Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Thursday February 5, 2015

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Thursday February 5, 2015 Rumor of Comcast Bid for Netflix The Rumor:
Shares of Netflix NFLX rose Thursday on unconfirmed market chatter of an offer from Comcast Corporation CMCSA of $560 per share. Netflix shares rose about $5.00 on the rumor, before settling back. Spokespersons for Netflix and Comcast were not available for comment. Netflix shares lost Thursday, closing at $446.80 Intuit Acquires Porticor The Deal:
Intuit Inc. INTU has acquired cloud-based security company Porticor, as reported on the Porticor website. Lazarus Israel Opportunities Fund was a major investor in Porticor. Intuit shares gained 1% Thursday, closing at $91.64 CTPartners Gets $7.00/Share Bid from DHR The Rumor:
Shares of CTPartners CKSW spiked higher Thursday, on a report from the New York Post, that DHR International sent the CTPartners Board a letter on February 4 with a $7.00 per share cash offer. DHR Chairman David Hoffman, told the Post that CTPartners CEO Brian Sullivan, originally rejected a verbal offer made during a telephone conversation. A CTPartners spokesperson was not available for comment. CTPartners shares gained more than 11% Thursday, closing at $6.17. E2open to Be Acquired By Insight Venture Partners for $8.60/Share in Cash The Deal:
E2open, Inc. EOPN announced Thursday, that Insight Venture Partners will acquire E2open for $8.60 per share or approximately $273 million. An affiliate of Insight will commence a tender offer for all the outstanding shares of E2open common stock for $8.60 per share in cash. The deal was firs rumored in a report by the Wall Street Journal in January. The deal is expected to close before the end of Q1 of FY 2016. E2open shares gained almost 40% Thursday, closing at $8.54.