May 6 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on Tuesday:
** Arthur J Gallagher announced that it has acquired
Türkiye-based boutique insurance and reinsurance broker Aspera
Sigorta ve Reasürans Brokerliği A.Ş. (Aspera).
** U.S. meal delivery firm DoorDash ( DASH ) will buy
Deliveroo ( DROOF ) in a deal valuing the British rival at about
2.9 billion pounds ($3.85 billion), the companies said, banking
on a bigger reach and local expertise to take on competition.
** Vietnamese budget airline Vietjet said it had bought a
strategic stake in Kazakhstan's Qazaq Air to form a joint
venture that will operate a fleet of at least 20 Boeing 737
aircraft.
** OpenAI has agreed to buy artificial intelligence-assisted
coding tool Windsurf for about $3 billion, Bloomberg News
reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.
** British financial services provider Alpha Group
International said it had rejected an all-cash proposal
from U.S.-based business payments firm Corpay ( CPAY ).
** U.S. fuel supplier Sunoco ( SUN ) has struck a
$9.1-billion deal to buy Canada-based Parkland, a move
that would create the Americas' largest independent fuel
distributor but which Parkland's largest shareholder immediately
criticized.
(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Neil J Kanatt in Bengaluru)