Rumors

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Thursday, August 17, 2017. United Rentals to Acquire Neff Corporation for $25/Share in Cash The Deal: United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI) and Neff Corp (NASDAQ: NEFF) announced that United Rentals will acquire Neff...

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Tuesday, August 15, 2017. Microsoft Acquires Cycle Computing The Deal: Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) has acquired cloud computing company Cycle Computing. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Microsoft...

Investors holding on to Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: CHTR) under the assumption that pending M&A will boost the stock higher may want to reconsider, at least according to analysts at Wells Fargo. Over the past few months Charter has been named as a potential acquisition target but...

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Monday, August 14, 2017. AAOI Said to have Received a $110/Share Offer The Rumor: A report out of China says Huawei Technologies Co. has submitted an offer to acquire Applied Optoelectronics Inc (NASDAQ: AAOI)...

Amid a crackdown on pyramid schemes and the arrests of Shanxinhui management, four government agencies in China have been assigned the task of "resolutely eradicat[ing]" multi-level marketing firms, according to reports by local news sites. The Ministry of Education, Ministry of Public...

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Friday, August 11, through Sunday, August 13, 2017. Altice Considering Asking Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, BC Partners for Funding for Potential Charter Acquisition The Rumor: Altice NV (NYSE: ATUS) is...

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Thursday, August 10, 2017. PayPal To Acquire Swift Financial, Terms Not Disclosed The Deal: PayPal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: PYPL) has agreed to acquire small-business lender Swift Financial. Terms were not disclosed...

Baird Equity Research lowered its rating for RingCentral Inc (NYSE: RNG) from Outperform to Neutral after the stock jumped 8.08 percent Wednesday on an unsubstantiated M&A rumor. The Baird analysts, William V. Power and Charles Erlikh, believe the risk-reward is now fair and the most likely M...

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Wednesday, August 9, 2017. Altice working on offer to buy Charter Communications The Rumor: Shares of Charter Communications (NASDAQ: CHTR) surged over the $400 mark on Wednesday, following a report from CNBC...

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Tuesday, August 8, 2017. Oclaro Said to Receive Takeover Offers The Rumor: Shares of Oclaro, Inc. (NASDAQ: OCLR) spiked higher Tuesday following a report from Betaville that the company has received takeover...

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Monday, August 7, 2017. United Technologies Offered Less Than $140/Share for Rockwell Collins The Rumor: United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX) has approached Rockwell Collins Inc. (NYSE: COL) with an offer of...

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Friday, August 4, through Sunday August 6, 2017. United Technologies Considering Deal for Rockwell Collins The Rumor: United Technologies Corporation (NYSE: UTX) is considering the acquisition of Rockwell Collins...

Automatic Data Processing (NASDAQ: ADP) shares rallied to as high as $115.75 in pre-market trading on Friday, up from Thursday's closing price of $111.77. The optimism lingered, as the stock opened at $113.50. However, the stock couldn't sustain its early gains. After languishing in the red...

With Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP) shares trading at around $13, well below their $17 IPO price, the last thing shareholders want to hear right now is how much higher the company’s valuation may have been a year ago. Yet three separate sources, including one company insider, have now suggested...

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Thursday, August 3, 2017. Global Payments Acquires ACTIVE Network for ~$1.2B in Cash, Stock The Deal: Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN) announced it has an agreement to acquire the communities and sports...