Oct 25 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions
and disposals were reported by 1000 GMT on Friday:
** French insurer AXA AXAF.PA will sell its Belgian
banking business - AXA Belgium - to cooperative bank Crelan for
620 million euros ($688.51 million), the company said.
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** China's cabinet has approved a merger of the country's
two largest shipbuilders, China State Shipbuilding Corp and
China Shipbuilding Industry Co, the country's state asset
regulator said. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nB9N26I02A
** China-based property developer Yanlord Land Group
YNLG.SI is making a second attempt to take over Singapore's
United Engineers Ltd UTES.SI , in a deal that values the real
estate firm at S$1.66 billion ($1.2 billion). urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N27A0KZ
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