Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Wednesday September 4, 2013
September 04, 2013 at 17:52 PM EDT
The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Wednesday September 4, 2013: Nikkei Reports Japan's Otsuka to Buy Astex Pharmaceuticals for 90B Yen The Rumor:Shares of Astex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ASTX ) spiked higher Wednesday afternoon on a report from Nikkei that Otsuka (OTC: