Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Thursday March 26, 2015

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Thursday March 26, 2015:

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Shares of Synergy Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

spiked higher Thursday, on a report from

that the company is working with advisors on options, including a potential sale. A spokesperson for the company declined comment. A Cantor Fitzgerald analyst had said last week that Synergy could sell for $8.50 per share. Synergy Pharmaceuticals shares closed Thursday at $4.11, a gain of $0.29.

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Shares of Ocwen Financial Corp.

initially spiked higher Thursday, on a

that the company could be considering a sale. Ocwen recently announced the sale of a $25 billion portfolio of mortgage servicing rights to Nationstar Mortgage Holdings Inc.

. Prior to that Ocwen sold a $9.6 billion portfolio to Green Tree. A spokesperson for Nationstar Mortgage declined comment on the report, while a spokesperson for Ocwen did not respond to a request for comment. Ocwen shares lost $0.15 Thursday, closing at $8.23. Nationstar shares lost $0.16, closing at $25.83.

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Shares of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

rose early Thursday on a

that Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

might have an interest in acquiring the semiconductor company. Spokespersons for AMD and Samsung were not available for comment AMD shares gained $0.02 Thursday, closing at $2.65.

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Dover

announced Thursday, that it has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Sargent Aerospace & Defense unit in Tucson, Arizona, to RBC Bearings Incorporated

for $500 million. The transaction is expected to close in Q2 of 2015. Dover shares closed at $69.50 Thursday, and traded down $0.16 after-hours.