<span id="midArticle_start"/>(Adds Aberdeen Asset Management, Merck, Warburg Pincus, CELG)
<span id="midArticle_0"/>May 27 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitionsand disposals were reported by 1330 GMT on Wednesday:
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<span id="midArticle_2"/>** Airbus Group may block an attempt by Japanesecarrier ANA Holdings to become a key shareholder inSkymark Airlines, people familiar with the mattersaid, becoming the second major creditor in the failed discountairline to threaten ANA's participation in a revival bid.
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<span id="midArticle_4"/>** Crescent Point Energy Inc, Canada's No.4independent oil and gas producer, said on Tuesday it has agreedto acquire Legacy Oil + Gas Inc for shares and debtworth C$1.53 billion ($1.23 billion), adding oil production inits core regions in Western Canada and North Dakota.
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<span id="midArticle_6"/>** British fund manager Aberdeen Asset Management has agreed to buy U.S. peer Flag Capital Management in aconfidential deal that more than doubles the assets managed byits private equity unit and underscores its ambitions to expandin the United States.
<span id="midArticle_7"/>
<span id="midArticle_8"/>** German drugmaker Merck has offered concessionsin a bid to convince European Union antitrust regulators toclear its proposed $17 billion acquisition of U.S. peerSigma-Aldrich Corp.
<span id="midArticle_9"/>
<span id="midArticle_10"/>** Private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC launched asale of shares worth up to $341 million in CAR Inc,looking to benefit from a rally in the stock price of China'slargest auto rental company which has more than doubled sinceits stock market listing last September.
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<span id="midArticle_12"/> <span class="first-article-divide"/>** The government of Brazil hopes to sell utility CELG,controlled by state-run Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA(Eletrobras), in the fourth quarter of this year,Energy Minister Eduardo Braga said.
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<span id="midArticle_14"/>** China's Zijin Mining Group , whichannounced two acquisitions on Tuesday for more than $700million, believes now is the good time to buy overseas assets asthe mining sector is weak, a senior executive said on Wednesday.
<span id="midArticle_15"/>
<span id="midArticle_0"/>** The Irish government agreed to sell its 25 percent stakein Aer Lingus to IAG, paving the way for theowner of British Airways and Iberia to formally launch its 1.36billion euro ($1.48 billion) bid for the Irish carrier.
<span id="midArticle_1"/>IAG is hopeful that Ryanair, a major shareholder in AerLingus, will see its offer as attractive.
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<span id="midArticle_3"/>** Reynolds American Inc on Tuesday won U.S.antitrust approval to buy smaller rival Lorillard in adeal that would combine the No. 2 and No. 3 U.S. cigarettecompanies.
<span id="midArticle_4"/>
<span id="midArticle_5"/>** Nokia said it is buying U.S. company Eden RockCommunications to boost its offering in its mainstay telecomsnetwork equipment business. The Finnish company did not disclosethe value of the deal.
<span id="midArticle_6"/>
<span id="midArticle_7"/>** Chinese microblog Weibo Corp will invest $142million in China's dominant taxi-hailing firms Didi Taxi andKuaidi Taxi, a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filingshowed.
<span id="midArticle_8"/> <span class="third-article-divide"/>
<span id="midArticle_9"/>** Hormel Foods Corp said it would buy natural andorganic meat processor Applegate Farms LLC for about $775million to cater to an increasing demand for food free ofantibiotics, hormones and artificial additives.
<span id="midArticle_10"/>
<span id="midArticle_11"/>** Vox Media, owner of The Verge and other websites, isacquiring Revere Digital, the company that owns technology newswebsite Re/code, according to a post on the Re/code website onTuesday.
<span id="midArticle_12"/>
<span id="midArticle_13"/>** Go Scale, the investment fund that is purchasing Philips'lighting components unit Lumileds, said it would fund theacquisition in part by raising $1.93 billion (1.77 billioneuros) in debt.
<span id="midArticle_14"/>
<span id="midArticle_15"/>** Petrolimex, Vietnam's largest oil product importer anddistributor, is seeking to sell a stake of between 15 and 25percent to Japan's JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp, aPetrolimex executive was quoted as saying.
<span id="midArticle_0"/>
<span id="midArticle_1"/>** In the first case of a Chinese bank investing in aTaiwanese peer, China Citic Bank Corp said it will own3.8 percent of CTBC Financial Holding Company Ltd after buying shares worth 2.35 billion yuan ($378.97 million)in a private placement.
<span id="midArticle_2"/>
<span id="midArticle_3"/>** French telecoms group Orange said on Wednesdayit saw no need to buy further assets in Spain following atakeover of Spanish rival Jazztel which was approved bythe Spanish regulator on Tuesday. ($1 = c$1.2435) ($1 = 6.2011 yuan) ($1 = 0.9204 euros) (Compiled by Neha Dimri in Bengaluru)
<span id="midArticle_4"/>
<span id="midArticle_0"/>May 27 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitionsand disposals were reported by 1330 GMT on Wednesday:
<span id="midArticle_1"/>
<span id="midArticle_2"/>** Airbus Group may block an attempt by Japanesecarrier ANA Holdings to become a key shareholder inSkymark Airlines, people familiar with the mattersaid, becoming the second major creditor in the failed discountairline to threaten ANA's participation in a revival bid.
