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

                                
 (Adds Visteon, Caterpillar, Shanda Interactive, Savvis)
                                
 June 1 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian
companies were reported by 2000 GMT on Tuesday.
                                
 (For Reuters columns on deals, click on [DEALTALK/])
                                
 ** Prudential's <PRU.L> bid for rival AIG's <AIG.N> Asian
unit appeared close to collapse after AIG rejected the British
insurer's lowered offer of $30.38 billion in cash and shares.
                                
 To read more, double click on [ID:nTOE64U07Y]
                                
 ** Medical products maker Covidien Plc <COV.N> plans to
acquire ev3 Inc <EVVV.O> for $2.6 billion to boost its presence
in stents and other vascular devices. [ID:nN0193836]
                                
 ** Central and eastern Europe's top two utilities, Poland's
PGE <PGEP.WA> and CEZ <CEZPsp.PR> of the Czech Republic, filed
competing bids for Polish state-owned utility Energa, valued at
some $1.5 billion. [ID:nLDE6500X8]
                                
 ** Auto parts supplier Visteon Corp <VSTNQ.PK> rejected an
unsolicited $1.25 billion bid from Johnson Controls Inc <JCI.N>
for most of its assets, saying it would stick to its own plan
for emerging from bankruptcy. [ID:nN01119069]
                                
 ** Caterpillar Inc <CAT.N> agreed to buy a U.S. maker of
railroad locomotives on Tuesday for $820 million in cash,
expanding its rail business from service into engine
manufacturing. [ID:nN01111489]
                                
 ** Mediacom Communications Corp <MCCC.O> said Chief
Executive Rocco Commisso has offered to take the cable
television system operator private at $6 a share, a premium of
13 percent to the stock's Friday closing price. [ID:nSGE6500FE]
                                
 ** Chinese Internet firm Shanda Interactive Entertainment
Ltd <SNDA.O> entered into an asset sale agreement with Hurray
Holding Co Ltd <HRAY.O> to buy its recorded music and wireless
value-added services business. [ID:nSGE6500J4]
                                
 ** IT services company Savvis Inc <SVVS.O> signed a
definitive agreement to acquire Fusepoint Inc for $124.5
million in cash to expand its presence in Canada.
[ID:nSGE6500J1]
                                
 ** AT&T Inc <T.N>, the biggest U.S. phone company by
revenue, will sell part of its Japanese operations to Internet
Initiative Japan <3774.T> for $101 million, the Internet access
service provider said. [ID:nTOE65006Y]
                                
 ** Channel Tunnel operator Eurotunnel <GETP.PA> is buying
Britain's third-largest rail freight operator, GBRf, from UK
transport company FirstGroup <FGP.L> for 26.3 million euros
($32 million) in cash, it said. [ID:nLDE64U23Z]
                                
 ** British printer St Ives Plc <SIV.L> agreed to buy
database firm Occam DM Ltd for 12 million pounds ($17.4
million) in cash and shares to expand its customer base and
expected full-year operating results to exceed its previous
estimates. [ID:nSGE65008T]
                                
 ** Guoco Group Ltd <0053.HK>, controlled by Malaysian
billionaire Quek Leng Chan, paid $8.6 million to raise its
stake in Bank of East Asia <0023.HK>, the city's fifth-largest
bank, to 9.12 percent from 8.99 percent. [ID:nTOE650091]
                                
 ** NBK Capital, an investment fund owned by National Bank
of Kuwait <NBKK.KW>, said it acquired a 30 percent stake in
World Eye Hospital Group and may eventually hold a public
offering in the Turkish company. [ID:nLDE650129]
 (Compiled by Krishna N. Das and Vinay Sarawagi in Bangalore)