Sept 20 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions...

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    Sept 20 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1000 GMT on Wednesday :

    ** Germany's Thyssenkrupp TKAG.DE and India's Tata Steel TISC.NS struck a preliminary deal to merge their European steel operations in a 50-50 joint venture to create the continent's No.2 steelmaker after ArcelorMittal MT.AS .

    ** Japan's embattled Toshiba Corp 6502.T has chosen a group led by U.S. private equity firm Bain Capital to buy its prized memory chip unit, three people with knowledge of the talks said, a last-minute dramatic twist to a highly contentious auction.

    ** U.S. private equity firm Carlyle Group is quitting its decade-long mining services play in Australia through the A$517 million ($414 million) sale of its controlling stake in the highly-leveraged earth-moving equipment provider Coates Hire.

    ** Southern Copper, one of the world's largest copper producers, is considering a bid to develop the Michiquillay project in Peru, at a time of strong prices that could rise further in 2019, Chief Executive Oscar Gonzalez said.

    ** A plan to acquire Singapore's United Engineers Ltd UTES.SI by Yanlord Land Group YNLG.SI and Perennial Real Estate Holdings PERE.SI that valued the century-old property group and a stake in a subsidiary at $1.4 billion has failed on low shareholder acceptance.

    ** A.P. Moller-Maersk MAERSKb.CO has agreed a $1.71 billion deal to sell its oil tanker division to its controlling shareholder, who in turn will enter an ownership consortium with Japan's Mitsui & Co 8031.T .

    ** Luxottica LUX.MI and Essilor ESSI.PA have not offered any concessions to allay EU antitrust regulators' concerns over their proposed 46-billion-euro ($55.2 billion) merger, increasing the possibility of a lengthy EU investigation into the deal.

    ** Finland's Fortum FORTUM.HE is nearing a bid for German utility E.ON's EONGn.DE 47 percent stake in nuclear and fossil energy group Uniper UN01.DE , a source close to the matter said.

    ** Hong Kong-based insurer AIA Group Ltd 1299.HK is close to acquiring Commonwealth Bank of Australia's (CBA) (CBA) insurance business which is likely to be valued at nearly $4 billion, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said.

 
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