Benzinga's Weekend M&A Chatter

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Friday November 1 through November 3, 2013: Report Charter Communication Weighing Bid for Time Warner Cable The Rumor:
Shares of Time Warner Cable TWC rose almost 3% Friday on a report from Reuters that Charter Communications was considering a bid for its much larger competitor, according to sources. Liberty Media LMCA owns approximately 25% of Charter. Both Charter and Time Warner Cable declined comment on the rumor. Time Warner Cable closed Friday at $123.51. Fairfax Reportedly Lacks Financing to Complete BlackBerry Deal, Qualcomm May Join Cerberus Bid The Rumor:
Bloomberg reported Saturday that Qualcomm QCOM might join Cerberus Capital Management in a bid for troubled phone maker BlackBerry, according to sources. Cerberus is reportedly in talks with BlackBerry founders Mike Lazaridis and Doug Fregin about a potential deal. Meanwhile, Fairfax Financial Holdings, which bid $9.00 per share or $4.7 billion for BlackBerry is having trouble setting up financing for their bid, according to sources. A spokesperson for AT&T declined comment on the report. A Vodafone spokesperson was not available. BlackBerry closed Friday at $7.77, a loss of 2%.