IPO

As part of the required government filing that goes along with an initial public offering, the social networking giant had to expose a lot about itself.

China is a huge potential market for Facebook but to get in the company may have to modify its uncensored software.

Economist Diane Swonk discusses what is it about a strong market that makes it good for a company, like Facebook, to go public.

Becoming a public company also means Facebook will be facing more scrutiny, from investors, sure -- but also from government regulators.

When it goes public, Facebook is likely to be worth $75 billion or more. But, odds are, you aren't getting in on the real action.

This is the sound of the other shoe dropping

Now that it has gone public, will Facebook start buying up other startups to grow?

Too busy to read the full prospectus from Facebook announcing its initial public offering? Here are the highlights - from it's $5 billion offer to Mark Zuckerberg's $1-a-year salary - via my Twitter feed.