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Posted at 02:06 PM ET, 05/24/2012

Did you invest in Facebook?

As part of our continuing coverage of Facebook's IPO, we're looking to chat with the company’s shareholders.

Did you buy shares in Facebook’s public offering last week? How do you feel about the stock’s performance? Tell us about your experiences here:

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Posted at 09:55 AM ET, 05/18/2012

Facebook IPO: Are you going to buy?

Facebook has now been officially listed on the Nasdaq, with co-founder Mark Zuckerberg ringing Friday’s symbolic opening bell. Priced at $38 per share, the social network is now worth $104 billion.

Individual investors were largely cut out of the IPO, but anyone can buy shares now that the company is on the market — though probably not anywhere near the opening price.

Stocks opened high Friday morning, as investors anticipated official Facebook trading, set to begin at 11 a.m.

Tell us: Are you planning to buy any Facebook stock?

YOUR TAKE: Are you buying it?

Would you buy Facebook stock? How much do you think it's worth? Tell us in the comments below or on Twitter by using the hashtag #FacebookIPO. We'll post some responses right here.

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Posted at 08:47 AM ET, 04/23/2012

In online video, minorities find an audience

This story originally appeared in Saturday’s edition of The Washington Post:

Catch Kevin Wu’s latest comedy program on YouTube, and you might think he’s nothing more than a young Asian American talking to a camera in his bedroom. But almost each of his shows command at least 2 million views — rivaling the nightly TV audiences of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.

A disproportionate share of YouTube’s top personalities are minorities, a striking contrast to the most popular shows on mainstream television, where the stars are largely white. These minority-produced, home-grown shows are drawing massive audiences — the top one has 5.2 million subscribers — enough to attract the attention of major advertisers.

On Wu’s videos, ads for Mazda and Toyota pop up. Michelle Phan, a Vietnamese American beauty guru, who ranks 20th among YouTube’s most popular channels, has become a spokeswoman for Lancome. YouTube declined to reveal how much such producers earn, but it says hundreds of them make at least six figures annually.

“A lot of U.S. marketers are leaving minority audiences on the table,” said Seneca Mudd, the director of industry initiatives at the Interactive Advertising Bureau. “Advertisers would ignore that trend at their own peril.”

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Posted at 02:10 PM ET, 04/09/2012

Facebook buys Instagram: Social media users react

Facebook announced Monday that it will acquire the photo-sharing software company Instagram for the sum of $1 billion.

The announcement was met with a flurry of responses on social media, including hundreds of photos on Instagram and tens of thousands of shares and likes of the original post by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Read reactions of social media users, plus official statements from both Facebook and Instagram:

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Posted at 10:45 AM ET, 03/19/2012

Apple’s cash hoard: What would you have done with it?

On Monday Apple finally announced its plans for how it would start using its huge $98 billion cash hoard. The company said it will begin paying investors a quarterly dividend of $2.65 per share, and it will start a $10 billion share buyback program later this year. The two moves will total $45 billion over three years, The Post’s Cecilia Kang reports.

So, it looks like it’s tough luck for industry analysts who wanted the tech giant to use its money to buy a space station similar to Darth Vader’s Death Star or go into the perfume-making industry.

If you had $98 billion in your coffers, how would you spend it? Give us your idea – serious or not – in the comments, and vote for your favorite post by clicking on “Recommend.”

We asked Twitter users to share their $98 billion aspirations using the hashtag #98billion. Here are some of their responses:

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