Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions
April 22 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 20:25 GMT on Tuesday:
*OpenAI would be interested in buying Google's Chrome if antitrust enforcers are successful in forcing the Alphabet GOOGL.O unit to sell the popular web browser as part of a bid to restore competition in search, an OpenAI executive testified at Google's antitrust trial in Washington. nL1N3R00KK
*Canada's Barrick Gold ABX.TO is looking to sell its last mine in the country in a push to capitalize on record gold prices and a renewed interest in North American mining operations, Bloomberg News reported, citing people familiar with the matter. nL4N3R01MG
*The Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company PJSC (du) DU.DU announced a 2 billion dirhams ($544.54 million) hyperscale data center deal with Microsoft MSFT.O. nL1N3R00OH
*Billionaire Carl Icahn has built an economic interest covering about 34% of Bausch Health's BHC.TO shares, according to a filing on Tuesday, days after the pharmaceutical firm adopted a "poison pill" to ward off hostile takeovers. nL4N3R010L
Sweden's Biotage BIOT.ST said that KKR had made a cash offer for the Swedish biotechnology firm, valuing it at around 11.6 billion Swedish crowns ($1.22 billion). [nL8N3R006O]
Indian telecom operator Bharti Airtel BRTI.NS will buy 5G telecom spectrum from a unit of Adani Enterprises ADEL.NS, the company said. nL4N3R00RH
Canada's Barrick Gold ABX.TO said on Tuesday it will exit the Donlin Gold Project in Alaska by selling its 50% stake to billionaire John Paulson and NovaGold Resources NG.TO for up to $1.1 billion. [nL4N3R01MG]
Boeing BA.N said it would sell portions of its Digital Aviation Solutions business, including navigation unit Jeppesen, to private equity firm Thoma Bravo for $10.55 billion. [nL4N3R0022]
German media group Bertelsmann's BTGGg.F CEO Thomas Rabe hopes to revive the aborted merger between French broadcasters M6 MMTP.PA and TF1 TFFP.PA within the next two to three years, he told the Financial Times in an interview published. nL4N3R008O
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