as Restrictions Expire

John Letzing, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Social on November 2, 2012 at 11:26 pm PT

Facebook Inc. executives including Sheryl Sandberg have sold a portion of their stock in the social site as restrictions on insider sales at the company have lapsed, according to filings with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

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Facebook’s Next Fight: Suits, and More Suits

Aaron Lucchetti, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in Social on September 26, 2012 at 6:30 am PT

Facebook Inc.’s botched initial public offering is turning into a potential legal morass for the social-networking firm, its investment bankers and the exchange on which it went public.

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Nasdaq’s Facebook Plan Comes Under Mounting Fire

Jacob Bunge, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on August 23, 2012 at 10:59 am PT

UBS AG decried a proposal from Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. to make up losses for firms damaged in the Facebook Inc. stock-market debut, joining a growing chorus of Wall Street players that are calling on regulators to reject the exchange operator’s plan.

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UBS: Facebook IPO Cost Us $350 Million

Maarten van Tartwijk, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on July 31, 2012 at 2:04 am PT

UBS AG said it took a loss of more than $350 million on the ill-fated Facebook Inc. initial public offering, wiping out nearly half of its second-quarter profit, and it accused Nasdaq OMX Group Inc. of a “gross mishandling” of the stock-market listing.

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UBS Gets Stung by Facebook IPO

Brett Philbin and Aaron Lucchetti, Reporters, The Wall Street Journal in News on June 8, 2012 at 4:45 pm PT

UBS AG blames Nasdaq OMX Group for losses of as much as $350 million it suffered during Facebook’s tumultuous debut, according to people familiar with the bank’s trades.