(Adds Shire , TeamHealth, ECRF, RR Donnelley, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board)
Aug 4 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1330 GMT on Tuesday:
** Drugmaker Shire SHP.L said it was seeking to buy Baxalta BXLT.N , a company spun off by Baxter International (NYSE:BAX) BAX.N last month, for $30 billion to forge the leading global specialist in rare diseases. ID:nL5N10F2KD
** Britain has sold a 2.1 billion pound ($3.3 billion) stake in Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) RBS.L to kick off the disposal of its holding seven years after bailing out the bank, sparking a political row that the sale at a loss was being hurried. ID:nL5N10F0SQ
** TeamHealth Holdings Inc TMH.N said it would buy IPC Healthcare Inc IPCM.O in a deal valued at $1.6 billion to expand its business that supplies doctors to U.S. hospitals. ID:nL3N10F4K3
** Seed giant Monsanto (NYSE:MON) Co's MON.N unwanted takeover bid with Switzerland's Syngenta AG SYNN.VX would face strong resistance in Brazil should it go forward, farmers and lawyers said, a hurdle that could delay or force major concessions to the $45 billion deal. ID:nL1N10A2ZQ
** Leumi LUMI.TA , Israel's second-largest bank, said it had sold another 5.2 percent stake in conglomerate Israel Corp ILCO.TA for 500 million shekels ($132 million). ID:nL5N10F1O9
** Italy's Ente Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze (ECRF) sold a 0.63 percent stake in lender Intesa Sanpaolo ISP.MI for 349.5 million euros ($384 million) to comply with rules that limit the holdings of banking foundations in banks. ID:nL5N10F2O3
** Printing services company RR Donnelley & Sons Co RRD.O said it planned to split itself in three by spinning off its financial communications and retail print businesses into two publicly traded companies. ID:nL3N10F3XP
** The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board said it had formed a joint venture with Health Care REIT Inc (NYSE:HCN) HCN.N , which operates senior housing centers in the United States, to hold a portfolio of medical office buildings in Southern California. ID:nL1N10F11P
** Australia's Origin Energy Ltd ORG.AX said it will sell its controlling interest in New Zealand electricity generator and retailer Contact Energy Ltd CEN.NZ and use the proceeds to reduce debt. ID:nL3N10E5NK
** Community Health Systems Inc CYH.N , the No. 2 U.S. publicly traded hospital operator, said on Monday it plans to spin off 38 hospitals and a consulting business into a separate company to focus on larger markets. ID:nL1N10E2F4 ($1 = 0.91 euros) ($1 = 0.64 pounds)