Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

June 18 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1330 GMT on Wednesday:

Nippon Steel's <5401.T> $14.9 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel <X.N> closed, the companies said, confirming an unusual degree of power for the Trump administration after the Japanese company's 18-month struggle to close the purchase.

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Investment firm Bayview Asset Management will take Guild Holdings <GHLD.N> private in a $1.3 billion all-cash deal, the mortgage firm said. nL4N3SL0UM

Nasdaq-listed insurtech Reliance Global Group has agreed to sell its Fortman Insurance Agency subsidiary for $5 million in cash, and has pulled an offering of its shares. nL6N3SK0Z3

Keyera Corp said it has agreed to buy substantially all of U.S.-based Plains' Canadian natural gas liquids business for C$5.15 billion ($3.77 billion) in cash. nL4N3SK1GR

Two of Pakistan's leading business groups and a company backed by the powerful military will bid for the country's ailing national carrier, a divestment the government hopes will kickstart the privatisations of state-owned enterprises. nL4N3SK1A1

Eli Lilly will acquire gene-editing startup Verve Therapeutics for up to $1.3 billion, the companies said, accelerating a push into experimental cardiovascular therapies. nL4N3SJ1JV

Delaware's highest court on Tuesday threw out a judge's order requiring Canadian pipeline operator TC Energy TRP.TO to pay $199.2 million of damages stemming from its $13 billion purchase of Columbia Pipeline Group in 2016. nL1N3SK13E

U.S. President Donald Trump will extend a June 19 deadline for China-based ByteDance to divest the U.S. assets of short video app TikTok by 90 days despite a law that had mandated a sale or a shutdown absent significant progress, the White House said on Tuesday. nFWN3SK1SV

Brazilian securities regulator CVM has postponed a shareholder vote on the takeover of poultry and pork processor BRF BRFS3.SA by beef processor Marfrig MRFG3.SA, the companies said in a securities filing on Tuesday. nL1N3SJ139

Inszone Insurance Services has acquired Evers Insurance, based in Cave Creek, Arizona. nL6N3SK0X9

Millennium Management is in talks to sell a minority stake in its management company, in a deal that values the hedge fund giant at $14 billion, said a source with knowledge of the matter. nL4N3SK0YW