(Adds Singapore Land, AstraZeneca; updates Autohome)
Feb 20 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1430 GMT on
Thursday:
** A joint venture between Singapore Land <
SIND.SI
>, UOL Group
among others and China Jinmao Holdings
<0817.HK
> has won the bid for the development of a residential site
in Shanghai, the Singapore-listed companies said. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N3PB0XF
** AstraZeneca <
AZN.L>
will buy U.S. biotech firm FibroGen's FGEN.O China unit
for about $160 million, in its latest deal to boost its presence
in the country despite growing US-China trade tensions.
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N3PB0YS
** Hong Kong-listed Autohome
2518.HK
said the financial conglomerate Ping An Insurance
601318.SS
will cease to be its controlling shareholder after agreeing
to sell a 41.91% stake in the company for $1.8 billion.
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N3PB0SX
** U.S. online real estate firm CoStar CSGP.O is preparing
a A$2.7 billion ($1.72 billion) bid for Australian property
classifieds firm Domain Holdings DHG.AX , said a person with
direct knowledge of the matter. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N3PB0BO
** Japan's Fuji Soft 9749.T said that KKR KKR.N now owns
nearly 58% of the company after the second stage of a tender
offer, ending a fierce battle with rival Bain Capital to take
the software developer private. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N3PB0F4
** Saudi Arabia's Aramco 2222.SE has signed an agreement
to acquire a 25% equity stake in Unioil Petroleum Philippines,
the company said in a statement late on Wednesday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N3PB05C
(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Abhinav Parmar in Bengaluru)
((mailto:Rajarshi.Roy@thomsonreuters.com;))