Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions
Nov 6 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies were reported by 1000 GMT on Friday.
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** U.S. private equity fund Advent International announced a public bid for Poland's top textbook publisher WSiP WSIP.WA for 405 million zlotys ($141 million).
(To read more click on [ID:nL6692472])
** General Electric (GE.N) is talking to sovereign funds in Singapore, Korea and Qatar about its possible bid for Areva's (CEPFi.PA) electrical power and transmission unit T&D, Les Echos newspaper said. [ID: nL6384118]
** Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co Ltd (8403.T) and Chuo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc (8309.T) said they plan to merge, creating Japan's largest trust bank with scale to better compete in a crowded asset management industry. [ID:nT212956]
** British stockbroker W.H. Ireland Group (WHI.L) said it agreed to sell its 39.35 percent holding in Australian unit for A$1.3 million ($1.16 million). [ID: nBNG410882]
** Dutch telecoms group KPN (KPN.AS) is considering the sale of its business-customer unit and fibre network in Belgium, Belgian daily De Tijd reported, citing several unidentified industry sources. [ID:nL6672410]
** Capgemini (CAPP.PA) is planning a series of acquisitions to strengthen its position in the U.S. market, its chief executive told the Financial Times. [ID: nL6661633]
** Italian oil and gas group Eni (ENI.MI) has signed a cooperation agreement with Kazakhstan's state oil company KazMunayGas on exploration and production activities in Kazakhstan, Eni said. [ID: nL6658835]
** The founding family of Australia's Goodman Group (GMG.AX) has sold shares worth about A$40 million ($36 million) in the real estate firm, the family said. [ID: nSYU009009]
** A consortium of Turkish Akenerji (AKENR.IS), Czech CEZ (CEZPsp.PR) and Akkok Investments was eliminated from a privatisation tender for Turkey's Osmangazi power grid, Turkey's Privatisation Administration (OIB) acting chief Ahmet Aksu said. [ID:nIST006142]
**Poland may sell 10 percent of the country's top utility PGE PGEPa.WA group in 2010, Deputy Treasury Minister Jan Bury [ID:nWAR011095] (Compiled by Shobhana Chadha in Bangalore)
