Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Tuesday October 29, 2013

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Tuesday October 29, 2013: Hearing BlackBerry Met with Facebook to Gauge Interest The Rumor:
Shares of BlackBerry BBRY moved higher Tuesday on a report from Dow Jones that executives of the company have met with Facebook FB to discuss possible interest from the social networking site. There have been rumors in the past about a possible Facebook phone, though such a project has been denied by CEO Mark Zuckerberg. BlackBerry closed Tuesday at $8.31, a gain of almost 1.5%. Blyth Confirms Unsolicited $16.75/Share Offer from CVSL The Offer:
Blyth BTH confirmed Tuesday that it has received an unsolicited proposal from CVSL CVSL to acquire all of the public common shares of Blyth for $16.75, payable in CVSL shares or cash. Blyth will review the proposal. A source close to CVSL, responding to a Seeking Alpha post, told Benzinga on September 25, that the article content, which mentioned CVSL was building a position in Blyth was very consistent with the company's M&A strategy. Blyth closed Tuesday at $14.47, a loss of 6.5%. CVSL gained 24%, closing at $0.74 Rockwell Automation to Acquire vMonitor The Deal:
Rockwell Automation ROK today announced that it has agreed to purchase vMonitor. The deal is expected to close within two months. Rockwell Automation closed Tuesday at $110.91, a gain of more than 1%.