Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Thursday October 17, 2013
October 17, 2013 at 17:36 PM EDT
The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Thursday October 17, 2013: Report Darden Hires Goldman to Advise on Activist Proposal The Rumor:According to USA Today, Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI ) has hired Goldman Sachs to assist it in repsonding to a proposal from activist