<span id="midArticle_3"/>
<span id="midArticle_4"/>** Crescent Point Energy Inc, Canada's No.4independent oil and gas producer, said on Tuesday it has agreedto acquire Legacy Oil + Gas Inc for shares and debtworth C$1.53 billion ($1.23 billion), adding oil production inits core regions in Western Canada and North Dakota.
<span id="midArticle_5"/>
<span id="midArticle_6"/>** British fund manager Aberdeen Asset Management has agreed to buy U.S. peer Flag Capital Management in aconfidential deal that more than doubles the assets managed byits private equity unit and underscores its ambitions to expandin the United States.
<span id="midArticle_7"/>
<span id="midArticle_8"/>** German drugmaker Merck has offered concessionsin a bid to convince European Union antitrust regulators toclear its proposed $17 billion acquisition of U.S. peerSigma-Aldrich Corp.
<span id="midArticle_9"/>
<span id="midArticle_10"/>** Private equity firm Warburg Pincus LLC launched asale of shares worth up to $341 million in CAR Inc,looking to benefit from a rally in the stock price of China'slargest auto rental company which has more than doubled sinceits stock market listing last September.
<span id="midArticle_11"/>
<span id="midArticle_12"/> <span class="first-article-divide"/>** The government of Brazil hopes to sell utility CELG,controlled by state-run Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA(Eletrobras), in the fourth quarter of this year,Energy Minister Eduardo Braga said.
<span id="midArticle_13"/>
<span id="midArticle_14"/>** China's Zijin Mining Group , whichannounced two acquisitions on Tuesday for more than $700million, believes now is the good time to buy overseas assets asthe mining sector is weak, a senior executive said on Wednesday.
<span id="midArticle_15"/>
<span id="midArticle_0"/>** The Irish government agreed to sell its 25 percent stakein Aer Lingus to IAG, paving the way for theowner of British Airways and Iberia to formally launch its 1.36billion euro ($1.48 billion) bid for the Irish carrier.
<span id="midArticle_1"/>IAG is hopeful that Ryanair, a major shareholder in AerLingus, will see its offer as attractive.
<span id="midArticle_2"/> <span class="second-article-divide"/>
<span id="midArticle_3"/>** Reynolds American Inc on Tuesday won U.S.antitrust approval to buy smaller rival Lorillard in adeal that would combine the No. 2 and No. 3 U.S. cigarettecompanies.
<span id="midArticle_4"/>
<span id="midArticle_5"/>** Nokia said it is buying U.S. company Eden RockCommunications to boost its offering in its mainstay telecomsnetwork equipment business. The Finnish company did not disclosethe value of the deal.
<span id="midArticle_6"/>
<span id="midArticle_7"/>** Chinese microblog Weibo Corp will invest $142million in China's dominant taxi-hailing firms Didi Taxi andKuaidi Taxi, a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filingshowed.
<span id="midArticle_8"/> <span class="third-article-divide"/>
<span id="midArticle_9"/>** Hormel Foods Corp said it would buy natural andorganic meat processor Applegate Farms LLC for about $775million to cater to an increasing demand for food free ofantibiotics, hormones and artificial additives.
<span id="midArticle_10"/>
<span id="midArticle_11"/>** Vox Media, owner of The Verge and other websites, isacquiring Revere Digital, the company that owns technology newswebsite Re/code, according to a post on the Re/code website onTuesday.
<span id="midArticle_12"/>
<span id="midArticle_13"/>** Go Scale, the investment fund that is purchasing Philips'lighting components unit Lumileds, said it would fund theacquisition in part by raising $1.93 billion (1.77 billioneuros) in debt.
<span id="midArticle_14"/>
<span id="midArticle_15"/>** Petrolimex, Vietnam's largest oil product importer anddistributor, is seeking to sell a stake of between 15 and 25percent to Japan's JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp, aPetrolimex executive was quoted as saying.
<span id="midArticle_0"/>
<span id="midArticle_1"/>** In the first case of a Chinese bank investing in aTaiwanese peer, China Citic Bank Corp said it will own3.8 percent of CTBC Financial Holding Company Ltd after buying shares worth 2.35 billion yuan ($378.97 million)in a private placement.
<span id="midArticle_2"/>
<span id="midArticle_3"/>** French telecoms group Orange said on Wednesdayit saw no need to buy further assets in Spain following atakeover of Spanish rival Jazztel which was approved bythe Spanish regulator on Tuesday. ($1 = c$1.2435) ($1 = 6.2011 yuan) ($1 = 0.9204 euros) (Compiled by Neha Dimri in Bengaluru)
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