May 10 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on Friday:
** Sabadell CEO César González-Bueno was in London
on Thursday meeting with analysts to champion his bank's success
when news landed that rival BBVA was going hostile
with its 12.23 billion-euro ($13.2 billion) takeover offer.
** Mining giant Rio Tinto had considered an offer
for British miner Anglo American, which is now BHP
Group's ( BHP ) $39 billion takeover target, the Australian
Financial Review reported .
** Abu Dhabi sovereign investor Mubadala Capital's $3
billion bid for New York-based Fortress Investment Group has
cleared a significant U.S. regulatory hurdle after the parties
agreed to important concessions, the Financial Times reported .
** Singapore's second-largest bank Oversea-Chinese Banking
Corp (OCBC) posted a better-than-expected 5% rise in
first-quarter profit and made a S$1.4 billion ($1.04 billion)
offer to take its insurer arm Great Eastern private.
** A federal judge on Thursday indicated a willingness to
compel Elon Musk to testify again in the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission's investigation into his $44 billion
takeover of Twitter.
(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy & Priyanka.G in Bengaluru)