Another non-denial, denial

Today's wire reports out of Switzerland made me chuckle.

Apparently, Jean-Paul Clozel, chief executive of Actelion, told Reuters that "there's been absolutely no offer" to takeover the company.

More GSK rumours from the Twitterati - part 2

Should I be surprised how these random Twitter rumours get out of control? Probably not.

But there are some readers who are now claiming that little old Betaville is reporting Johnson & Johnson is weighing a bid for GlaxoSmithKline.

More GSK rumours from the Twitterati

Here's an interesting Tweet from Open Outcrier:

Open Outcrier ‏@OpenOutcrier 43m43 minutes ago

$GSK Hearing vague takeover chatter mentioning JNJ as acquirer. Unconfirmed market chatter.