Deals of the day- Mergers and acquisitions

(Adds Barwa Bank, IBM)

Jan 20 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1430 GMT on Monday:

** Anheuser-Busch InBev SA ABI.BR , the world's largest brewer, has agreed to buy South Korea's Oriental Brewery Co Ltd for $5.8 billion including debt, regaining ownership of a key Asian asset at a time of strong industry growth across the region. News Search ID:nL3N0KT087

** Oil major Royal Dutch Shell Plc RDSa.L said it had agreed to sell stakes in a gas project in Western Australia for $1.14 billion as part of a drive to improve return on investment. News Search ID:nL5N0KU0TV

** Qatar's Barwa Real Estate Co QSC BRES.QA said it had agreed to sell its 37.34 percent stake in unlisted Barwa Bank for 2.39 billion riyals ($656 million) as part of a wider deal to help the property developer cope with its debt burden.

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** Deutsche Bank AG DBKGn.DE said it expected the long-planned sale of its BHF-Bank unit to happen early in 2014, according to presentation slides. Deutsche Bank, which is selling BHF to financial investor RHJ International SA

RHJI.BR , wrote nearly 200 million euros ($271.15 million) off the value of the unit in the fourth quarter. News Search ID:nWEB00GW5

** China National Nuclear Corp has agreed to buy a 25 percent stake in Australian miner Paladin Energy Ltd's PDN.AX uranium mine in Namibia for $190 million, locking in supplies as Beijing builds new nuclear plants for cleaner energy.

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** International Business Machines Corp IBM.N is thinking of selling off its low-end server business and Dell Inc may be among potential bidders, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing sources. News Search ID:nL3N0KU35N

** Britain's Co-operative Group 42TE.L has scrapped the sale of its general insurance business following a restructuring deal which means it does not have to contribute as much capital to its struggling bank as initially envisaged. News Search ID:nL5N0KU0ZI

** Bahrain-based investment firm Gulf Finance House BSC

GFHB.BH said it was offloading 75 percent of English soccer club Leeds United to a consortium of British investors and would retain a 10 percent stake following the sale. News Search ID:nL5N0KU06P

** Shares in Perusahaan Gas Negara PGAS.JK surged as much as nearly 9 percent after reports said the Indonesian parliament had rejected a planned acquisition of the gas utility firm by state energy company Pertamina Href="NewsSearch">PERTM.UL . News Search ID:nL3N0KU2BI

** Private equity firm Electra Private Equity Plc ELTA.L will acquire footwear retailer Hotter Shoes in a deal valued at 200 million pounds ($327 million), The Telegraph reported on Sunday. News Search ID:nL3N0KU019

** Dubai district cooling firm Empower bought Palm Utilities from a unit of Dubai World Href="NewsSearch">DBWLD.UL for $500 million on Sunday, part of a shuffle of assets between companies ultimately owned by Dubai's government or the emirate's ruler.

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** Tesco Plc TSCO.L considered a bid for mother and baby products retailer Mothercare Plc MTC.L to help reinvigorate its British hypermarkets, the Sunday Times reported. Citing retail sources, the newspaper said Tesco examined a bid six months ago but has put the plan on hold. News Search ID:nL5N0KT0EH

** Royal Dutch Shell RDSa.L and Mubadala Petroleum have swapped equity stakes in two exploration blocks off Malaysia, the companies said on Sunday. Mubadala has taken a 20 percent interest in the Shell-operated deepwater Block 2B and Shell has taken a 20 percent interest in the Mubadala-operated Block SK320 in return. News Search ID:nL5N0KT0B5

** Bahrain's Investcorp Bank BSC INVB.BH and the founders of TDX Group have agreed to sell their stakes in the British technology firm to U.S. credit reporting agency Equifax Inc

EFX.N for 200 million pounds, according to a filing at Bahrain's bourse. News Search ID:nL5N0KT02M

** Indian drugmaker Aurobindo Pharma Ltd ARBN.NS said on Saturday it agreed to buy Actavis Plc's ACT.N commercial operations in seven Western European countries for about 30 million euros, in a bid to increase its international footprint.

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