News: BHP Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

(Adds: IAG, United Bankshares Updates: Mubadala Capital)

May 10 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1330 GMT on Friday:

		** British Airways owner IAG  ICAG.L  said it is in 
talks with other airlines about ceding routes in order to 

address EU regulators' concerns that its bid for Air Europa may reduce competition and lead to price increases.

		** United Bankshares  UBSI.O  has agreed to buy smaller 
rival Piedmont Bancorp in a deal valued at about $267 million, 

the lenders said, amid growing consolidation in the U.S. regional banking industry.

		** 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.

** Sabadell SABE.MC CEO César González-Bueno was in London on Thursday meeting with analysts to champion his bank's success when news landed that rival BBVA BBVA.MC was going hostile with its 12.23 billion-euro ($13.2 billion) takeover offer.

** Mining giant Rio Tinto (RIO) had considered an offer for British miner Anglo American AAL.L , which is now BHP Group's (BHP) $39 billion takeover target, the Australian Financial Review reported .

** Singapore's second-largest bank Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp (OCBC) OCBC.SI 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 GELA.SI 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.