UPDATE 3-Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions

(Adds MetLife, Eni SpA, Ontario Teachers, Xerox, Laura Canada; updates Kraft)

Jan 19 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies were reported by 2100 GMT on Tuesday.

(For Reuters columns on deals, click on [DEALTALK/])

** Kraft Foods (KFT.N) sealed a friendly deal to buy British candy maker Cadbury CBRY.L for about $19.6 billion (11.9 billion pounds) after frantic last-minute talks broke an impasse over price.

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** MetLife Inc (MET.N) is in talks to buy American International Group Inc's (AIG.N) American Life Insurance Co (Alico) unit in a deal that could be valued between $14 billion and $15 billion, a source familiar with the matter said. [ID:nN19227794]

** Industrial conglomerate Tyco International (TYC.N) will acquire Broadview Security for $1.9 billion in a deal that brings together two large providers of residential and commercial security in North America, the two companies said. [ID:nN18142358]

** Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) (1398.HK) plans to buy half of the China insurance unit of Taiwan's Cathay Financial (2882.TW) for about $59 million, a source said, in what could be the first deal under a landmark cross-Strait pact. [ID:nTOE60I02J]

** U.S. printing company Xerox Corp (XRX.N) gained European Union regulatory approval for its $5.5 billion takeover of Affiliated Computer Services Inc (ACS.N) to move into the outsourcing business. [ID:nBRQ009671]

** Chinese lender Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (1398.HK)(601398.SS) said it was not in talks to buy a stake in Cathay Financial's (2882.TW) insurance unit in China. [ID:nTPU002065]

** Airlines Iberia IBLA.MC and British Airways BAY.L could seal their merger agreement as early as February, the Spanish flag carrier's largest shareholder, savings bank Caja Madrid, said. [ID:nLDE60I1KY]

** David Gold and David Sullivan, the former owners of Birmingham City, have completed the takeover of Premier League club West Ham United and want the new Olympic Stadium to be the club's future home. [ID:nLDE60I0QC]

** Italy's Eni SpA (ENI.MI) is close to reaching a deal with the European Union over international gas transit pipelines that could involve selling all or part of the assets to avoid a possible antitrust fine, sources said. [ID:nLDE60I29W]

** One of Canada's largest pension administrators, the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, has agreed to buy a leading British provider of special needs education, for an undisclosed sum. [ID:nN19212385]