Benzinga's M&A Chatter for Monday July 28, 2014

The following are the M&A deals, rumors and chatter circulating on Wall Street for Monday July 28, 2014:

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Dollar Tree

and Family Dollar Stores

announced Monday that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement, under which Dollar Tree will acquire Family Dollar in a cash and stock deal, valued $74.50 per share. Under the terms of the agreement, Family Dollar shareholders will receive $59.60 in cash and $14.90 in Dollar Tree shares. The deal is expected to close in early 2015. Family Dollar shares closed Monday at $75.74, a gain of 25%. Dollar Tree shares rose more than 1% to close at $54.87.

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Zillow

announced Monday that it has agreed to acquire Trulia

for $3.5 billion in an all-stock transaction. The Boards of Directors of both companies have approved the deal, expected to close in 2015. Trulia shares closed Monday at $65.04, a gain of 15%, while Zillow shares rose almost 1% to close at $160.32.

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Apple is near a deal for talk-radio app Swell, according to

. The deal is valued at around $30 million, according to sources. Apple did not immediately confirm the deal. Apple shares closed Monday at $99.02, a gain of almost 1.5%

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Retrophin

announced Monday, that on July 17, 2014 it submitted an offer to Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals

Board of Directors, to acquire all of the shares of Clinuvel stock that Retrophin does not own for 0.175 Retrophin shares per Clinuvel share, or A$2.17 per share in cash. Retrophin currently owns approximately 4.88% of Clinuvel shares. Retrophin shares closed Monday at $10.86, a loss of 5.5%.

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Pilgrim's Pride

announced Monday that it will acquire the poultry businesses of Tyson Foods

in Mexico, in a deal valued at $400 million in cash. Pilgrim's Pride, is majority owned by JBS USA Holdings. Tyson Foods shares closed Monday at $40.56, a gain of 2.5%.