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 .

Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions Updates Carlyle and Bellway; Adds eSentire, Blackstone Group, Tilray Brands, Rheinmetall Aug 13 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2 100 GMT on Tuesday: * * Rheinmetall RHMG.DE would buy U.S.-based military vehicle parts maker Loc Performance in a $950 million deal, the German defense group said.

UPDATE 2-Rheinmetall buys Loc Performance as it looks to expand in US market Writes through By Matthias Inverardi and Alexander Hübner DUSSELDORF, Aug 13 (Reuters) - Rheinmetall RHMG.DE will take over U.S. military vehicle supplier Loc Performance in a $950 million deal, the German defence group said, with an eye to improving its chances of scoring orders worth billions.