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🗓️ 31 July 2017
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Merger Monday! Discovery Communications seals a $14.6 billion deal with Scripps Interactive. Jason Moser and Taylor Muckerman analyze Discovery’s opportunities for international growth. Snap’s lockup period expires, sending trading volume through the roof. But while Snap’s stock remains flat, the upcoming earnings report bears watching. Plus, we dip into the Fool Mailbag to discuss Costco’s marketing push with....Groupon??
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| 0:18.3 | It's Monday July 31st welcome to market foolery. I'm Chris Hill joining me in studio today for a million dollar portfolio Jason Moser and |
| 0:28.0 | Back after a little bit of an absence, but we're happy to have him back in the studio |
| 0:34.4 | From Stock Advisor Canada Taylor Markerman good to see you it's good to be back nice feeling a little less |
| 0:38.7 | pressure I've missed it I'm sorry I really do apologize. |
| 0:42.8 | Mondays were more like it just you could go one of two ways either right you know |
| 0:47.2 | the last couple of Mondays Jason and is Taylor back? |
| 0:50.2 | I have tuned it. |
| 0:51.6 | People really don't want to hear me droning on. That was admirable. |
| 0:54.1 | We're going to dip into the full mailbag. We got to start with the deal of the day and |
| 0:58.1 | that is Discovery Communications buying Scripps Interactive in a deal valued at $14.5 billion. |
| 1:05.6 | This is a cash and stock deal. |
| 1:07.8 | This is one that was well telegraphed. |
| 1:11.7 | And because of that, the buyout price for Scripps Interactive is $90 a share. |
| 1:17.4 | The stock had been in sort of the mid 60s not too long ago and once these reports started to come out then the stock was |
| 1:26.5 | getting bit up so that's why you're not seeing any kind of a pop today. |
| 1:30.1 | I am a little surprised though Jason that Discovery Communications is down more than 7% because again |
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