Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Monday October 14, 2013:

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Monday October 14, 2013:

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that his company has been acquired by Facebook

. Reportedly, Facebook paid more than $100 million to acquire the Israeli data compression company. Facebook closed at $49.51 Monday, a gain of $0.40.

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Coldwater Creek

announced Monday that the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors will consider a broad range of strategic alternatives, including a sale or merger of the company. Perella Weinberg Partners is serving as an advisor to the Board. Coldwater Creek closed at $1.26 during regular trading hours Monday, and lost 28% after-hours.

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reported Monday that Emulex

has held talks with several private equity firms, according to sources. Those firms include Francisco Partners, Thoma Bravo and Thomas H. Lee Partners.

reports a deal is uncertain.

reported in July that Emulex had attracted many bidders. Emulex closed at $7.83 Monday, a gain of 1%