Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

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23/08/2022 21:18

(Adds eBay)
    Aug 23 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions
and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Tuesday:

    ** eBay  EBAY.O  acquires myFitment in an effort to grow its
key parts and accessories category.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nPn4rHGkda
    
    ** Hungary could finance the acquisition of a 49% stake in
the Hungarian business of Britain's Vodafone  VOD.L  from a
loan, Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff suggested.
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    ** Indian billionaire Gautam Adani's conglomerate will buy a
majority stake in New Delhi Television  NDTV.NS  (NDTV), marking
its most high-profile media bet and setting the stage for a
face-off in the sector with fellow tycoon Mukesh Ambani.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2ZZ2L4
    
    ** Twitter Inc  TWTR.N  misled federal regulators about its
defenses against hackers and spam accounts, CNN and the
Washington Post reported, citing whistleblower disclosures by
the social media company's former security chief Peiter Zatko.
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    ** Chennai Petroleum Corp  CHPC.NS  said it has formed a
joint venture with its parent company Indian Oil Corp  IOC.NS 
and others for building the 9 MTPA refinery at a cost of 315.80
billion Indian rupees ($3.95 billion) in southern Tamil Nadu
state.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2ZZ2FC
    
    ** Russia's largest lender Sberbank  SBER.MM  has agreed to
sell its Kazakh subsidiary to Kazakh state-owned financial
holding Baiterek, the bank said without disclosing financial
details. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2ZZ0HN
    
    ** The Russian government tightened its grip on the
internet, as a state-controlled company with close links to
President Vladimir Putin agreed to buy the news feed and
homepage of the country's most popular website.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2ZZ167
    
    ** Japan's Olympus Corp  7733.T  is close to selling its
microscope unit to a private equity firm in a deal that could
fetch more than 300 billion yen ($2.2 billion), three people
with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2ZY2PX
    
    ** Alcon AG  ALCC.S  said it would acquire Aerie
Pharmaceuticals  AERI.O  in a deal valued at about $753 million,
as the Swiss eye-care company looks to bolster its pipeline of
opthalmic treatments.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2ZZ0DJ
    
    ** Cellular infrastructure company Highline on Monday
successfully offered 1.7 billion reais ($329.64 million) to buy
8,000 fixed line towers from Brazilian telecom firm Oi SA
 OIBR4.SA , placing the sole bid in the auction for the assets,
a document showed. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2ZY269

 (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy, Ankit Kumar and Leroy Leo in
Bengaluru)
 ((Rajarshi.Roy@thomsonreuters.com;))