Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Wednesday February 26, 2014

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Wednesday February 26, 2014: Walmart Acquires Yumprint The Deal:
WalmartLabs WMT announced on their blog Tuesday that they were acquiring recipe site Yumprint. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Walmart closed Wednesday at $74.78 a gain of 2%. Rumor of Microsoft Interest in Pandora Acquisition The Rumor:
Shares of Pandora P rose sharply higher Wednesday on unconfirmed market chatter of a potential bid from Microsoft MSFT. Analyst Albert Fried dismissed the rumor as a "fairy tale". Spokespersons for the two companies would not comment on the report. Pandora closed Wednesday at $38.87, a gain of 2.72%%. Report Blackstone Near Deal for 20% Stake in Versace The Rumor:
Private equity firm Blackstone BX is close to a deal to acquire Italian luxury goods company Versace, according to sources. Financial Times reported the deal could be be as much as €1B for the stake in the firm headed by Donatella Versace. Spokespersons for Blackstone and Versace declined comment. Blackstone closed Wednesday at $32.67, a loss of $0.26.