Bain and new partner Advent prepared to make Osram bid <!-- no image --> <div>Bain and its new partner Advent are prepared to make a bid for Osram, the German lighting group said on Wednesday, citing a letter from the two buyout groups as the takeover battle heats up.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=VtVgeGiqJcg:r2jWZ2r3cRc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=VtVgeGiqJcg:r2jWZ2r3cRc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=VtVgeGiqJcg:r2jWZ2r3cRc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=VtVgeGiqJcg:r2jWZ2r3cRc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=VtVgeGiqJcg:r2jWZ2r3cRc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/VtVgeGiqJcg" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters