Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Thursday February 5, 2015

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Thursday February 5, 2015

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Shares of Netflix

rose Thursday on unconfirmed market chatter of an offer from Comcast Corporation

of $560 per share. Netflix shares rose about $5.00 on the rumor, before settling back. Spokespersons for Netflix and Comcast were not available for comment. Netflix shares lost Thursday, closing at $446.80

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Intuit Inc.

has acquired cloud-based security company Porticor,

. Lazarus Israel Opportunities Fund was a major investor in Porticor. Intuit shares gained 1% Thursday, closing at $91.64

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Shares of CTPartners

spiked higher Thursday, on a

, that DHR International sent the CTPartners Board a letter on February 4 with a $7.00 per share cash offer. DHR Chairman David Hoffman, told the

that CTPartners CEO Brian Sullivan, originally rejected a verbal offer made during a telephone conversation. A CTPartners spokesperson was not available for comment. CTPartners shares gained more than 11% Thursday, closing at $6.17.

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E2open, Inc.

announced Thursday, that Insight Venture Partners will acquire E2open for $8.60 per share or approximately $273 million. An affiliate of Insight will commence a tender offer for all the outstanding shares of E2open common stock for $8.60 per share in cash. The deal was firs rumored in a report by the

in January. The deal is expected to close before the end of Q1 of FY 2016. E2open shares gained almost 40% Thursday, closing at $8.54.