Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Tuesday August 6, 2013

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Tuesday August 6, 2013:

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Bloomberg reported late Tuesday that Amgen

has raised its bid for Onyx Pharmaceuticals

to $130 per share. A June 30 bid of $120 per share from Amgen was rejected by Onyx. To date, that is the only official offer for Onyx. Spokespersons for Amgen and Onyx declined comment on the rumor. Onyx Pharmaceuticals closed at $132.02 Tuesday, a loss of 1% on lower than average volume.

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DISH

CEO Charlie Ergen said Tuesday during the company's Q2 earnings call that the only possible acquisition his company could make was T-Mobile

, following all of the consolidation in the industry. T-Mobile shares surged higher on the comments. AT&T

announced on July 12 it was purchasing Leap Wirless

, while Clearwire

shareholders approved the acquisition of the company by Sprint

on July 8. Softbank

completed its merger with Sprint on July 10. A spokesperson for T-Mobile US declined comment on the Ergen statement. T-Mobile US closed at $24.06 Tuesday, a loss of 2.5% on higher than average volume.

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3D Systems

announced Tuesday that it has acquired TeamPlatform, a cloud-based, collaborative design and project management platform. 3D Systems plans to integrate the TeamPlatform technology into its professional and consumer products. 3D Systems closed at $46.30 Tuesday, a loss of 2% on lower than average volume.