Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Wednesday April 17, 2013 - DISH Network Corp Cl A (NASDAQ:DISH)

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Wednesday April 17, 2013:

Roper to Acquire Managed Health Care Associates for $1B in CashThe Deal

Roper Industries

ROP

announced Wednesday that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Managed Health Care Associates in a cash transaction valued at $1 billion. Completion of the transaction is expected within 30 days, subject to regulatory approval and customary closing conditions. Roper Industries closed at $120.54 Wednesday and traded at $121.40 after-hours.

j2 Acquires Backup Connect BVThe Deal

j2 Global

JCOM

announced Wednesday that it has acquired Backup Connect BV, an online backup provider based in The Netherlands. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. j2 Global closed at $38.34 Wednesday, a gain of $0.24 on average volume.

Omega Advisors' Cooperman Says Dish Offer for Sprint Superior to Softbank BidThe Comments

Sprint

shareholder, Omega Advisors Leon Cooperamn, said on Wednesday he believes Dish Network's

DISH

$25.5B offer is superior to that of Softbank. Cooperman said he is waiting for a response now from Softbank. Omega owns 1.86% of Sprint shares. Sprint closed at $7.09 Wednesday, loss of $0.11 on almost average volume.

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