Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Friday May 17, 2013

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Friday May 17, 2013:

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Baidu

is rumored to be acquiring Sohu's

Sogu, according to

. Last week

reported Sohu was selling Sogou to Qihoo 360 Technology

for $1.4 billion. A spokesperson for Baidu declined comment on the rumor. A Sohu spokesperson was not available for comment. Baidu closed at $94.72 Friday, a gain of 2%, while Sohu added almost 3%, closing at $63.00.

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Shares of Fusion-io

rallied early Friday on renewed unconfirmed chatter of a possible takeover bid by IBM

. EMC

has also been previously mentioned as a potential suitor. Spokespersons for Fusion-IO and IBM were not available for comment. Fusion-io closed at $14.79 Friday, a loss of $0.04 on higher than average volume.