Dec 6 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in

the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and

does not vouch for their accuracy.

Headlines

- Qatar looks to buy another 12 Typhoon jets from UK

- Thames Water receives bid from Covalis and France's Suez

- Aviva raises offer to buy Direct Line

- Hg evaluates IPO of 19 billion euro software group Visma

Overview

- Qatar said it will buy another 12 Eurofighter Typhoon

aircraft from Britain, easing fears of a gap in workload on the

UK assembly lines for the pan-European combat aircraft.

- France's Suez Group would help manage struggling British

utilities firm Thames Water's operations as part of a 5 billion

pound ($6.38 billion) bid tendered by investor Covalis Capital

for full ownership.

- UK insurance group Aviva has raised its offer to

buy Direct Line in a move that would value its smaller

rival at about 3.4 billion pounds, just days after its first

approach was rejected.

- Hg is evaluating the merits of a flotation of 19 billion

euro ($20.09 billion) software company Visma, as the private

equity group approaches two decades of ownership of the

Norwegian business.

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(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)