(Adds LVMH, El Al Israel Airlines, DWS, Engie, Enel, Caixabank)
Sept 17 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2100 GMT onThursday:
** VESA Equity Investment, controlled by Czech billionaireinvestor Daniel Kretinsky, has taken a 3.05% stake in Britishsupermarket group Sainsbury's
SBRY.L
, a filing showed.
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** Abu Dhabi-backed holding company ADQ said it has acquiredabout a 22% stake in Dubai-based courier Aramex
ARMX.DU
,making it the company's biggest shareholder.
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** Insurer MetLife Inc
MET.N
said it will buy vision-carebenefits company Versant Health for $1.68 billion from aninvestor group led by Centerbridge Partners and FFL Partners, tostrengthen its vision insurance business.
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** Uber Technologies Inc
UBER.N
is planning to sell partof its $6.3 billion stake in Chinese ride-hailing firm DidiChuxing to raise cash, Bloomberg News reported, citing peoplefamiliar with the matter.
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** Germany's Synlab has put its environmental business upfor sale to streamline the laboratory services group ahead of aplanned stock market listing next year, people close to thematter said.
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** Vortex Energy, a subsidiary of the private equity arm ofEFG Hermes
HRHO.CA
, has completed the sale of its controllingstake in a 365 megawatt solar PV portfolio in Britain, EFGHermes said.
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** China will need to approve ByteDance's proposed deal withOracle Corp
ORCL.N
for its TikTok app, the Chinese companysaid, indicating how its bid to stave off a ban in the UnitedStates could be further complicated.
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** Iberdrola
IBE.MC
has bought Japan-based renewablesdeveloper Acacia and signed a joint venture deal withMacquarie's Green Investment Group to develop an offshore windfarm portfolio, the Spanish energy company said.
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** Germany's Deutsche Boerse
DB1Gn.DE
, on a mission tomake acquisitions, said that it would buy a majority stake infintech Quantitative Brokers for an undisclosed sum.
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** EQT
EQTAB.ST
has agreed to buy Italian online realestate classifieds group Casa.it from Oakley Capital, theSwedish private equity group said, marking its secondacquisition in the sector in a week.
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** South Korea's LG Chem
051910.KS
, an electric carbattery supplier for Tesla Inc
TSLA.O
and GM
GM.N
said itplans to separate its battery business into a new company as theelectric vehicle market takes off.
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** U.S. President Donald Trump raised questions on Wednesdayabout plans by China's ByteDance to keep a majority stake in theU.S. operations of popular social media platform TikTok aftersix Republican lawmakers urged him to reject the proposal.
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** LVMH
LVMH.PA
tried to block an attempt by Tiffany
TIF.N
to fast-track legal proceedings in the United States toforce the French luxury group to honor an acquisition dealagreed last year.
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** A 27-year-old U.S.-born yeshiva student has securedcontrol of El Al Israel Airlines
ELAL.TA
following a publicshare offering that was a government condition for the carrierto receive a 75% state-backed $250 million loan.
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** Deutsche Bank's
DBKGn.DE
asset manager DWS
DWSG.DE
has launched an auction for its fund administration unit IKS asit seeks to simplify its operations, people close to the mattersaid.
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** Engie
ENGIE.PA
said it would seek a higher offer fromVeolia
VIE.PA
for almost all of its 32% stake in French wasteand water management group Suez
SEVI.PA
, adding it had not yetreceived any alternative proposal from Suez.
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** Enel
ENEI.MI
has received a bid from Macquarie for itsstake in Open Fiber valuing the group at more than 7 billioneuros ($8.3 billion), signaling strong interest from big fundsfor Rome's plans for a national broadband network.
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** Caixabank
CABK.MC
and Bankia
BKIA.MC
approved theterms of a proposed merger that will create Spain's biggestdomestic bank with around 600 billion euros ($710 billion) inassets, two sources familiar with the matter said.
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(Compiled by Abhishek Manikandan and Manojna Maddipatla inBengaluru) ((Abhishek.Manikandan@thomsonreuters.com))
