Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Thursday July 5, 2012
Submitted by charlesgross on Fri, 07/06/2012 - 06:33The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Thursday July 5, 2012:
Walgreen to Acquire USA Drug Pharmacy Chain
The Deal:
Walgreen (NYSE: WAG) announced Thursday that it has entered into an agreement to purchase a regional drugstore chain in the mid-South region of the United States from Stephen L. LaFrance Holdings and members of the LaFrance family.
Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Tuesday July 3, 2012
Submitted by charlesgross on Wed, 07/04/2012 - 15:22The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Tuesday July 3, 2012:
M*Modal to Be Acquired for Approximately $1.1B by One Equity Partners
The Deal:
Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Monday July 2, 2012:
Submitted by charlesgross on Mon, 07/02/2012 - 18:20Dell to Acquire Quest Software for $28/Share
The Deal:
Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) and Quest Software (NASDAQ: QSFT) announced Monday they have entered into a definitive agreement for Dell to acquire Quest, an award-winning IT management software provider offering a broad selection of solutions that solve the most common and most challenging IT problems.
Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Friday June 29, 2012
Submitted by charlesgross on Sat, 06/30/2012 - 10:59The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Friday June 29, 2012:
Bristol-Myers Squibb to Acquire Amylin Pharmaceuticals for $31/Share
The Deal:
Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Thursday June 28, 2012
Submitted by charlesgross on Thu, 06/28/2012 - 18:23The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Thursday June 28, 2012:
Hearing BioMarin Pharmaceutical Getting Bids from Several Big Pharma Companie
The Rumor:
Shares of BioMarin Pharmaceutical (NASDAQ: BMRN) spiked higher on a report from the UK Guardian that there are 4 bidders for the Novato, CA biotech company.
Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Wednesday June 27, 2012
Submitted by charlesgross on Wed, 06/27/2012 - 19:23The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Wednesday June 27, 2012:
Harvest Natural Resources Not Seeking Sale of Entire Company
The Comments:
Shares of Harvest Natural Resources (NYSE: HNR) fell 2.7% Wednesday on comments the company was not seeking a buyer for its entire operation.
Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Tuesday June 26, 2012
Submitted by charlesgross on Tue, 06/26/2012 - 21:36The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Tuesday June 26, 2012:
Capital Bank Increases Offer for Southern Community Financial
The Amendment:
On June 25, 2012, Southern Community Financial Corporation (NASDAQ: SCMF) and Capital Bank Financial Corp agreed to amend their previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger.
Benzinga's Microcap Movers for Monday June 25, 2012
Submitted by charlesgross on Mon, 06/25/2012 - 18:04The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Monday June 25, 2012:
Microsoft to Acquire Yammer for $1.2B
The Deal:
Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Friday June 22, 2012
Submitted by charlesgross on Sat, 06/23/2012 - 14:16The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Friday June 22, 2012:
Hearing Chatter of Best Buy Hiring Goldman Sachs
The Rumor:
Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) is rumored to have hired Goldman Sachs as an adviser to explore strategic options, according to sources. Those options could include a sale of the company. Earlier this month, it was rumored that former Chairman Richard Schulze was considering take Best Buy private. The company held its annual shareholder meeting on Thursday.
Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Thursday June 21, 2012
Submitted by charlesgross on Thu, 06/21/2012 - 18:58The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Thursday June 21, 2012:
Nucor Acquires Skyline Steel
The Deal: