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

(Adds WestLB, Univision Music Group, Norddeutsche Affinerie, and MoneyGram International)

Feb 28 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies were reported by 2100 GMT on Thursday. (For Reuters columns on deals, click on [DEALTALK/])

** A dispute over marketing rights held by mining group Xstrata's (XTA.L) biggest shareholder is threatening a possible takeover by Brazil's Vale (VALE5.SA) RIO.N worth around $90 billion, a source close to the situation said.

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** Colonial's (COL.MC) shareholders have asked the Investment Corporation of Dubai to make changes to a takeover bid worth more than 3 billion euros ($4.53 billion), the Spanish property company said. [nL28651734]

** British American Tobacco, the world's second-biggest cigarette maker, struck its second deal in a week with the purchase of Skandinavisk Tobakskompagni's (ST) cigarettes for 2 billion pounds ($4 billion) as it beat forecasts with an 11 percent rise in 2007 earnings. [nL2893687]

** Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd (INRL.BO) said its board had approved acquiring the entire stake in Dev Property Development Plc DPD.L in a 138-million-pound sterling (10.9 billion rupees) share-swap deal. [nBOM78245]

** French bank BNP Paribas (BNPP.PA) said that the latest talk of a cash-and-share bid by BNP for rival Societe Generale (SOGN.PA) was "pure rumour". [nPAC009299]

** Top U.S. tyre maker Goodyear (GT.N) is in final talks to invest more than $1 billion in a manufacturing plant near the Chinese city of Dalian this year. [nHKG104060]

** Hedge fund manager and billionaire investor Edward Lampert has increased his stake in AutoNation Inc (AN.N) to 34.8 percent through recent buys on the open market, according to a regulatory filing. [nN27485988]

** German-led consortium KG Maritime Shipping offered 440.1 million levs ($339.8 million) for a 70 percent stake in Bulgaria's state maritime operator Navibulgar, the privatisation agency said. [nL28489246]

** Universal Music Group said it reached a deal to buy Spanish-language Univision Music Group for an undisclosed sum, including its recording and publishing operations. [nN28580968]

** The German cartel office ordered Austrian conglomerate and copper producer A-TEC Industries (ATEC.VI) to sell its 13.75 percent stake in German rival Norddeutsche Affinerie (NA) (NAFG.DE). [nL28856078]

** Electronic payments provider Euronet Worldwide Inc (EEFT.O) said it would not go ahead with its proposal to buy rival MoneyGram International Inc (MGI.N), citing the turmoil in the debt and equity markets. [nBNG119870]

** German utility E.ON EONG.DE has told the European Commission that it plans to sell its electricity grid and some generating assets to settle antitrust cases, the Commission announced. [nBRU006359]

** Finnish retailer Kesko (KESBV.HE) said it had agreed to sell its industrial raw materials trading unit Kauko-Telko to Aspo (ASU1V.HE). The debt-free purchase price was 76 million euros ($115 million), Kesko said. [nL28174816]