The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies were reported by 1000 GMT on Friday. (For Reuters columns on deals, click on [DEALTALK/]) ** Bank of America (BAC.N) agreed to offload its Balboa insurance portfolio to Australia's QBE Insurance (QBE.AX) for more than $700 million, the latest in a string of asset sales by the U.S. lender as it recovers from the global credit crisis.
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