August 19 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions, and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on Tuesday:
** Japanese investment firm SoftBank Group <9984.T> has held talks with Intel on buying the American semiconductor firm's struggling contract chipmaking business, the Financial Times reported.
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** U.S. television station owner Sinclair has made an offer to merge its broadcast TV business with smaller rival Tegna , which is in advanced talks on a potential sale to Nexstar Media Group , a person familiar with the talks told Reuters on Monday.
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