July 30 - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies were reported by 0600 GMT on Thursday.
** Primus Financial Holdings, founded by former top Citi Asia banker Robert Morse, plans to team up with a Hong Kong battery maker to bid for AIG's Taiwan unit Nan Shan Life, sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.
** French drugs group Sanofi-Aventis said it was buying a 50 percent stake in animal health venture Merial from Merck for $4 billion to take full control of the business.
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