Buffett's Big Prediction and Facebook's Big Idea

By Chris Hill – Updated Apr 6, 2017 at 8:45PM

NYSE: BRK.A

Market Cap

$879B

Today's Change

(1.18%) $7,100.00

Current Price

$611,244.00

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A look at today's edition of "MarketFoolery."

On today's edition of MarketFoolery, the daily podcast from The Motley Fool, we discuss the following topics:

Warren Buffett did an hourlong interview on CNBC this morning, and the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A) (NYSE: BRK-B) did not disappoint. After giving his opinion on everything from corporate taxes to housing to his prediction on U.S. jobs, our analysts share their reactions.
Last week, Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) launched a new social network that incorporates, among other things, video-chat capabilities. This week, Facebook announced a deal with Skype to do the same thing. With CEO Mark Zuckerberg saying more product launches are in the works, what products do our analysts recommend?

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