The fallout from Facebook’s disastrous IPO is continuing, as the Swiss bank UBS is considering filing a lawsuit against Nasdaq because technical screwups during the opening day Facebook trading caused the bank to lose as much as $350 million. Nasdaq has declined to comment. According to reports, the opening was delayed for half an hour [...]
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