Deals of the day- Mergers and acquisitions

(Adds Zale Corp, Sinopec Corp, Paroc; Updates Devon Energy)

Feb 19 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1430 GMT on Wednesday:

** Devon Energy Corp DVN.N said it would sell some liquids-rich natural gas assets in Canada to Canadian Natural Resources Ltd CNQ.TO for about $2.8 billion. News Search ID:nL3N0LO3JI

** Royal Dutch Shell Plc RDSa.L has sold its downstream Australian assets to Dutch-owned oil trader Vitol SA Href="NewsSearch">VITOLV.UL and the Abu Dhabi Investment Council for about A$2.4 billion ($2.2 billion), The Australian Financial Review reported.

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** China's Dongfeng Motor Group Co 0489.HK said it would invest 800 million euros ($1.1 billion) in French carmaker Peugeot SA PEUP.PA via a share sale and rights issue while France's government does the same, confirming a Reuters report.

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** State-backed Royal Bank of Scotland Group RBS.L said it had sold some structured retail investor products and equity derivatives businesses to France's BNP Paribas BNPP.PA . RBS said the consideration was not material but the deal would transfer the management of up to 15 billion pounds ($25 billion) of liabilities. News Search ID:nWLB00792

** Finnish stainless steelmaker Outokumpu Oyj OUT1V.HE has raised its stake in the planned Fennovoima nuclear reactor to 12.5 percent from an original goal of 10 percent. Outokumpu said its investment in Fennovoima, to be paid over the next decade, would be around 210 million euros, compared with its earlier estimate of around 150 to 200 million euros. News Search ID:nL6N0LO0Y3

** Standard Chartered Plc STAN.L is seeking buyers for a Hong Kong consumer finance business worth $500 million to $700 million, according to people familiar with the matter, as the Asia-focused lender sells off peripheral businesses.

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** Kay Jewelers parent Signet Jewelers Ltd SIG.N agreed to buy smaller rival Zale Corp ZLC.N for about $690 million, cementing its position as the largest North American jewelry chain. News Search ID:nL3N0LO3C2

** Seek Ltd SEK.AX , which runs Australia's biggest online job ads site by number of clicks, said it would buy the online employment businesses of Malaysian associate Jobstreet Corp Bhd

JOBT.KL for 1.73 billion ringgit ($523.69 million).

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** Offshore services firm EOC Ltd EOCL.OL has sold a pipe laying and heavy lift construction vessel to a unit of ICBC Financial Leasing for $200 million and will lease back the ship for 10 years, the Oslo listed company said. News Search ID:nL6N0LO0B2

** Suez Environnement SEVI.PA has bought GDF Suez's

GSZ.PA 3.95 percent stake in Rome-based utility Acea SpA

ACE.MI , taking its own shareholding to 12.5 percent as it seeks to grow its European water business in Italy.

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** Sinopec Corp 0386.HK , Asia's largest oil refiner, plans to restructure its retail and wholesale business and sell up to 30 percent of the unit as China's government promotes private investment in the country's oil industry. News Search ID:nL3N0LO3MC

** China's Tencent Holdings Ltd 0700.HK has bought 20 percent of Dianping, the country's largest restaurant review and business listing site, as the social media leader lands a blow in Chinese Internet firms' battle to link online content with offline services. News Search ID:nL3N0LO1TO

** Onexim, the holding company of Russian tycoon-turned-politician Mikhail Prokhorov, may sell its stake in energy firm Quadra TGKD.MM to electricity company InterRAO

IRAO.MM and France's EDF EDF.PA , the Vedomosti newspaper said. News Search ID:nL6N0LO1MZ

** The owners of Finland's Paroc are expected to launch a sale of the insulation material maker which could fetch more than 650 million euros, three sources familiar with the matter said. News Search ID:nL6N0LO37O

** MOL Global Pte Ltd, a Malaysian online payment firm controlled by billionaire Vincent Tan, said the sultan of the southern state of Johor will buy a 15 percent stake in its operating unit, MOL AccessPortal Sdn Bhd, for $120 million.

($1 = 0.5989 British pounds)

($1 = 0.7272 euros)

($1 = 3.3035 Malaysian ringgit)

($1 = 1.1071 Australian Dollars)

($1=6.9611 Egyptian pounds)

(Compiled by Shivani Mody in Bangalore)

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