Benzinga's Weekend M&A Chatter - Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM)

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Friday November 1 through November 3, 2013:

Report Charter Communication Weighing Bid for Time Warner CableThe Rumor

Shares of Time Warner Cable

TWC

rose almost 3% Friday on a report from

Reuters

that Charter Communications was considering a bid for its much larger competitor, according to sources. Liberty Media

LMCA

owns approximately 25% of Charter. Both Charter and Time Warner Cable declined comment on the rumor. Time Warner Cable closed Friday at $123.51.

Fairfax Reportedly Lacks Financing to Complete BlackBerry Deal, Qualcomm May Join Cerberus BidThe Rumor

Bloomberg

reported Saturday that Qualcomm

QCOM

might join Cerberus Capital Management in a bid for troubled phone maker BlackBerry, according to sources. Cerberus is reportedly in talks with BlackBerry founders Mike Lazaridis and Doug Fregin about a potential deal. Meanwhile, Fairfax Financial Holdings, which bid $9.00 per share or $4.7 billion for BlackBerry is having trouble setting up financing for their bid, according to sources. A spokesperson for AT&T declined comment on the report. A Vodafone spokesperson was not available. BlackBerry closed Friday at $7.77, a loss of 2%.

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