(Adds Petrobras, BNP Paribas, Unilever, Federal Trade Commission, John Wood Group)
Dec 8 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1430 GMT on Thursday:
** British consumer goods giant Unilever ULVR.L is considering the sale of a portfolio of U.S. ice cream brands such as Klondike and Breyers, that could be valued at as much as $3 billion, Bloomberg News reported.
** BNP Paribas Asset Management said it had bought a majority stake in a Danish firm specialising in woodland and agricultural investments.
It did not disclose the terms of the deal.
** Vietnamese education firm Nguyen Hoang Group has paused the sale of a minority stake that could potentially value its business at around $1 billion as bids came short of its expectations, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
** Australia's Link Administration Holdings Ltd (LNK) said it had ended talks with Canada's Dye & Durham Ltd DND.TO to sell its corporate markets and banking and credit management businesses for A$1.27 billion ($853.8 million).
** Olympique Lyonnais Groupe SA OLG.PA (OL) received assurance from Eagle Football's majority shareholder that the buyout of the club would eventually take place, the French Ligue 1 soccer club said, sending its shares up 20%.
Eagle Football will pay around 327.4 million euros ($344.2 million) to OL's main shareholders for 39.2 million shares and 789,824 subordinated bonds redeemable in new or existing shares, followed by a tender offer for the remaining shares.
** Japan's top venture capital firm, JAFCO Group Co Ltd 8595.T , said it would cancel a $300-million buyback, because its stock price had lately been lower than levels at which activist shareholders had agreed to tender their shares.
** Australian hearing device maker Cochlear's (COH) acquisition of Copenhagen-based Demant's hearing implants business Oticon Medical is a significant threat to the European market, EU antitrust regulators warned on Wednesday.
The European Commission said it would examine the 850-million Danish crown ($120 million) deal even though it is below the turnover threshold for EU scrutiny following requests from 13 European countries.
** SoftBank Group Corp 9984.T CEO Masayoshi Son's stake in the company has risen to 34%, a key threshold level that gives him more control.
** Japan Industrial Partners, the preferred bidder to buy out Toshiba Corp 6502.T , has moved closer to securing financing from banks, three people with knowledge of the matter said.
** Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras PETR4.SA said it had made no decision about suspending the sale of refineries included in its divestment portfolio.
** The Federal Trade Commission, which enforces antitrust law, is about to engage in a real-life courtroom fight over virtual reality.
A high-profile trial kicks off in which the FTC will try to prevent Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc META.O from buying virtual reality app developer Within Inc.
** Russian fertiliser producer Uralchem would be interested in buying the Russian assets of global grain traders Viterra and Cargill if they decide to leave Russia, Kommersant newspaper reported, citing a letter sent by Uralchem's CEO to President Vladimir Putin last month.
** Abu Dhabi's National Oil Company , Taqa TAQA.AD and Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Investment Company said they would all become shareholders in Masdar, the Emirate's flagship clean energy company.
** Former Elliot Management activist fund manager Franck Tuil told Wood Group WG.L to buy back some of its stock to avoid becoming a takeover target, sending shares in the oil services provider up by the most in six weeks.
