Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Thursday April 10, 2014

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Thursday April 10, 2014: Amazon.com to Acquire Comixology The Deal:
Amazon AMZN announced Thursday that it is acquiring digital comic site comiXology (https://www.comixology.com/). The website offers content from more than 75 of the top publishers as well as independent producers. Amazon shares closed Thursday at $317.11, a loss of more than 4%. H&R Block to Sell Bank Unit to BofI Federal Bank The Deal:
H&R Block HRB announced Thursday that H&R Block Bank has agreed to sell certain assets and transfer certain liabilities to BofI Federal Bank. H&R Block expects the net, ongoing annual financial impact of the program management agreement to be dilutive by approximately $0.07 to $0.09 per share beginning in fiscal 2015, based on current fully diluted shares outstanding. No sale price was mentioned, but a figure of $460 million had been mentioned by Sandy Mehta, CEO of research firm Value Investment Principals, as reported by The Deal in January. H&R Block closed Thursday at $28.42, a gain of more than 2.5%. IBM To Acquire Silverpop The Deal:
IBM IBM announced Thursday, an definitive agreement to acquire software Silverpop. Terms were not disclosed. The deal is expected to close in Q2 2014. IBM closed Thursday at $195.68, a loss of $0.96.