
May 8 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on Thursday:
Japan's Nidec Corp <6594.T> said it was withdrawing its bid for Makino Milling Machine <6135.T>, giving up on its unsolicited takeover plan after Makino threatened to mount a "poison pill" takeover defence.
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Japanese telecoms firm Nippon Telegraph and Telephone <9432.T> announced plans to take its subsidiary NTT Data <9613.T> private by purchasing the shares it does not already own for 2.37 trillion yen ($16.4 billion).
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London-based mobile game developer Tripledot Studios has agreed to buy marketing platform AppLovin's
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U.S.-listed ride-hailing and food delivery company Grab
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