News: WGO Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Jan 18 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1100 GMT on Wednesday:

** Australia's Mineral Resources Ltd (MIN) said that it will not make a takeover offer for Perth-based Warrego Energy (WGO) , citing over-inflation of gas asset prices in the Perth-basin.

** BNP Paribas BNPP.PA , France's biggest listed bank, said that it had received all the necessary regulatory approvals to complete its previously announced sale of Bank of the West to Bank of Montreal BMO.TO .

** Bayer BAYGn.DE agreed to acquire Blackford Analysis Ltd., a British developer of artificial intelligence (AI) systems that help diagnose disease from medical images, to boost the German company's radiology business.

** Washington state's highest court will allow Albertsons Companies Inc ACI.N to pay a $4 billion dividend ahead of its proposed deal with Kroger Co KR.N , by declining on Tuesday to take up a claim that the payout would be uncompetitive.

** Rogers Communications Inc's RCIb.TO C$20 billion ($14.9 billion) acquisition of rival Shaw Communications Inc SJRb.TO has been delayed long enough and must be allowed to proceed despite the competition bureau's opposition, Rogers said in a legal filing on Tuesday.