Sept 13 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on Friday:
** German government officials and UniCredit
bankers have held talks after the Italian lender bought a 9%
stake in Commerzbank, a German government source
said.
** Chinese group Hainan Mining's Roc Oil unit
has made a cash offer to buy Tethys Oil in a deal that
values the Swedish company at 1.89 billion crowns ($185
million), a special group of Tethys Oil's board members
said.
** Vodafone's ( VOD ) $19 billion merger with Three UK could
push up bills for millions of mobile customers and impact
providers like Sky Mobile by reducing the number of networks
from four to three, Britain's competition regulator
said.
** Singapore's Olam Agri raised its stake in
Australia's Namoi Cotton, it said , hours after
increasing its buyout offer for the cotton ginning firm to top
Dutch commodities trader Louis Dreyfus Co's (LDC)
bid.
** The world's largest online betting company Flutter
said it will buy a 56% stake in NSX Group, the
operator of Brazilian gaming group Betnacional, for about $350
million as it seeks to expand in the soon-to-be regulated
market.
** Denmark's DSV has agreed to buy Schenker, the
logistics arm of German state rail operator Deutsche Bahn, for
14.3 billion euros ($15.85 billion) in a deal that would make it
the world's biggest logistics company.
** Britain's National Grid said it had agreed to
sell its Electricity System Operator (ESO) to the UK government
for 630 million pounds ($827.95 million), including
debt.
** Britain's competition watchdog said Vodafone's ( VOD )
$19 billion merger with CK Hutchison's ( CKHUF ) Three UK could
lead to higher prices for customers and it will explore
potential solutions to its concerns before it makes a final
decision about the deal. [nL4N3KU1AO
** Private equity fund MBK Partners and South Korean zinc
producer Young Poong launched a 2 trillion won ($1.5
billion) tender offer for shares in Korea Zinc,
which the target called a "hostile" takeover
attempt.
(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Priyanka.G in Bengaluru)