European Goldfields, a developer of mines in Greece, skyrockets after a report of it being approached by Eldorado Gold (NYSE:EGO) about a takeover. The move could throw into question plans by Qatar Holding, LLC to buy a stake in Goldfields.

Electronics For Imaging (NASDAQ:EFII) acquires privately-held Alphagraph Team, a provider of management information systems and enterprise resource planning software products for the printing industry. The acquisition is for an undisclosed sum.

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First American Financial (NYSE:FAF) says it will no longer pursue an acquisition of CoreLogic (NYSE:CLGX), according to an SEC filing. FAF had suggested CLGX sell certain non-core businesses, which it offered to purchase. It said it could purchase the company if the real estate processor and data service provider deemed it best to sell itself entirely.

Vulcan Materials (NYSE:VMC) is still outperforming thanks to talks of a takeover.

Commercial Metals (NYSE:CMC) receives a $1.73B bid to buy from Carl Icahn. Icahn goes hostile with his bid saying he intends to initiate a tender offer for all the company’s outstanding common shares at $15 a piece. The move comes a day after the metals recycler rejected Icahn’s advances.

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Comstock Resources (NYSE:CRK) which is purchasing the land with the goal or developing two shale oil deposits rises slightly after announcing it will purchase 68K gross acres of land in West Texas from Eagle Oil & Gas for $332.7M.

NYSE Euronext (NYSE:NYX) and Deutsche Boerse (DBOEY.PK): Unless the companies agree to further asset sales, Le Monde reports, European regulators are set to block the merger between the two. The competition authorities believe the merger would lead to a double monopoly on the European derivatives market and in the clearing business.

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SuccessFactors might be being bought by SAP (NYSE:SAP) for $3.4B but that isn’t stopping it from making its own acquisitions, with the company saying it will pay $110M to purchase privately held jobs2web, which provides online job marketing and advertising services to employers.

Express Scripts (NASDAQ:ESRX) and Medco Health (NYSE:MHS) funded a study that concluded a merger between the two PBM giants would save tens of billions of dollars in annual drug costs and therefore went on the offensive in advance of today’s grilling in front of Senators. Unfortunately for the firms, antitrust attorneys and consumer groups are shredding the report before the ink is even dry. They note that it uses stale data and government reports from 2002 and 2003 to draw on in its analysis.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts (NYSE:HOT) announces it acquired a 49.8% stake in longtime partner Design Hotels AG. The deal is for an undisclosed amount in a deal expected to close in Q1. The Berlin-based firm owns 200 member hotels in 40 countries.

H-P (NYSE:HPQ) acquires HIFLEX, a German web-to-print software solutions company. The purchase is part of H-P’s push into cloud printing. The amount was undisclosed.

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