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- The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on Friday:


** German government officials and UniCredit CRDI.MI bankers have held talks after the Italian lender bought a 9% stake in Commerzbank CBKG.DE, a German government source said.


** Chinese group Hainan Mining's 601969.SS Roc Oil unit has made a cash offer to buy Tethys Oil TETY.ST in a deal that values the Swedish company at 1.89 billion crowns ($185 million), a special group of Tethys Oil's board members said.


** Vodafone's VOD.L $19 billion merger with Three UK could push up bills for millions of mobile customers and impact providers like Sky Mobile by reducing the of from four to three, Britain's competition regulator said.


** Singapore's Olam Agri IPO-OLAA.SI raised its stake in Australia's Namoi Cotton NAM.AX, it said , hours after increasing its buyout offer for the cotton ginning firm to top Dutch commodities trader Louis Dreyfus Co's (LDC) bid.


** The world's largest online betting company Flutter FLTRF.L said it will buy a 56% stake in NSX Group, the operator of Brazilian gaming group Betnacional, for about $350 million as it seeks to expand in the soon-to-be regulated market.


** Denmark's DSV DSV.CO has agreed to buy Schenker, the logistics arm of German state rail operator Deutsche Bahn, for 14.3 billion euros ($15.85 billion) in a deal that would make it the world's biggest logistics company.


** Britain's National Grid NG.L said it had agreed to sell its Electricity System Operator (ESO) to the UK government for 630 million pounds ($827.95 million), including debt.


** Britain's competition watchdog said Vodafone's VOD.L $19 billion merger with CK Hutchison's 0001.HK Three UK could lead to higher prices for customers and it will explore potential solutions to its concerns before it makes a final decision about the deal. [


** Private equity fund MBK Partners and South Korean zinc producer Young Poong 000670.KS launched a 2 trillion won ($1.5 billion) tender offer for shares in Korea Zinc 010130.KS, which the target called a "hostile" takeover attempt.


(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Priyanka.G in Bengaluru)

((Rajarshi.Roy@thomsonreuters.com;))

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