UPDATE 2-Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions
** Fiserv Inc (FISV.O), a provider of IT services and systems to the financial services sector, said it agreed to sell its Loan Fulfillment Solutions (LFS) business to a unit of ISGN Corp. [ID:nBNG479260]
** Fertilizer maker CF Industries Holdings Inc (CF.N) said it has acquired a 7 percent stake in Terra Industries Inc (TRA.N) in its latest bid to increase pressure on Terra to enter into merger talks. [ID:nN2872458]
** Japanese brewery Sapporo Holdings Ltd (2501.T) said it would buy a 21.65 percent stake in unlisted beverage maker Pokka from private equity firm Advantage Partners and other investors. [ID:nTFA006453]
** A disputed auction of a Ukrainian Black Sea chemical plant plunged into confusion with Ukraine's Nortima first being declared the winner and then being told its $624 million offer had been rejected. [ID:nLT43051]
** Thailand's Finance Ministry is ready to sell its 30.6 percent stake in ACL Bank ACL.BK to Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) (1398.HK), Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij said. [ID:nBKK498377] (Compiled by Tina Kwan in Singapore and Divya Sharma in Bangalore)
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