Jan 24 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1030 GMT on
Wednesday:
** U.S. buyout firm Apollo said it agreed to buy a 22% stake
in the Spain's industrial testing company Applus Services
APPS.MC at 10.65 euros per share, raising its previous offer.
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** Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman and his
Israel-born wife Neri Oxman have agreed to buy an equity stake
of around 4.9% in the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) TASE.TA ,
the Israeli bourse said. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N3EE1PO
** SoftBank Group 9984.T has sold an additional 2% in
India's Paytm PAYT.NS , the latest in a string of selldowns in
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** Japan's Nippon Steel 5401.T Executive Vice President
Takahiro Mori has met U.S. Congress members to discuss
acquisition of U.S. Steel X.N , the company said, as it faces
strong resistance to the deal. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N3EE1AA
(Compiled by Anuja Bharat Mistry in Bengaluru)
((AnujaBharat.Mistry@thomsonreuters.com))