June 16 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1100 GMT on Thursday:
** Two of London's biggest property companies agreed to merge to create a 5 billion pound ($6 billion) estate with sites in tourist hotspots including Covent Garden, Carnaby Street and Soho that are battling to recover from the pandemic.
** Canadian wireless carrier Telus Corp T.TO has agreed to buy LifeWorks Inc LWRK.TO in a C$2.9 billion ($2.24 billion) deal, the companies said, looking to tap into the employer-focused healthcare market.
** Two suitors for THG Plc THG.L pulled out after the British e-commerce firm disclosed it had rejected recent takeover approaches as undervalued, sending its shares tumbling about 23%.
** Russian energy firm T Plus will bid for Fortum FORTUM.HE and Enel ENEI.MI ENRU.MM assets in Russia, the RIA news agency said, citing T Plus's CEO.
** Russian retail group X5 said it had agreed to buy the Prisma retail chain in St. Petersburg from Finnish firm SOK Retail for an undisclosed sum.
** Russia's Gazprom is considering acquiring shares in regional Russian power company TGK-1 TGKA.MM from Finland's Fortum FORTUM.HE , the Tass news agency reported.
** Spain's Abertis plans to bid for a 66.6% stake in Chicago Skyway, a U.S. toll highway operator, held by Canadian pension funds OMERS and the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) Investment Board, newspaper El Economista reported, citing unidentified market sources.
** Denmark's Jyske Bank JYSK.CO is holding discussions with Swedish banking group Handelsbanken SHBa.ST to buy its Danish business, the two companies said late on Wednesday.
** French utility Veolia VIE.PA said it was proposing to sell off Suez's SEVI.PA UK waste business, after Britain's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) raised objections to the Veolia/Suez combination.
** Swedish private equity firm Ratos RATOb.ST said it had agreed to buy 70% of consulting company Knightec.
** Global miner BHP Group Ltd (BHP) said it had been unable to sell its New South Wales Energy Coal (NSWEC) thermal coal unit and would now run the operation for another eight years before shutting it down.
** Australia's competition regulator raised concerns about Canadian firm Dye & Durham Ltd's (D&D) DND.TO proposed C$3.2 billion ($2.48 billion) acquisition of share registry company Link Administration Holdings Ltd (LNK) .
