Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Friday September 28, 2012

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Friday September 28, 2012:

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Allscripts

has hired Citigroup to explore a possible sale, according to sources reported by

. Blackstone Group

is one the potential buyers mentioned. Allscripts was last mentioned as a takeover target in May. On May 26 the Board of Directors approved the adoption of a Stockholder Rights Plan under which stockholders will receive rights to purchase shares of a new series of preferred stock in certain circumstances. A spokesperson for Allscripts declined comment on the report for "competitive reasons." Allscripts closed at $12.42 Friday, a gain of 14.15% on 7 times average volume.

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Monster Worldwide

is still in talks to be acquired by private equity, according to

. The company confirmed to Benzinga on September 11 it was still in talks to sell itself. Many companies have been rumored as potential buyers, including Microsoft

, Oracle

, News Corp

and Salesforce.com

. Monster Worldwide closed at $7.33 Friday, a gain of 0.14% on average volume.

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Brazil's Vale

is in talks to acquire Molycorp

, according to sources. Rio Tinto

was rumored in April to be making an investment in the rare earth company. A Vale spokesperson told Benzinga the rumor was "not true." A spokesperson for Molycorp declined comment on the report. Molycorp closed at $11.50 Friday, a gain of 0.52% on lower than average volume.