Fool Video: Does Microsoft Plus Yahoo! Equal Google?

By Mac Greer – Updated Apr 5, 2017 at 10:12PM

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A match made in heaven or a marriage of inconvenience?

Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) is offering $45 billion for Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO). Does Microsoft + Yahoo! = Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) or does Microsoft + Yahoo! = AOL-Time Warner (NYSE: TWX)? Will Yahoo!'s stake in Gmarket (Nasdaq: GMKT) deliver big returns for Microsoft? In this installment of "Fool Video," Motley Fool analyst Tim Hanson gives his take on the big deal of the day.

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Lou owns shares of Yahoo! and Microsoft. Neither Tim nor Mac owns any of the stocks discussed. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy, which means Lou has to hold her Yahoo! shares for at least another 10 days. (Sigh.)

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