UPDATE 2-Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions
** The European Commission cleared Hong Kong-listed PC monitor maker TPV's (0903.HK) acquisition of Philips' (PHG.AS) monitor and display operations. [ID:nBRQ007262]
** The Slovak government signed a deal to buy back a 49 percent stake in crude pipeline operator Transpetrol from bankrupt Russian oil firm YUKOS for $240 million, the economy ministry said. [ID:nPRG001346]
** Russian state bank VTB's (VTBR.MM) investment banking arm would like to buy a small New York brokerage to gain a foothold in the U.S. market and is also seeking partners in Asia, its chief executive said. [ID:nLQ974432] (Compiled by Tina Kwan in Singapore; Richa Dubey and Renju Jose in Bangalore)











