Dec 9 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1030 GMT on Tuesday:
** U.S.-based investor Ananym Capital has taken a stake in German power equipment manufacturer Siemens Energy and is asking the group's management to review its struggling wind division, a person familiar with the matter said.
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** Paramount Skydance on Monday launched a hostile bid worth $108.4 billion for Warner Bros Discovery , in a last-ditch effort to outbid Netflix and create a media powerhouse that would challenge the dominance of the streaming giant.
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** Hawaii-based commercial real estate investment fund Alexander & Baldwin said on Monday that it will be taken private by a group of investors led by MW Group in an all-cash deal that values the company at about $2.3 billion.
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** WTW is in talks to acquire technology-driven retail broker Newfront in what would be one of the most significant moves yet by a global intermediary to absorb a Silicon Valley-backed distribution platform, according to people familiar with the matter.
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(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Koyena Das in Bengaluru)
((Rajarshi.Roy@thomsonreuters.com))