Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions Adds: Tod's, Occidental Petroleum, Uniti Group and Johnson Controls International Updates: Apollo Global Management May 3 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1940 GMT on Friday: ** Sony Pictures Entertainment and private equity firm Apollo Global Management APO.N on Wednesday submitted a $26 billion offer for Paramount Global PARA.O but have yet to receive a response as of Friday, according to a person fam

Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions May 3 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on Friday: ** Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) and Apollo Global Management APO.N have made a $26 billion cash offer for Paramount Global PARA.O , the Wall Street Journal reported. nL1N3H60GR ** Britain's competition watchdog said that Pennon Group's PNN.L acquisition of Sutton and East Surrey (SES) Water could hurt the water regulator's ability to make c

UPDATE 2-UK watchdog raises concerns over Pennon-SES water deal Recasts, adding industry background, Ofwat comment May 3 (Reuters) - British water company Pennon PNN.L faces in-depth regulatory investigation of its purchase of rival Sutton and East Surrey (SES) Water unless it can address concerns raised by the competition watchdog. Britain's Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) said on Friday the deal could hamper water regulator Ofwat by removing SES Water from its dataset and reducing the nu

UPDATE 1-UK Stocks-Factors to watch on May 3 Adds news items May 3 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 .FTSE index is seen opening higher on Friday, with futures FFIc1 up 0.2%. * ANGLO AMERICAN: Commodities group Glencore GLEN.L is studying an approach for Anglo American AAL.L , two sources said, a development that could spark a bidding war for the 107-year old mining company.

BRIEF-UK's CMA Raises Concerns Over Pennon/ SES Deal May 3 (Reuters) - UK'S CMA : MERGER UPDATE: PENNON / SES SOLUTIONS OFFERED TO ADDRESS IMPACT OF DEAL ON WATER REGULATION IN PENNON/ SES DEAL PHASE 1 INVESTIGATION FOUND THAT PENNON'S PURCHASE OF SES COULD IMPACT OFWAT'S ABILITY TO MAKE COMPARISONS BETWEEN WATER COMPANIES NOW CAREFULLY CONSIDER SO