UPDATE 1-Deals of the day--mergers and acquisitions

                                
 (Adds Vivendi; updates BTG, QSR Brands, Nissan)
                                
 Nov 19 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian
companies were reported by 1430 GMT on Friday.
                                
 (For Reuters columns on deals: [DEALTALK/])
                                
 ** India-focused mining group Vedanta Resources Plc <VED.L>
agreed a $6 billion financing deal with a consortium of banks
to help fund its proposed acquisition of a majority stake in
the Indian unit of Cairn Energy <CNE.L>.
                                
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 ** France's GdF Suez <GSZ.PA> pulled out of the competition
to buy a controlling stake in Polish utility Enea <ENAE.WA>
worth over 11 billion zlotys ($3.9 billion), Polish newspaper
Dziennik said on Friday. [ID:nLDE6AI094]
                                
 ** CLSA Capital Partners, a private equity arm of Credit
Agricole SA <CAGR.PA>, plans to sell Japanese food supplement
maker Everlife in a deal that could be worth as much as 70
billion yen ($840 million), sources said. [ID:nTOE6AI046]
                                
 ** British pharmaceutical group BTG <BGC.L> is paying 177
million pounds ($282 million) in cash and shares to buy
Biocompatibles <BII.L>, adding oncology products to the
portfolio of specialist products it offers to hospitals.
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 ** Communications equipment maker Vislink <VLK.L> said it
would sell its marine and energy business for 32.5 million
pounds ($52 million) to Cooper Industries <CBE.N> to focus on
entertainment and public safety markets, sending its shares up
as much as 22 percent. [ID:nSGE6AI0BU]
                                
 ** Polish financial group Getin Holding <GETI.WA> agreed to
buy German insurer Allianz's <ALVG.DE> banking unit in Poland
for an estimated 140 million zlotys ($49.3 mln), Getin said in
a statement late on Thursday. [ID:nLDE6AI057]
                                
 ** Balfour Beatty <BALF.L> has bought some of collapsed UK
maintenance firm Rok's affordable housing and construction
businesses for 7 million pounds, it said on Friday.
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 ** Vivendi's <VIV.PA> main priority this year is to take
full control of French mobile company SFR, 44 percent owned by
Vodafone <VOD.L>, and other deals such as buying out minorities
in Canal+ will go on the back burner. [ID:nLDE6AI0LL]
                                
 ** AstraZeneca <AZN.L> confirmed it was considering
spinning off its Astra Tech dental implants and medical devices
business and had hired JP Morgan Chase <JPM.N> to help with a
strategic review of the unit. [ID:nLDE6AI0CM]
                                
 ** New World Resources <NWRS.L> <NWRSsp.PR> believes it can
get a majority of shares in its bid for Poland's coal mines
Bogdanka <LWBP.WA>, the Czech miner's chief financial officer
Marek Jelinek said on Friday. [ID:nPRG004509]
                                
 ** Malaysia's QSR Brands <QSRB.KL>, the majority owner of
KFC and Pizza Hut in Malaysia, received a takeover bid on
Friday from Idaman Saga, a company linked to tycoon Halim Saad.
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 ** Japan's Nissan <7201.T> plans to buy 10 percent of
Russia's top carmaker AvtoVAZ <AVAZ.MM> next year as part of a
bid with partner Renault <RENA.PA> to secure 50 percent, a
Russian state firm said on Friday. [ID:nLDE6AI0NP]
                                
 ** Slovenian tourism and financial company Sava <SAVA.LJ>
said it plans to sell its entire 23.8 percent stake in the
country's third largest bank Abanka Vipa <ABKN.LJ>.
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 (Compiled by Swati Chitnis in Bangalore)