Deals of the day- Mergers and acquisitions

(Adds Mandiant, Colonial, Daewoo, America Movil)

Jan 2 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2100 GMT on Thursday:

** Fiat FIA.MI had struck a $4.35 billion deal to gain full control of Chrysler Group LLC, but doubts remained over whether the Italian carmaker can use the merger to cut losses in Europe. News Search ID:nL6N0KC0HX

** Spanish oil company Repsol REP.MC finalised the sale of $4.3 billion in liquid natural gas assets to Royal Dutch Shell

RDSa.L , slashing its debt by around a third and helping maintain its investment-grade credit rating. News Search ID:nL6N0KC0C2

** Cybersecurity company FireEye Inc FEYE.O , one of last year's hottest IPOs, has acquired Mandiant Corp in a $1.05 billion cash-and-stock deal, which FireEye said closed on Monday. News Search ID:nL2N0KC0VP

** Belgian crude oil shipping group Euronav EUAV.BR is expected to buy 15 very large crude carriers (VLCCs) from Denmark's Maersk Tankers, a unit of A.P. Moller-Maersk

MAERSKb.CO , shipping newspaper Lloyd's List reported on Thursday. News Search ID:nL6N0KC0NX

** Investors from Spain, Andorra and Peru will inject 500 million euros ($689 million) of fresh capital into bank-owned Spanish property developer Colonial COL.MC in the latest sign that the real estate business may be slowly reviving.

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** Spain is close to selling its 50.25 percent stake in Cesce, Europe's fourth-biggest credit insurer, in a deal that values the company at 400 million euros, three bankers with knowledge of the deal said. News Search ID:nL6N0K921Y

** Floating oil production firm BW Offshore Ltd BWO.OL has exercised an option to buy a very large crude carrier (VLCC) for $83.4 million from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering

042660.KS , it said. News Search ID:nL6N0KC1BS

** Mexican businessman and board member of U.S. phone giant AT&T Inc T.N Jaime Chico Pardo has accumulated a $20 million stake in billionaire Carlos Slim's America Movil AMXL.MX phone company, according to a recent regulatory filing.

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** 21st Century Fox FOXA.O said it would sell its 47 percent stake in Star China TV to the TV channel operator's management and private equity fund China Media Capital.

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** South Korea's Celltrion Inc 068270.KQ said in a regulatory filing that its largest shareholder is in talks with an interested party or parties to sell a controlling stake in the biotech firm. News Search ID:nL3N0KC1B1

** British drugs testing company Cyprotex CN8.L said it had bought rival CeeTox from North American Science Associates Inc to expand its offer to the cosmetic and personal care industry. News Search ID:nL6N0KC0IG

** Privately held Ergon Inc said it purchased Bunge North America Inc's stake in the Ergon Biofuels plant is Mississippi.

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