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June 14 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1330 GMT on Thursday:
** Britain's Tate & Lyle said it was in discussions with U.S. rival Ingredion over a possible takeover of the food ingredients maker, valuing it at 2.74 billion pounds ($3.70 billion), after receiving multiple approaches.
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** Eneos Holdings <5020.T> said it will buy U.S. major Chevron's CVX.N 50% stake in Singapore Refining Company and other assets in Southeast Asia and Australia for nearly $2.2 billion, in its first refining foray outside of Japan.
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** British private hospital group Spire Healthcare said it received a buyout proposal worth 1 billion pounds ($1.35 billion) from its second-largest shareholder, Toscafund Asset Management, sending its shares up more than 40%.
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** MS&AD subsidiary Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance (MSI) has completed its previously announced acquisition of an 18% equity stake in U.S.-based asset manager Barings for about $1.44 billion, the company said on Monday.
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** Brookfield Asset Management is set to acquire World Freight Company (WFC) for an enterprise value of about $1.2 billion from investment firms EQT and PAI Partners, two people with knowledge of the matter said .
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** Emirati defence group EDGE has entered an agreement to acquire an 80% stake in Italy's Costruzioni Motori Diesel (CMD), it said , as the state-owned conglomerate expands its footprint in Europe.
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** Siemens said it has agreed to buy the core business of Italian rail technology group MERMEC to strengthen its rail portfolio and gain market access to Italy.
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** British broadcaster ITV said it remained in "active discussions" to sell its media and entertainment division to Comcast's Sky, as it forecast a boost in advertising revenue from the World Cup in June and July.
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** SoftBank's LY Corp <4689.T> said it and Bain Capital have lifted their bid for Kakaku.com <2371.T>, valuing the price comparison website operator at $4 billion and above a rival offer from Swedish investment firm EQT .
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** Brazil's Amaggi has agreed to buy a 40% stake in FS, a leading corn ethanol producer in the country, the companies told Reuters on Wednesday, marking the agribusiness group's entry into the rapidly growing sector that is gaining ground against sugarcane-based biofuel.
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** Australia's top business lender National Australia Bank said it has fully acquired Banked, a private payments solution provider, where it held a minority stake.
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(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Apratim Sarkar in Bengaluru)
((Rajarshi.Roy@thomsonreuters.com))