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MarketFoolery: 02.15.2012

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🗓️ 15 February 2012

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Kellogg's buys Pringles. And Warren Buffett increases his bet on Intel and IBM.

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0:00.0

It's Wednesday, February 15th, and this is Market Fullry.

0:05.0

I'm Prischelan joining me in studio today from Motley Fool Asset Management, Bill Mann.

0:09.0

That's true.

0:10.0

And from Motley Fool Inside Value, Uncle Joe Maker.

0:12.0

Also true.

0:13.2

Gentlemen, good to see you.

0:14.9

We're going to talk about...

0:15.9

Only true facts here on the podcast.

0:17.4

Exactly.

0:18.4

We're going to talk about Berkshire Hathaway's latest investment.

0:21.1

We will dip into the full mail mailbag but we are going to start

0:24.0

with snack food that is near and dear to my heart which is Pringles. We talked last

0:29.8

week about diamond foods having to restate two years worth of financials now known as

0:34.9

Coal Foods after some questionable accounting practices came to light and one ripple

0:41.1

effect was that Diamond's deal to buy Pringles from Procter and Gamble fell apart.

0:46.0

The good news is Kellogg's announced plans this morning to buy Pringles for 2.7 billion.

0:51.8

Joe, Procter and Gamble is one of the stocks

0:54.0

that you follow closely.

0:56.6

Is this a good deal for both sides?

0:58.6

For one side?

0:59.2

What do you think?

1:00.0

Oh, it's a great deal for P&G.

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