Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

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Jan 8 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions, and disposals were reported by 1030 GMT on Wednesday:

** Italy's Banca Ifis said it was launching a 298 million euro ($309 million) cash and shares exchange offer to take over rival specialty lender illimity .

** Roche said it planned to complete its purchase of U.S. biopharmaceutical company Poseida Therapeutics , a specialist in complex immune cell therapies to treat several types of blood cancer.

** Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co said on Tuesday that it will sell its Dunlop brand to Japan's Sumitomo Rubber Industries

for $701 million in cash as part of a plan to streamline its business.

(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Ateev Bhandari in Bengaluru)

((ateev.bhandari@thomsonreuters.com))

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