Zings Of The Day (BKC, DELL, HPQ, PAR, GOOG, AOL, VZ)

The King no more. Burger King

being taken private at $24 per share by 3G Capital. The report was first announced by CNBC's David Faber, and Burger King later confirmed the deal. The deal is valued at $4 billion, including debt. I almost think 3G is the amount of AUM the private equity firm has under management. Holding approximately $1 billion in assets, they'll be in debt up to their eyeballs. Hey, it's the American way. Just order me a triple Whopper and a heart attack I love you more. No, I love you more. No, I love you more. Is this a scene from one of those trashy day time soap operas? No, it's the merger battle for 3PAR

between Hewlett-Packard

and Dell

. Dell offered $32 per share and just this morning, HP

its bid to $33 per share. Dell declined to match the newest HP bid, thus ending the merger battle. The Round Rock-based computer maker would not play anymore, and decided to go home. Maybe now it'll concentrate on bringing back the Dell dude. You've got money! Google

and AOL

the two companies were broadening their alliance to include mobile and video search. I can't help but think this headline is from 1997 (the AOL part) and I keep getting those darn cd's in the mail. Now with 3300 free hours! Ugh, it's a bad dream. I'm going back to bed. Same store sales came out today, and most of the

were better than expected. It must've been because I lost my credit card in the mall last month and all those little teens decided to go on a living spree. Verizon

hiked their dividend

Well that's all well and good for shareholders, maybe you could cut my phone bill a bit? My thumbs are hurting from texting, and my brain is hurting from having to shell out for ridiculous taxes every month. Get free trades at