July 23 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,

acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on

Wednesday:

** London-based buyout firm CapVest Partners is in talks to

acquire a majority stake in German drugmaker Stada Arzneimittel,

Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday.

** Zara founder Amancio Ortega's investment vehicle Pontegadea

Inversiones has agreed to acquire a 49% stake in PD Ports from

Brookfield Asset Management ( BAM ), the British ports and

logistics company said on Tuesday.

** Amazon ( AMZN ) has reached a deal to buy San Francisco-based

Bee, a startup making an artificial intelligence-enabled

bracelet to listen in on and transcribe conversations.

** Brazilian software company Totvs has agreed to buy

StoneCo's ( STNE ) Linx unit in a deal worth 3.05 billion reais

($547.90 million), it said on Tuesday, adding that it expects

the move to strengthen its position in the retail segment.

** Kazakhstan's Halyk Bank has agreed to a deal to buy a 49%

stake in Uzbek payment provider Click for $176.4 million in

exchange for Click purchasing a 49% stake in Halyk's Uzbek

subsidiary, Tenge Bank, for $60.76 million, the companies said.

** South Africa's Competition Tribunal has approved Canal+'s ( CNALF )

35 billion rand ($2 billion) takeover offer for TV

broadcaster MultiChoice, subject to agreed conditions,

the companies said.

(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Apratim Sarkar in Bengaluru)