Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Monday July 6, 2015

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Monday July 6, 2015: Hearing Teva To Raise Bid For Mylan To $86-$88/Share This Week The Rumor:
Shares of Mylan N.V. MYL spiked to an intraday high of $73.90 Monday, following a report from Bloomberg, that Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited (TEVA) could raise its offer to $86.00 to $88.00 per share, according to sources. Teva had offered $82.00 per share in April. Mylan offered $35 billion for Perrigo PRGO. That bid was backed by Abbot Labs ABT which has a 14.5% stake in Mylan. Mylan shares rose $0.63 Friday, closing at $70.75. IBM Said to Bid for FireEye The Rumor:
Shares of FireEye FEYE rose Monday, on renewed unconfirmed market chatter of a potential offer from IBM IBM. Deal Reporter said in December that FireEye had been approached by both IBM and Oracle ORCL. Spokespersons for FireEye and IBM were not available for comment. FireEye shares fell $0.18 Monday, closing at $48.01. Hearing Unconfirmed Market Chatter of Lenovo Interest in Marvell Technology The Rumor:
Shares of Marvell Technology Group Ltd. MRVL rose briefly Monday, on unconfirmed chatter of a potential bid from Lenovo Group Limited LNVGY. Spokespersons for Marvel and Lenovo did not respond to requests for comment. Marvell shares fell $0.23 Monday, closing at $13.19. Hearing The Deal Says JP Morgan Interested in Lending Club The Rumor:
LendingClub Corporation LC shares spiked higher Monday on a report from The Deal that JP has an interest in the peer-to-peer lending company, which had its IPO in December 2014. After-hours, Charlie Gasparino tweeted that JP Morgan sources said there was no interest in acquiring Lending Club. Lending Club shares gained 5.73% Monday, closing at $14.75.
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