Want to get your tech company's share price up a bit? If so you're not going to be annoyed when Wall Street starts seeping baseless gossip that you're going to be acquired by Microsoft. This is exactly what's happened to Electronic Arts.
Reuters has already got analyst Frederic Ruff to comment on the scuttlebutt, he says, "It's unsubstantiated chatter, but it's out there".
For its part Bloomberg is quoting Microsoft directly as denying any such a deal is in motion. See the Bloomberg report below: