Nov 15 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies were reported by 2045 GMT on Thursday.

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** British brewer Scottish and Newcastle SCTN.L said it had rejected an improved 7.3-billion-pound ($14.9 billion) bid proposal from Denmark's Carlsberg and Dutch group Heineken .

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** A group of Spanish billionaires along with Spanish bank BBK made a takeover approach for Iberia that values the airline at up to 3.7 billion euros ($5.4 billion), topping an approach led by U.S. private equity group TPG. [nL15663288]

** An affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management [CBS.UL] said it had offered to renegotiate the terms of its $4 billion deal to buy United Rentals Inc or pay a $100 million breakup fee to walk away from the transaction. [nN15295144]

** Ralcorp Holdings Inc said that it would acquire Kraft Foods Inc's Post cereals business in a deal valued at about $1.65 billion. [nN15274041]

** Hungary's leading drug producer Richter GDRB.BU said that it would buy Poland's Polpharma for 231 billion forints ($1.33 billion) and pay for it with newly issued Richter shares. [nL15348517]

** 3M Co , which makes products ranging from Scotch tape to optical films for liquid crystal displays, said it would acquire Aearo Technologies Inc, a maker of hearing- and eye-protection and energy-absorbing products, for $1.2 billion. [nN15402098]

** Europe's biggest cable maker Nexans announced plans to buy the cables business of Chilean copper cable and pipe manufacturer Madeco MAD.SN in a cash and share deal worth $822 million. [nL151216]

** French cosmetics giant L'Oreal announced the planned acquisition of Turkish hair care company Canan for an undisclosed amount. [nL1527138]

** British property firm Segro said it had agreed to buy 26 logistics buildings across France for 159.8 million euros ($234.4 million) in a sale and leaseback deal with DHL. [nWLA2982]

** Italy's biggest utility Enel will buy three hydro generation plants in Mexico with a total capacity of 52 megawatts from U.S. investment fund Conduit Partners as part of its Latin American expansion plan. [nL15201562]

** Italy's biggest utility Enel has offered 4.4275 roubles ($0.181) per share to buy out minority shareholders in Russia's wholesale power generator OGK-5 , Enel said. [nL15193875]

** The retail arm of VTB , Russia's No.2 bank, offered to buy out minority shareholders in its subsidiary VTB North-West after VTB decided against a full-scale merger with the regional bank. [nWLB3429]

** Natural gas provider Targa Resources Partners LP confirmed that it had made an indicative proposal to acquire peers MarkWest Hydrocarbon Inc MWP.A and MarkWest Energy Partners LP . [nWNAS2616]

** United Stationers Inc said its unit has agreed to buy ORS Nasco Holding Inc for about $180 million, to diversify its product offering and enter into the wholesale industrial supplies market. [nWNAS2575]

** Direct Energy, a subsidiary of Centrica Plc , said it was buying Rockyview Energy Inc RVE.TO for C$113.3 million ($116.7 million), including debt. [nN15548554]

** Live Nation Inc , the concert touring company, said it would acquire Signatures Network Inc, a music merchandise company, in a deal valued at $79 million in cash, stock and the repayment of debt. [nWNAS2640]

** Nike Inc said it agreed to sell its Starter brand to Iconix Brand Group Inc for $60 million in cash. [nWEN2609]

** BP Plc said it would sell all 700 of its U.S. company-owned and operated convenience stores to franchise owners, eliminating nearly 10,000 employees. [nWNAS2656]

** Intesa Sanpaolo , Italy's No. 2 bank by market value, has notified the Italian antitrust authority of its intention to buy smaller peer CariFirenze CFI.MI, according to the antitrust agency's Web site. [nL15346485]

** Vienna Insurance Group WISV.VI has agreed to buy a 62 percent stake in Ukrainska Strakhova Grupa (Ukrainian Insurance Group - UIG) via its eastern European investment vehicle TIBH, it said. [nL1575823]

** Openwave Systems Inc said it agreed to sell its Musiwave unit, a provider of mobile music entertainment services, to Microsoft Corp for $46 million. [nWNAS2622]

** U.S. brokerage Merrill Lynch has acquired a 10 percent stake in Russian financial holding company Trust for an undisclosed amount, Trust said in a press release. [nL15631670]

** French media group Lagardere does not foresee a sale of the company's remaining 7.5 percent stake in aerospace group EADS for the time being, its finance director said. [nL15354882]

** Network services provider GTL Ltd has acquired Malaysia's ADA Cellworks for $25 million, the company said. [nBOM320699]

** Malaysian broadband telecommunications firm TIME dotCom Bhd said it has bought a 6.5 percent stake in mobile phone operator DiGi from DiGi's Norwegian parent, Telenor . [nKLR252857]

** Australian nickel firm Allegiance Mining NL AGM.AX said commodities trader Sempra Metals had sold its 4.65 percent stake in the company. [nSYA002833]