Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Thursday January 22, 2015

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Thursday January 22, 2015

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Shares of Twitter, Inc.

moved higher on unconfirmed market chatter of potential interest from Google Inc.

. Carl Icahn recently was recently rumored to be taking a stake in the company, but he denied the report. Spokespersons for Google and Twitter did not respond to requests for comment. Twitter shares closed Thursday at $39.07, a gain of more than 3%.

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Shares of Seagate Technology Public Limited Company

rose Thursday, on unconfirmed market chatter of a potential $72.00 per share tender offer from Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

. A source familiar with the matter, told Benzinga there are no deals to sell Seagate. Seagate Technology shares gained 1% Thursday, closing at $63.94.

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Shares of Avon Products Inc.

spiked higher Thursday, on a report from

, that the beauty products company, has been in talks with private-equity firm TPG Capital, according to sources. Spokespersons for Avon and TPG did not respond to requests for comment. Avon Products shares gained 14.5% Thursday, closing at $8.66.

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Amazon.com Inc.

reportedly has acquired Israel's Annapurna Labs,

. The purchase price is believed to be approximately $350M. Earlier, Israel's

, reported the companies were in talks for a deal valued at up to $370 million. A spokesperson for Amazon's AWS unit confirmed the acquisition to Re/code. Amazon shares gained 4.5% Thursday, closing at $310.32.