(Adds R1 RCM, Edison, Kroger and Charter Communications;...

(Adds R1 RCM, Edison, Kroger and Charter Communications; Updates Broadcom)

Feb 26 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2100 GMT, on Monday:

** Charter Communications CHTR.O is weighing a takeover of broadband service provider Altice USA ATUS.N , Bloomberg News reported, according to people familiar with the matter.

** The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and eight states said they are suing to block supermarket chain Kroger's KR.N $24.6 billion deal to buy smaller rival Albertsons ACI.N , saying it would boost grocery prices for millions of Americans.

** Energy group Edison EDNn.MI said it started exclusive talks with gas grid operator Snam SRG.MI over the sale of its natural gas storage assets in Italy.

** A group of R1 RCM's RCM.O investors is considering taking the healthcare services provider private, according to a regulatory filing, sending shares of the company up 30%.

** Chipmaker Broadcom AVGO.O is selling a unit that allows users to access desktops and applications from any device to private-equity firm KKR KKR.N in a $4-billion deal to streamline its portfolio after the $69-billion purchase of VMware last year.

** Healthcare technology firm Agiliti AGTI.N said it had agreed to be taken private by THL Partners in a deal valuing it at $2.5 billion.

** French shipping firm CMA CGM's unit CEVA Logistics raised its offer to buy Wincanton WIN.L to about 605 million pounds ($766 million) hoping to fend off a rival offer for the British logistics firm.

** Hong Kong-based hedge fund Oasis Management has filed an injunction to block NEC's 6701.T sale of its stake in its listed unit Japan Aviation Electronics (JAE) 6807.T , saying the sale would inflict damage on its shareholders.

** Indonesia's mining industry holding company, MIND ID, agreed to acquire a 14% stake in Vale Indonesia INCO.JK from Vale Canada and Japan's Sumitomo Metal Mining 5713.T , to become the top shareholder at one of the country's largest nickel miners.

** Britain's Bunzl BNZL.L said it had acquired catering distributor Nisbets in the UK and Finland-based Pamark but warned its operating margin would dip slightly from 2023 as inflation falls and after a slower start to the year in North America.

** German automotive supplier Schaeffler SHA_p.DE and Vitesco VTSCn.DE took a further step towards merging the companies with an agreement to exchange 11.4 Schaeffler shares per Vitesco Technologies share, they said.

** French investor Xavier Niel and his Iliad telecoms group have agreed to buy a 19.8% stake in Swedish telecoms operator Tele2 TEL2b.ST for 13 billion crowns ($1.26 billion), investment company Kinnevik KINVb.ST said in a statement.

** French construction materials company Saint-Gobain SGOB.PA said it had signed a definitive agreement to buy Australian peer CSR Limited (CSR) in a deal with an enterprise value of A$4.5 billion ($2.95 billion).

** U.S. aluminium producer Alcoa AA.N made a $2.2 billion all-stock buyout proposal for its Australian joint venture partner Alumina (AWC) , in a deal that would give it greater upstream exposure and simplify its operations.

** Fintech giant Ant Group 688688.SS has outbid billionaire Ken Griffin's Citadel Securities for Credit Suisse's investment bank venture in China, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday, adding it was unclear whether the Chinese company's offer would succeed.

** China-based Yintai Gold 000975.SZ said it will acquire Canadian gold exploration firm Osino Resources OSI.V in an all cash deal for C$368 million ($272.53 million).