Aug 1 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on Tuesday:
** Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky is in talks to buy Atos's loss-making legacy operations in a 2 billion-euro ($2.20 billion) deal that will refocus the struggling French company on its cybersecurity and cloud assets, and cut its debt.
** Canadian oil producer Strathcona Resources said it will go public by acquiring smaller rival Pipestone Energy Corp PIPE.TO in an all-stock deal that will value the combined business at C$8.6 billion ($6.49 billion), creating the country's fifth largest oil producer.
** Saudi Arabian contracting firm Nesma & Partners has signed an agreement to acquire Dubai-based privately-owned energy services firm Kent, the two companies said in a statement.
** Russia's leading retailer X5 Group FIVEDR.MM said it had agreed to acquire Victoria and Deshevo stores operated by Victoria Baltia in the Kaliningrad region, a Russian exclave on the Baltic coast.
** TPG Telecom (TPG) , one of Australia's top telecom firms, said on Tuesday it received an offer from Macquarie-backed rival Vocus to buy some of its non-mobile fibre assets for about A$6.3 billion ($4.21 billion), sending its shares up nearly 12%.
** French tech company Atos ATOS.PA said it is in talks with EP Equity Investment (EPEI) over the sale of its Tech Foundations division, in a deal which Atos said would result in a positive net cash impact of 0.1 billion euros ($109.9 million).
** Private equity firm Longreach Group said it has sold its majority stake in Hong Kong-based medical device manufacturing solution provider Quasar Medical to Boyu Capital Partner.
** Congo Republic has purchased all of Societe Generale's SOGN.PA shares in the bank's country subsidiary, scuppering a deal to hand them over to Vista Group, the Finance Ministry said in a statement on Monday.
