May 6 (Reuters) - The following corporate finance-related stories were reported by media over the weekend:

* A private equity group made up of Bain Capital and Golden Gate Capital Corp are nearing a deal to acquire BMC Software Inc

BMC.O and an announcement could come as early as Monday, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters. ID:nL2N0DM0GN

* JPMorgan JPM.N may buy $150 million stake in India's Diligent Power DBCL.NS , the Economic Times reported, citing three persons with knowledge of the development.

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* Oman is considering whether to issue a U.S. dollar-denominated sovereign bond, its first international bond since 1997 and its second ever, to facilitate debt sales by its private sector, finance minister Darwish al-Balushi told Reuters. ID:nL6N0DM098

* Financial consultancies Deloitte DLTE.UL , PricewaterhouseCoopers PWC.UL and Ernst & Young ERNY.UL are interested in buying peer Roland Berger, two people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Sunday. ID:nL6N0DM0EX

* Online gambling firm Betfair BETF.L is considering paying its shareholders 140 million pounds ($218 million) to fend off a hostile takeover from private equity firm CVC Capital Partners CVC.UL , the Sunday Times newspaper said.

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(Compiled by Sakthi Prasad in Bangalore; Editing by Jijo Jacob)

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