Oct 3 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,

acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1030 GMT on Friday:

** Britain's competition watchdog said it has accepted

Spreadex's proposal to sell the business-to-business unit of

Sporting Index to appease competition concerns in the UK

licensed online sports spread betting market.

** French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu ruled out using

special constitutional powers to ram the budget through

parliament without a vote, putting the onus on lawmakers to

agree on a compromise.

** Taiwan's Yageo has succeeded in its $740

million unsolicited bid to buy Japan's Shibaura Electronics

as a majority of shareholders tendered to its bid of

7,130 yen ($48.32) per share, it said in a filing.

** Amsterdam-listed private equity firm CVC will

acquire a 20% stake in International Schools Partnership (ISP),

which owns private schools around the world, it

reported.

** Artificial intelligence startups are attracting record

sums of venture capital, but some of the world's largest

investors warned that early-stage valuations are starting to

look frothy, senior investment executives reported.

(Compiled by Dharna Bafna in Bengaluru)