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Fool Video: Who Should Buy Facebook?

By Mac Greer – Updated Apr 5, 2017 at 5:34PM

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Should Microsoft take a page from Facebook?

According to reports, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is in discussions to take a stake in Facebook. Is Facebook a must-read for Microsoft investors? Should Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) try to get a piece of the Facebook action? And what do underpants gnomes have to do with this story? In this installment of Fool Video, Managing Editor LouAnn DiCosmo talks Facebook with Motley Fool analyst Seth Jayson.

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Both LouAnn DiCosmo and Seth Jayson own shares of Microsoft. Neither LouAnn nor Seth owns any of the other stocks discussed. Netflix and Yahoo! are Motley Fool Stock Advisor recommendations. Microsoft is an Inside Value selection. Intuitive Surgical is a Rule Breakers pick. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

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