UPDATE 3-Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions

                                
 (Updates Austrian Airlines, adds SandRidge Energy, Marubeni
and others)
                                
 July 1 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian
companies were reported by 2000 GMT on Wednesday.
                                
 (For Reuters columns on deals, click on [DEALTALK/])
                                
 ** Lufthansa <LHAG.DE> said it was "confident" it could
complete its takeover of Austrian Airlines <AUA.VI> after the
European Commission extended its review of the deal, throwing a
spanner into the German carrier's plans.
                                
 To read more, double click [ID:nL169267]
                                
 ** Japan's Marubeni Corp <8002.T> may close deals with
banks to finance about half of its $1.3 billion acquisition of
a copper project in Chile as early as in late July, its top
executive said. [ID:nL1499437]
                                
 ** TCW Energy and Infrastructure Group, a unit of Societe
Generale Asset Management, said it has bought the gas gathering
unit of SandRidge Energy Inc <SD.N> for $200 million.
[ID:nBNG504151]
                                
 ** Celesio <CLSGn.DE> said its chief executive and chairman
would jointly pursue the German drug distributor's foray into
the Brazilian market, smoothing over differences that had
emerged between the two. [ID:nL1629033]
                                
 ** The National Hockey League is backing a bid by sports
team mogul Jerry Reinsdorf to buy the bankrupt Phoenix Coyotes
for up to $148 million rather than the $212.5 million offer
from Canadian billionaire Jim Balsillie. [ID:nN01510143]
                                
 ** Mexican home appliances maker Mabe said on Wednesday it
agreed to acquire the Brazilian unit of Germany's BSH Bosch for
an undisclosed amount, betting on a market being bolstered by
tax cuts and resilient consumer demand. [ID:nN01498692]
                                
 ** Anheuser-Busch InBev <ABI.BR>, the world's largest
brewer, agreed to sell part of its U.S. packaging business to
Ball Corp <BLL.N> for $577 million as the beer maker neared the
half-way point of its sell-off target. [ID:nL0576106]
                                
 ** Citigroup <C.N> agreed to sell its Japanese trust bank
to a unit of Nomura Holdings <8604.T> for 19 billion yen ($196
million), as it looks to raise cash by exiting businesses in
the world's second-largest economy. [ID:nBNG504048]
                                
 ** Biopharmaceutical company CombinatoRx Inc <CRXX.O> said
it agreed to merge with privately held Neuromed Pharmaceuticals
Inc in an all-stock deal. [ID:nBNG236747]
                                
 ** British utility International Power <IPR.L> is selling
its Czech business to the Czech-Slovak investment firm J&T
Group for 581 million pounds ($955 million) after costs,
helping calm worries over its debt. [ID:nL1476133]
                                
 ** CEZ <CEZPsp.PR> has agreed to purchase a 49 percent
stake in heating plant Prazska Plynarenska from Czech-Slovak
private equity firm J&T, the Czech power group said.
[ID:nPRA002643]
                                
 ** Japan's Shinsei Bank <8303.T> is to buy smaller Aozora
Bank <8304.T> to create the country's sixth-largest lender,
hoping the two loss-makers can together return to growth in
both retail and corporate banking, the banks said in a joint
statement. [ID:nT71819]
                                
 ** Asia-focused Standard Chartered <STAN.L> <2888.HK> is in
talks to purchase banking assets in China and India owned by
the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) <RBS.L>, a source with direct
knowledge of the matter said. [ID:nHKG137025]
                                
 ** World No. 2 brewer SABMiller <SAB.L> will sell 10
percent of its South African unit to black investors in a deal
worth $750 million to meet the country's affirmative action
rules, the company said. [ID:nL1585838]
                                
 ** Saudi-based dairy firm Almarai Co <2280.SE> said it has
reached an agreement to buy all shares in Hail Agricultural
Development Co <6030.SE> (Hadco), widening its scope to the
poultry business. [ID:nL11228]
                                
 ** The bidding war for U.S.-based Borland Software Corp
<BORL.O> heated up as British software firm Micro Focus
International Plc <MCRO.L> sweetened its cash offer to $1.50
per share from $1.15 per share, topping a proposal made by an
unnamed bidder last week. [ID:nBNG424035]
                                
 ** A state in central Malaysia is still in talks with
Splash and Syabas for its plan to take over their water
operations, its chief minister said. [ID:nKLR488107]
 (Compiled by Tina Kwan in Singapore, Manasi Phadke and Vidya
Lakshmi in Bangalore)