--France's Bureau Veritas ditched merger talks with U.K. peer Intertek Group to seek a possible deal with Switzerland's SGS, the Financial Times reports, citing unnamed sources.
--Bureau Veritas and Intertek held long-running talks that collapsed late last fall as Wendel--Bureau Veritas's biggest shareholder--saw greater potential in a deal with SGS, the FT reports.
--Intertek, Bureau Veritas, SGS and Wendel declined to comment, according to the FT.
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