Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions Updates Flutter and Mars; Adds Bradesco, Maverick Natural Resources, BlackLine Systems and Marex Group Aug 14 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Wednesday: ** Brazilian bank Bradesco BBDC3.SA wants to form new partnerships with banks, equipment producers and agriculture cooperatives to expand lending to the agribusiness sector, which currently covers less than 15% of its total credit portfolio

Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions Adds: Vedanta Ltd, Performance Food Group Company, Tongwei Updates: Mars, UBS Aug 14 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1330 GMT on Wednesday: ** Family-owned candy giant Mars is buying Cheez-It maker Kellanova K.N in a nearly $36 billion deal, bringing together some of the biggest consumer brands from M&M's and Snickers to Pringles and Pop- Tarts in one of the biggest deals in the industry.

Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions Aug 14 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on Wednesday: ** Betting firm Flutter Entertainment FLTRF.L is in talks to buy Snaitech, one of Italy's largest gambling companies, from UK's Playtech PTEC.L in a deal which could be worth 2 billion pounds ($2.57 billion), Sky News reported .

Thyssenkrupp expects success in coming months regarding warship unit sale FRANKFURT, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Thyssenkrupp TKAG.DE is confident that efforts to sell its warship division, either to a consortium of buyers or via a spin-off, will be successful in the "coming months", Chief Executive Miguel Lopez told analysts on Wednesday. Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS), which builds submarines and frigates, is currently being prepared for a standalone future, and both Carlyle CG.O and KfW KFW.UL are

UPDATE 2-STOXX 600 climbs as upbeat earnings buoy travel and leisure, financial stocks For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click LIVE/ or type LIVE/ in a news window UBS up after Q2 net profit beat Flutter jumps on lifting full-year outlook Playtech jumps as co to sell Italian arm to Flutter RWE fails to dispel Calpine M&A speculation, shares slump STOXX 600 up 0.5% Updated at 1600 GMT By Ankika Biswas and Pranav Kashyap Aug 14 (Reuters) - Europe's main stocks index r