Deals of the day — mergers and acquisitions

** France’s Veolia Environnement plans to sell its urban lighting unit Citelum as part of a wider plan to sell 4 billion euros ($5.5 billion) in assets between now and 2013, Les Echos reported on Friday.** Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant Unilever on Friday said it has bought 82 percent of Russian beauty cosmetics company Concern Kalina for 500 million euros ($685 million).** KT Corp , South Korea’s top fixed-line carrier and No.2 mobile operator, said on Friday that it was seeking to buy a 20 percent stake in South Africa’s Telkom for $600 million.** British online gaming firm Sportingbet said it would dispose of its Turkish operations for at least 143 million euros ($196 million) in cash as it moves to exit activities in unregulated territories.** South Korea’s Lotte Shopping Co Ltd said on Friday that it has pulled out of a bid to buy Indonesian retailer PT Matahari Putra Prima .