Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions

April 30 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies were reported by 0530 GMT on Wednesday.

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** Malaysian state investment arm Khazanah Nasional Bhd will buy a stake of 16.41 percent in Singapore healthcare service provider Parkway Holdings Ltd (PARM.SI) for S$531.51 million, Khazanah said. To read more, please double click on [nKLA007438]

** Indian drugmaker Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd (REDY.BO) said it had agreed to acquire BASF's (BASF.DE) drug contract manufacturing business and a related facility in the United States for an undisclosed amount. [nBOM288972]

** British utility BG Group Plc (BG.L) has offered A$13 billion ($12.1 billion) for Origin Energy Ltd (ORG.AX), Australia's second-largest power retailer, as it looks to establish itself as a major player in the Pacific region, sending Origin's shares up nearly 40 percent. [nSYD268961]

** Daimler AG (DAIGn.DE) has reached a preliminary agreement to set up a truck-making joint venture with Beiqi Foton Motor Co (600166.SS) in China, the Chinese company said. [nSHA23150]

** Huaneng Power (0902.HK), China's largest independent electricity provider, said it will buy Singapore's Tuas Power from its parent China Huaneng Group in a deal worth about $3 billion. [nHKG4043]

** MedAssets Inc (MDAS.O), a provider of cost management services to healthcare companies, said it agreed to buy Accuro Healthcare Solutions Inc for a total of $350 million, including $100 million of debt. [nWEN5321]

** French bank Credit Agricole (CAGR.PA) and Banco Popolare (BAPO.MI) agreed to combine their Agos and Ducato units to create Italy's largest consumer credit group, the Italian bank said. [nL29218596]

** Regal Entertainment Group (RGC.N) must divest movie theaters in three North Carolina cities in order to acquire Consolidated Theatres, the U.S. Justice Department said. [nN29369133]

** Cablevision Systems Corp (CVC.N) may make a joint bid for Long Island newspaper Newsday that would match or top rival offers of about $580 million from media titans Rupert Murdoch and Mortimer Zuckerman, a source familiar with the matter said. [nN29314892]

** Moroccan fertilizer producer Charaf Corporation offered to buy out remaining shareholders in local rival Fertima (FERT.CS) after acquiring 86.6 percent of the company, market regulator CDVM said. [nL29610592]

** International Business Machines Corp (IBM.N) said it acquired privately held InfoDyne Corp, whose software helps provide market data for electronic trading. [nWNAS0422]

** Blockbuster Inc (BBI.N) is in talks to buy a stake in a new premium cable TV channel to be launched by Viacom Inc (VIAb.N) with Lions Gate Entertainment Corp (LGF.N) and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, sources familiar with the situation said. [nN29317018]

** CBS Corp (CBS.N) and GE's (GE.N) NBC Universal plan to bid for the Weather Channel in the second round, with bids expected to range between $3.5 billion and $4 billion, people familiar with the matter said. [nN29331469]

** Italy's Veneto Banca Holding will make a public buyout offer for the 23.7 percent of Banca Popolare di Intra Scpa PINI.MI it does not own, Veneto Banca said. [nL29759381]