Oct 30 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions...

Oct 30 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1030 GMT on Monday:

** Ahold Delhaize AD.AS has agreed to buy Romanian grocery retailer Profi from private equity firm MidEuropa for 1.3 billion euros ($1.37 billion), it said , in a deal that will more than double the company's operations in Romania.

** Shein, the China-founded fast-fashion retailer, has bought the Missguided brand from Mike Ashley's Frasers Group FRAS.L , the e-commerce giant's first purchase of a British brand.

** Blackstone BX.N said it will buy a majority stake in India's Care Hospitals from a fund belonging to asset management firm TPG, marking the U.S.-based private equity firm's entry into the country's healthcare services sector.

** Greece's state-controlled bank bailout fund HFSF said it had launched a process to sell its 9% stake in Alpha Bank ACBr.AT .

** India's AU Small Finance Bank AUFI.NS is buying IPO-bound peer Fincare Small Finance Bank in an all-stock deal worth 44.11 billion rupees ($529.8 million), as it looks to enter the microfinance space.

** Switzerland-based Clariant AG CLN.S said it would acquire Canada's Lucas Meyer Cosmetics from International Flavors & Fragrances IFF.N in an all-cash deal for $810 million.

** Information and analytics firm Ascential ASCL.L said it would sell its digital commerce and consumer research units for a combined enterprise value of 1.4 billion pounds ($1.7 billion) as the UK-based company focuses on its events business.

** Tietto Minerals (TIE) said it received a takeover offer from Chinese gold miner Zhaojin Mining Industry 1818.HK to buy all shares it does not already own in the Australian gold explorer for about A$629 million ($398.79 million).

** Private equity investor Aurelius Group is in talks to buy beauty products chain The Body Shop, which has been put up for sale by its Brazilian owner Natura & Co NTCO3.SA , a source familiar with the talks told Reuters.