Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

October 6 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Monday:

** Paramount Skydance PSKY.O CEO David Ellison has named Bari Weiss editor-in-chief of CBS News, the news division of U.S. broadcaster CBS, as part of a deal to acquire the online news site she founded, The Free Press. nL3N3VN0O4

** ADNOC has submitted robust remedies that should win EU approval for its 14.7-billion-euro ($17 billion) bid for Germany's Covestro 1COVG.DE, the international investment arm of the Abu Dhabi state oil giant, said. nL2N3VN0BV

** BBVA BBVA.MC has 8 billion euros ($9.4 billion) in capital for a mandatory cash offer for Sabadell SABE.MC should it fail to convince enough of its smaller rival's shareholders to accept its hostile offer, Chief Executive Officer Onur Genc said. nL2N3VN0JY

** Shares of Heidrick & Struggles International HSII.O surged 20% on Monday, after the executive search firm agreed to be taken private in a deal by a consortium of investors, including Advent International and Corvex Private Equity. nL3N3VN0VW

** Barrick Mining ABX.TO said it will sell its interests in the Tongon gold mine and certain assets in Ivory Coast to Atlantic Group for up to $305 million as the Canadian miner looks to strengthen its balance sheet. nL3N3VN0RF

** Shares of Critical Metals CRML.O surged over 62% on Monday after Reuters reported the U.S. government was in talks to buy a stake in the miner, the latest in Washington's deal-making push to secure the supply of rare earths. [nL3N3VN0MD]

** Fifth Third FITB.O agreed to buy regional lender Comerica CMA.N in an all-stock deal valued at $10.9 billion, striking the biggest U.S. bank deal of the year that would create the nation's ninth-largest lender.nL3N3VN0HY

** AI-powered customer survey software maker Qualtrics has agreed to buy healthcare market research company Press Ganey Forsta in a $6.75 billion deal, the Financial Times reported , citing people familiar with the matter.nL3N3VN0H6

** French investment firm Ardian is acquiring one of Ireland's largest energy utilities Energia Group from I Squared Capital, the companies said in a statement , in a bet on a power supplier poised to serve the booming AI industry.nL3N3VN058

** Ares Management said that a fund managed by its Infrastructure Opportunities unit has acquired a 49% stake in a diversified U.S. renewable energy platform from EDP Renovaveis (EDPR), valuing the business at about $2.9 billion.

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** SiriusPoint has agreed to sell its 49% equity stake in Arcadian Risk Capital to Lee Equity Partners for $139 million but will continue to provide its paper to the John Boylan-led MGA after renewing and extending its capacity deal until the end of 2031.nL6N3VN0FR

** Australian miner Predictive Discovery and Canada's Robex Resources said they will merge in a A$2.35 billion ($1.55 billion) all-share deal, creating a mid-tier gold producer in West Africa.nL5N3VM0BN

** Space tech firm Firefly Aerospace will acquire national security technology company SciTec for about $855 million, the company said on Sunday, just months after its Nasdaq listing, honing its portfolio at a time when U.S. military and civil programs are receiving increased investor interest.nL2N3VM05Z

** QatarEnergy agreed with Shell to acquire a 27% participating interest in a block offshore Egypt from the oil and gas major, it said in a statement on Sunday.nL2N3VM01W