Benzinga's Weekend M&A Chatter

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Friday August 19 through Sunday August 21, 2016:

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Pfizer

is close to a deal to acquire Medivation for about $14 billion or approximately $80 per share, according to sources as reported by

on Sunday. Celgene

, Gilead

and Sanofi

also were said to be bidding for Medivation. Medivation closed Friday at $67.16, down $0.03.

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Shares of First Solar

rose early on Friday, on renewed takeover chatter of a potential bid from GE

. Axiom's Gordon Johnson told

he would not rule out a GE bid for First Solar. A GE spokesperson declined comment on the rumor. First Solar did not immediately respond to a request for comment. First Solar closed at $37.80 on Friday, up $0.28.

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TGhe second largest ride hailing company Lyft, has approached several major potential buyers, according to sources as reported by the

on Friday. The companies approached by Lyft included GM

, Apple

, Google

, Amazon

and rivals Uber and Didi Chuxing, the sources said. Talks with GM were said the be the most serious, though the nation's largrest automaker never made a formal bid.