Benzinga's Weekend M&A Chatter

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Friday March 7 through Sunday March 9, 2014:

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Shares of Intermune

surged higher Friday on a report from

that the biotech company had attracted takeover interest from several pharmaceutical companies, according to sources. There was no indication that an offer had been made, the sources said. An Intermune spokesperson declined comment on the report when contacted by Benzinga. InterMune closed Friday at $33.87, gaining almost 11%.

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A spokesperson for France's Imerys

told Benzinga on Friday, the company was not out of the running for a deal for AMCOL

. On Thursday, AMCOL's Board determined that a bid of $45.75 from Minerals Technologies

was superior the Imerys offer of $45.25 per share. That offer from Imerys had been approved by the AMCOL Board on March 4. AMCOL closed Friday at $46.66, a loss of $0.09.

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British telecom giant Vodafone

is reportedly close to a deal to acquire Spanish cable company Ono for $10 billion, according to sources. The offer would have to be submitted prior to Ono's Board meeting on Thursday to discuss approval of an IPO. A report from

on Sunday said it is unlikely Vodafone would submit an offer for Ono before Tuesday. Vodafone closed Friday at $39.93, a loss of almost 3%.