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Fool Video: Icahn Bares His Teeth, Craig's Cyst, and 5 Stocks Approaching Greatness

By Mac Greer – Updated Apr 5, 2017 at 9:27PM

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NASDAQ: MSFT

Microsoft Corporation

Market Cap

$1,797B

Today's Change

(-1.27%) -$3.06

Current Price

$237.92

Price as of September 23, 2022, 4:00 p.m. ET

Can Craigslist delete eBay? Will Icahn deliver for Microsoft?

Move over Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI), Marvel (Nasdaq: MVL), Motorola (NYSE: MOT), and Time Warner (NYSE: TWX); shareholder activist Carl Icahn has a new target in his sights. So will Icahn's latest demands produce big returns for Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO) investors? In this installment of "Fool Video," Motley Fool senior analyst Seth Jayson gives his take on Yahoo! and Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), Online Managing Editor LouAnn DiCosmo talks Craigslist vs. eBay (Nasdaq: EBAY), and we highlight five stocks approaching greatness.

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Microsoft is an Inside Value recommendation. eBay, Marvel, and Time Warner are a Stock Advisor selections.

Lou owns shares of Microsoft and Yahoo! Seth owns shares of Microsoft. Mac does not own any of the stocks discussed. The Fool's disclosure policy always wears white when biking at night.

Stocks Mentioned

Microsoft Corporation

MSFT

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Motorola Solutions, Inc.

MSI

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