Glance-UPDATE 2-Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions

(Adds Advent Solar, Aksa Elektrik, China Investment Corp, Suncor Energy Inc, others) Nov 6 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies were reported by 2100 GMT on Friday. (For Reuters columns on deals, click on) ** Integra Energie agreed an 850 million euro ($1.3 billion) loan to back its acquisition of Thuga AG from German utility E.ON AG, arranging banks said. (To read more click on ) ** The U.S. Federal Communications Commission gave final approval to AT&T Inc's $944 million bid to buy Centennial Communications Corp. ** U.S. private equity fund Advent International announced a public bid for Poland's top textbook publisher WSiP for 405 million zlotys ($141 million). ** General Electric is talking to sovereign funds in Singapore, Korea and Qatar about its possible bid for Areva's electrical power and transmission unit T&D, Les Echos newspaper said. ** The world's largest chip equipment maker Applied Materials Inc said that it acquired Advent Solar in a deal it hopes will cut costs in its solar business. ** Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co Ltd and Chuo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc said they plan to merge, creating Japan's largest trust bank with scale to better compete in a crowded asset management industry. ** British stockbroker W.H. Ireland Group said it agreed to sell its 39.35 percent holding in Australian unit for A$1.3 million ($1.16 million). ** Dutch telecoms group KPN is considering the sale of its business-customer unit and fibre network in Belgium, Belgian daily De Tijd reported, citing several unidentified industry sources. ** Capgemini is planning a series of acquisitions to strengthen its position in the U.S. market, its chief executive told the Financial Times. ** Italian oil and gas group Eni has signed a cooperation agreement with Kazakhstan's state oil company KazMunayGas on exploration and production activities in Kazakhstan, Eni said. ** U.S. fertilizer maker CF Industries said on Friday its board rejected rival Agrium Inc's sweetened bid worth about $4.5 billion, arguing the proposal substantially undervalues the company. ** German carmaker Porsche SE is pushing to agree an 8.5 billion euro ($12.6 billion) loan by Nov. 10, two bankers close to the deal said. ** European buyout house Permira has entered exclusive talks to buy survival equipment maker Survitec from rival Montagu Private Equity, a source familiar with the process said. ** The founding family of Australia's Goodman Group has sold shares worth about A$40 million ($36 million) in the real estate firm, the family said. ** European buyout house Permira has entered exclusive talks to buy survival equipment maker Survitec from rival Montagu Private Equity, a source familiar with the process said. ** The founding family of Australia's Goodman Group has sold shares worth about A$40 million ($36 million) in the real estate firm, the family said. ** A consortium of Turkish Akenerji and Czech CEZ was eliminated from a privatisation tender for Turkey's Yesilirmak power grid, Turkey's Privatisation Administration (OIB) acting chief Ahmet Aksu said. ** Turkey will begin the privatisation sell-off process for four more power distribution grids on Monday, a Privatisation Administration (OIB) source said. ** Turkish mining company Eti Gumus submitted the highest bid of $485 million for Turkey's Osmangazi electricity distribution grid in a tender broadcast live on television. ** Turkish energy firm Calik Enerji submitted the highest bid of $441.5 million for Turkey's Yesilirmak electricity distribution grid in a tender broadcast live on television. ** Poland may sell 10 percent of the country's top utility PGE group in 2010, Deputy Treasury Minister Jan Bury ** Nigerian banks are positioning themselves for a second round of consolidation after an industry-wide audit and tighter accounting rules exposed the strengths and weaknesses of their rivals. ** Three local governments in Indonesia will pay $391 million for a 10 percent stake in a local unit of Newmont Mining Corp., officials involved in the deal said. ** Advisers to a small band of shareholders in Norwegian video conferencing company Tandberg ASA added their voices to calls for suitor Cisco Systems Inc to up its $3 billion bid, ahead of a Monday offer deadline. ** Italian utilities Enel and Gas Plus have offered under 1 billion euros ($1.5 billion) for the Italian hydrocarbon assets Eni is selling, well below Eni's expectations, two financial sources close to the matter said. ** AES Corp said it will raise about $2.15 billion by selling stakes in the company and its wind generation business to China Investment Corp (CIC). ** Canada's Gold Wheaton Gold Corp said its Barbados unit agreed with First Uranium Corp to buy gold from its South African unit for an initial payment of $50 million. COPYRIGHT Copyright Thomson Reuters 2009. All rights reserved.

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