News: APM Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Feb 20 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1030 GMT on Tuesday:

** Shares of Discover Financial DFS.N rose 11% before the bell, after consumer bank Capital One Financial COF.N said it would buy the credit lender in an all-stock transaction valued at $35.3 billion.

** ANZ Group's (ANZ) A$4.9 billion ($3.2 billion) buyout of Suncorp's (SUN) banking business was cleared by the Australian Competition Tribunal, paving the way for the bank to press on with the takeover of its significant rival.

** Japanese camping goods company Snow Peak 7816.T said a group led by Bain Capital will launch a tender offer for its shares at 1,250 yen ($8.31) apiece in a management buyout that values the company at 47 billion yen ($313 million).

** India's Zee Entertainment is making a final attempt to restart discussions with Japan's Sony Group 6758.T to revive their $10 billion merger deal which was scrapped on Jan. 22, Indian business daily Economic Times reported, citing people aware of the matter.

** Russian President Vladimir Putin gave approval on Monday for HSBC HSBA.L to sell its Russian unit to privately-owned Expobank, paving the way for the British lender to extricate itself from the Russian market after months of negotiations.

** Currys CURY.L shares soared on Monday after Chinese online retailer JD.com 9618.HK joined U.S. activist investor Elliott Advisors in a battle to buy the British electricals group, which has already rejected Elliott's opening bid of $880 million.

** Australian diversified investor Seven Group Holdings (SVW) has offered A$1.9 billion ($1.24 billion) to take full control of building products group maker Boral (BLD) in a bet Australia's infrastructure spending boom will be maintained in coming years.

** Shares in APM Human Services International (APM) were set for a record gain, after the company rejected private equity firm CVC Asia Pacific's A$1.47 billion ($960 million) takeover bid that did not "sufficiently reflect its fundamental value".