(Adds A2A, Warburg Pincus, Apache Corp (N:APA), PEAK6 Investments, Canadian Pacific Railway ; Updates Anbang Insurance)
Nov 9 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2100 GMT on Monday:
** Anbang Insurance Group agreed to buy U.S. annuities and life insurer Fidelity & Guaranty Life FGL.N for about $1.57 billion as Chinese insurers seek to expand into the United States. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1344ER
** Italy's biggest regional utility A2A A2.MI has presented a binding offer to take a majority stake in smaller peer Linea Group Holding (LGH) to boost its growth prospects in a fragmented market. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N13440M
** Private equity firms Warburg Pincus WP.UL and General Atlantic are expected to announce a joint deal this week to invest in United Arab Emirates-based payments provider Network International, according to sources. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1343JB
** Apache Corp APA.N declined to comment whether it has received and rejected an unsolicited takeover offer from an unidentified company. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N1341JX
** PEAK6 Investments, a multi-faceted global business based in Chicago, has bought a 25 percent stake in struggling Premier League team Bournemouth. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1345KM
** Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd CP.TO is looking to acquire U.S. peer Norfolk Southern Corp (N:NSC) NSC.N , Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1345NG
** Canadian Natural Resources Ltd CNQ.TO will sell most of its royalty assets to PrairieSky Royalty Ltd PSK.TO in a C$1.8 billion ($1.4 billion) deal, joining other oil producers in shedding assets to weather a slump in crude prices. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1343OA
** Santiago-listed shares in LATAM Airlines LAN.SN rose 4.52 percent early Monday following a brokerage report that British Airways-owner IAG ICAG.L is looking at working more closely with the Chile-headquartered carrier, traders said. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N134109
** South African fixed-line operator Telkom TKGJ.J said it is in talks to buy rival Cell C SAOGRC.UL , as it seeks to boost its fledging mobile phone business. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1340IJ
** Weyerhaeuser Co WY.N will purchase Plum Creek Timber Co Inc PCL.N in a deal announced on Sunday that the two companies said would create a $23 billion timber, land and forest products company, the largest in the United States. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N1330LW
** Industrial rubber maker Trelleborg TRELb.ST said it was buying privately owned Czech CGS Holding to become a global leader in agricultural tires and strengthen its leading position in industrial tires. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1340W2
** Chocolate and cocoa group Barry Callebaut BARN.S has acquired Nyonkopa Cocoa Buying Company Ltd in Ghana, the Swiss company said, giving no financial details. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN1310C9
** Coca-Cola Enterprises (N:CCE) CCE.N and two other European bottlers of Coca-Cola KO.N drinks have secured unconditional EU antitrust approval for their merger after regulators found no competition issues. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1342KT
** Talks between Wincor Nixdorf WING.DE and its U.S. suitor Diebold DBD.N are ongoing and constructive, the CEO of the German ATM maker said on Monday, but he stopped short of saying when a final agreement could be announced. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N13428T
** The head of smartphone screen maker Japan Display Inc 6740.T said he would not turn down a partnership with embattled rival Sharp Corp 6753.T amid speculation that Japan Display's top investor, a state-backed fund, wants a tie-up between the two.
** The board of Britain's National Grid Plc NG.L is weighing up options for its four gas distribution networks across the country, which may attract 10 billion pounds ($15.06 billion), the Sunday Times reported, citing people familiar with the matter. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N13401S
** U.S. based asset management company Affiliated Managers Group (N:AMG) AMG.N said on Sunday it has agreed to buy a majority of the equity stake held by BlueCrest Capital Management LP in Systematica Investments LP.
** Spanish renewable energy firm Abengoa ABGek.MC ABG.MC said on Sunday a local steel firm, Gonvarri, would invest 250 million euros in the company and become its main shareholder after also taking part in a planned rights issue.
** Santos Ltd's STO.AX rebuffed suitor, Scepter, is likely to walk away after Santos opted to sell A$500 million ($351 million) in new shares to a Chinese private equity firm at well below Scepter's offer price, a source familiar with Scepter's thinking said on Monday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1330UA
** Neptune Orient Lines Ltd (NOL) NEPS.SI said on Saturday that it was in preliminary talks with CMA CGM SA CMACG.UL and A.P. Moeller-Maersk MAERSKb.CO on a potential acquisition of the Singapore-based container liner. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N132098