Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Friday July 19, 2013

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Friday July 19, 2013:

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Shares of Saks

spiked higher late Friday on a report from the

that Starwood's

Barry Sternlicht has bid $17-$18 per share for for the retailer. Hudson's Bay, owner of Lord & Taylor, had made a similar bid. KKR

and Leonard Green have also been mentioned as potential buyers. Saks closed at $15.89 Friday, a gain of 8% on 3 times average volume.

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Shares of Moneygram International

rose Friday on renewed chatter of an offer from Euronet

. Carlyle Group

, Bain, TPG, and GTCR have also been mentioned as potential buyers of Moneygram, though

reported on July 16 that a potential deal was off. Spokespersons for Moneygram and Euronet were not available for comment. Moneygram International closed at $22.06 Friday, a gain of 6.5% on 3.5 times average volume.

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Shares of Qihoo 360

surged higher Friday on a report from

that the company the company is in talks with Sohu.com

to acquire the Sogou search engine for up to $1.4 billion. A Qihoo 360 spokesperson told

talks were still in the preliminary stage. Qihoo 360 closed at $58.34 Friday, a gain of 1.5% on 1.5 times average volume.

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Apple

has acquired online transit navigation service View

, according to

and location data startup

, according to

. The acquisitions are an attempt to keep pace with Google

Maps and correct the problems associated with the launch of their own Apple Maps. Apple closed at $424.95 Friday, a loss of 1.5% on lower than average volume.