March 20 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on
Thursday:
** French banking group Credit Mutuel Alliance Federale is
buying German lender Oldenburgische Landesbank (OLB), a surprise
move after the northern German bank for years considered a
listing on the stock exchange.
** Targo Deutschland, the German subsidiary of France's Crédit
Mutuel Alliance Fédérale, will buy the German lender
Oldenburgische Landesbank (OLB), the two companies said on
Thursday.
** Japanese technology investor SoftBank Group is
accelerating its move into chip technology companies with the
$6.5 billion purchase of Ampere Computing, a U.S. chip startup
founded by the former president of Intel ( INTC ).
** Building-products distributor QXO signed a deal for
Beacon Roofing Supply ( BECN ), valuing Beacon at roughly $7.7
billion, or $11 billion including debt, the Wall Street Journal
reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
** Nvidia ( NVDA ) CEO Jensen Huang said on Wednesday that his
company had not been approached about purchasing a stake in
Intel ( INTC ).
** The Doctors Company said on Wednesday it had agreed to buy
ProAssurance for $25 per share in cash, valuing the New
York-listed medical liability insurer at $1.3 billion.
(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Ateev Bhandari in Bengaluru)