June 14 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions...

June 14 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on Wednesday:

** The Dutch competition regulator ACM said it had approved insurer ASR's ASRNL.AS takeover of the Dutch operations of its competitor Aegon AEGN.AS

** Zurich Insurance Group ZURN.S is in talks to buy up to 51% of India's Kotak General Insurance, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said, a deal that would mark its first major bet on the fast-growing South Asian insurance market

** Shares in Spanish pharmaceutical Grifols GRLS.MC soared morning after it disclosed a plan to reduce its stake in Shanghai RAAS 002252.SZ in a deal that would bring in $1.5 billion

** French business leaders Xavier Niel, Matthieu Pigasse and Moez-Alexandre Zouari have expressed an interest in bidding up to 1.1 billion euros ($1.2 billion) for Casino, potentially offering an alternative lifeline for the indebted French supermarket group

** Entain ENT.L shares fell to the bottom of the London blue-chip index .FTSE after the betting company announced deal to buy Poland-based sports betting operator STS holdings STH1.WA

** TotalEnergies TTEF.PA will buy a 17.5% stake in U.S. liquefied natural gas developer NextDecade NEXT.O for $219 million, the French group said, as part of a broader deal to enable the Texas company's Rio Grande LNG export project to proceed

** Belgian water management group Aliaxis BE0941243520.BR said it had withdrawn its offer for Finland's Uponor UPONOR.HE , leaving Switzerland's Georg Fischer GF.S (GF) as the sole bidder

** A U.S. judge late on Tuesday granted the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) request to temporarily block Microsoft Corp's MSFT.O acquisition of video game maker Activision Blizzard ATVI.O and set a hearing next week

** The asset management arm of Australian bank Macquarie Group Limited (MQG) has bought a majority stake in waste management firm Coastal Waste & Recycling, the bank said on Tuesday

** Argentina's competition bureau has not yet received formal notification of the merger between U.S. grains merchant Bunge BG.N and Glencore-backed GLEN.L Viterra to create a $34 billion agricultural trading giant, a government source said