(Adds Johnson Controls , Areva , Finmeccanica , Alcatel-Lucent)
Oct 6 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Tuesday:
** Apple Inc AAPL.O supplier Skyworks Solutions Inc SWKS.O said it would buy chipmaker PMC-Sierra Inc PMCS.O for $2 billion in cash to expand its portfolio, customer base and end market applications. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1260MD
** AmerisourceBergen (NYSE:ABC) ABC.N said it had agreed to buy PharMEDium Healthcare Holdings Inc for $2.58 billion from its private equity owner Clayton, Dubilier & Rice to boost its drug distribution business. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1262J3
** Auto parts maker Johnson Controls Inc (NYSE:JCI) JCI.N is in talks to buy industrial battery maker EnerSys ENS.N , the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1263X0
** Saudi Aramco, the world's biggest oil producer, is in talks to acquire a stake in a China National Petroleum Corp refinery as well as retail assets, people familiar with the matter said - a deal that would help it sell more of its output to China amid growing competition. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N12602J
** Brewer SABMiller SAB.L is said to have rejected an informal takeover offer from ABInBev ABI.BR as too low, a Bloomberg report citing people familiar with the matter said. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1261XN
** Alcatel-Lucent ALUA.PA said on Tuesday it will not sell its undersea cables unit, meaning the strategic business which underpins the global Internet will be taken by Nokia once it completes its acquisition of the Franco-American group. The Finnish firm said in April the 15.6 billion euro ($17 billion) acquisition of network gear maker Alcatel-Lucent as they aim to better compete with market leader Ericsson (ST:ERICAs) ERICb.ST and low-cost Chinese powerhouse Huawei HWT.UL . urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N126479
** Google, which has now morphed into holding company Alphabet Inc GOOGL.O , is in talks with messaging startup Symphony Communication Services LLC for a round of fundraising, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1253Z1
** Movie and television studio Lions Gate Entertainment Corp LGF.N is in advanced talks to merge with John Malone's premium TV cable network Starz STRZA.O , the Los Angeles Times reported, citing sources. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1254E4
** Founders of Asia's No.1 budget carrier AirAsia Bhd are sounding out investors to take the company private in a management-led buyout, after its shares took a beating this year following a critical research report, people familiar with the matter said. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N12611B
** U.S. credit agency Equifax Inc (NYSE:EFX) EFX.N sweetened its takeover offer for rival Veda Group Ltd VED.AX on Tuesday, winning the Australian target's approval, as the weak Aussie dollar and stumbling share market fuel a frenzy of inbound M&A deals. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1260CT
** Gaming technology company Playtech Plc PTEC.L said it intended to challenge a Central Bank of Ireland decision opposing its $105-million acquisition of Ava Trade. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1261EP
** South Africa's Sibanye Gold SGLJ.J has offered to acquire Aquarius Platinum AQP.L AQPJ.J for $294 million, its latest thrust into the platinum sector which has been hammered by falling prices and rising costs. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N12610M
** Germany's competition authority on Tuesday approved the takeover of Nokia's NOKIA.HE mapping business HERE by a consortium of German premium carmakers. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN12600V
** Construction group Zech is seen as the front runner to buy the German unit of bankrupt Dutch engineering services company Imtech IMUN.AS , two people familiar with the deal said. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1261O6
** Diversified chemicals company Superior Plus Corp SPB.TO said it would buy chemicals and handling company Canexus Corp CUS.TO for C$324.1 million. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1262KH
** Italian motorway operator Atlantia ATL.MI denied on Tuesday a press report saying it had received binding offers for its 30 percent stake in its airport unit Aeroporti di Roma (AdR). urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N12628J
** French media group Vivendi VIV.PA confirmed that it has raised its stake in Telecom Italia TLIT.MI to 19.9 percent, in a move that tightens its grip on the Italian phone company at a time of industry consolidation. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1262FF
** Spanish telecommunications company Euskaltel EKTL.MC has changed the terms of the acquisition of fellow cable operator R Cable, saying it would pay fully in cash and at a slightly higher price than initially announced. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N12626M
** Telecom Italia TLIT.MI is not in talks with French rival Orange ORAN.PA about a possible tie-up, the head of the Italian phone group said on Tuesday as merger speculation mounts. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nI6N12602V
** Malta's largest telecoms operator, GO, has invited banks to pitch for the role of advising it on the full sale of the company, sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Tuesday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1262LK
** Former Citigroup (NYSE:C) C.N Chief Executive Vikram Pandit has taken a stake in London-based currency transfer startup Transferwise, adding to his portfolio of financial technology investments. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1262B5
** Italian defence group Finmeccanica SIFI.MI has signed an agreement to sell its Fata unit to engineering group Danieli DANI.MI , the two companies said in separate statements, without disclosing the value of the deal. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N12647I
** The French government wants utility EDF EDF.PA and nuclear group Areva AREVA.PA , both state-owned, to keep a combined 66 percent stake in Areva's former reactor building arm Areva NP, a government source told Reuters on Tuesday. Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd 7011.T said late last month it was in talks with Areva about taking a stake in Areva NP, which designs, builds and services nuclear reactors. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1263S0