Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Thursday March 13, 2014

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Thursday March 13, 2014:

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Shares of WWE

spiked higher Thursday on unconfirmed market chatter of interest from AMC Networks

in acquiring the company. Sources say the deal could be in the mid-to-high $2B range. Spokespersons for WWE and AMC were not available for comment. WWE closed Thursday at $29.75, after hitting an all-time high of $31.98.

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reported on Thursday that Apollo Global Management

is looking at a possible bid to acquire food and enetertainment chain Dave & Buster's, according to sources. The current owner, Oak Hill Capital Partners is reportdly seeking about $1 billion for the company. Apollo purchased Chuck E Cheese owner, CEC Entertainment, last month. Spokespersons for the parties declined comment on the report. pollo Global Management closed Thursday at $32.13, a loss of almost 1.5%.

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Shares of Chelsea Therapeutics

surged higher Thursday and kept going, following a note from Wedbush that the biotech company and maker of Northera, is a potential takeover target. A spokesperson for Chelsea Therapeutics was not available for comment. Chelsea Therapeutics closed Thursday at $5.95, a gain of 14%.