Feb 22 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1130 GMT on Friday:
** Canada's Barrick Gold Corp ABX.TO is considering a hostile bid for Newmont Mining Corp (NYSE:NEM) NEM.N for about $19 billion in stock, in what would potentially be one of the largest-ever mining deals, the Globe and Mail newspaper reported.
Britain's Non-Standard Finance NSF.L has offered to buy Provident Financial PFG.L in an all-stock deal that values its fellow specialist loan provider and larger rival at 1.3 billion pounds.
Britain's Merlin Entertainments MERL.L has sold its Australian ski resorts, Hotham and Falls Creek, to Vail Resorts Inc MTN.N for about A$174 million ($123.7 million), it said.
Canada's Saputo Inc SAP.TO is to enter the British market for the first time after agreeing to buy food company Dairy Crest Group Plc for 975 million pounds ($1.27 billion).
French state-owned bank Bpifrance said it was selling 15.5 million shares in satellite operator Eutelsat Communications ETL.PA , or 6.67 percent of its capital, for around 285 million euros ($323.3 million).
EU antitrust regulators accused Spanish telecoms operator Telefonica TEF.MC of breaking a promise made five years ago to help rivals to enter the German market, in return for regulatory approval of its E-Plus acquisition.
Uber Eats, the food delivery arm of ride-hailing app Uber Technologies Inc UBER.UL , is close to a deal to sell its Indian business to Bengaluru-based Swiggy, the Economic Times reported.
State-owned Saudi Aramco signed an agreement to acquire nine percent of Chinese project Zhejiang Petrochemical, Saudi state news agency SPA said.
Greek jewelry maker Folli Follie HDFr.AT is in talks with three bondholders hoping to firm up a restructuring plan "within days", a senior company source told Reuters on Friday.