** Egypt has decided to suspend the sale of a stake in
state-controlled Telecom Egypt because of market
conditions, three sources close to the matter said.
** A U.S. judge on Tuesday scheduled an Oct. 16 trial in the
U.S. Justice Department's lawsuit seeking to halt JetBlue
Airways Corp's planned $3.8 billion acquisition of
ultra-low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines Inc .
** First Republic Bank , the U.S. regional bank
struggling to remain viable following a flight of deposits, is
looking at ways it can downsize if its attempts to raise new
capital fail, according to two people familiar with the matter.
** UBS is set to enter talks with Michael Klein to
terminate a deal that would have seen the Wall Street dealmaker
take control of much of Credit Suisse's investment
bank, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday.
** U.S. cable group Liberty Global intends to
offer to buy out all remaining minority shareholders of Belgian
telecoms company Telenet , it said.
** U.S.-based buyout fund KKR has agreed to sell a
50% stake in Spanish renewable energy company X-elio to Canadian
asset manager Brookfield , the two funds said.
** France's Sopra Steria has agreed to buy
Amsterdam-listed Ordina in a deal to combine the
French firm's Benelux operations with its Dutch peer, the IT
companies jointly announced.
** British education group Pearson said it would
sell Pearson Online Learning Services to private equity group
Regent for a deferred sum paid over a number of years, as it
seeks to reshape its portfolio towards lifelong learning.
** Wyloo Metals, owned by Australian mining magnate Andrew
Forrest, offered to buy all the shares of Mincor Resources it does not already own, valuing the nickel developer
at A$750 million ($504 million).
** U.S. scientific instruments maker Thermo Fisher
Scientific Inc and South Korea's Celltrion Inc are among those competing to acquire the biopharma
solutions business of medical device maker Baxter International
Inc , according to people familiar with the matter.
** Canada's Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Inc said it
had completed the acquisition of U.S. auto retailer IAA Inc , weeks after two proxy advisory firms urged shareholders
to reject the $7 billion deal. (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Tiyashi Datta in Bengaluru)
(Adds Telecom Egypt, JetBlue Airways, First Republic Bank, UBS)
March 21 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1600 ET on Tuesday:
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