Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Monday December 23, 2013

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Monday December 23, 2013. Seagate Buys Xyratex for $13.25/Share in Cash The Deal:Seagate Technology (NASDAQ: STX ) and Xyratex (NASDAQ: XRTX ) announced Monday, an agreement under which Seagate will acquire all outstanding shares of Xyratex