Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

October 10 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Friday :

** A Delaware judge said former Activision Blizzard officials including Chief Executive Bobby Kotick must face most of a lawsuit alleging they shortchanged shareholders when Microsoft MSFT.O bought the "Call of Duty" game maker for $75.4 billion. nL2N3VR0ON

** Johnson & Johnson JNJ.N is in discussions to buy Protagonist Therapeutics PTGX.O, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters. nL3N3VR0YK

** RedBird Capital Partners on Friday formally requested approval from the British government to proceed with its proposed acquisition of The Telegraph, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters and confirmed by the U.S.-based investment firm. nL2N3VR0PV

** China has launched an antitrust investigation into U.S. semiconductor manufacturer Qualcomm QCOM.O over its acquisition of Israel's Autotalks, China's market regulator said. nL2N3VR08X

** BASF BASFn.DE has agreed to sell a majority stake in its coatings business to private equity firm Carlyle CG.O and the Qatar Investment Authority, valuing the unit at 7.7 billion euros ($8.91 billion). nL5N3VR0M3

** Mexican mining and transport conglomerate Grupo Mexico said it regretted Citi's decision to reject its bid for its retail unit in the country, known as Banamex. nS0N3US00U

** Drugmaker Bristol Myers Squibb said it will acquire privately held cell therapy developer Orbital Therapeutics for $1.5 billion in cash, aiming to diversify from legacy products facing competition from generic drugs.

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** Construction company Porr will acquire the Austrian project development business of VAMED and the Austrian thermal spa holdings from Fresenius as Austria's Strabag withdrew from the deal, the companies said .

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** Spain's FCC has agreed to sell a 25% stake in its environmental subsidiary FCC Enviro to Canadian pension fund CPP Investments for 1 billion euros ($1.16 billion), it said late on Thursday.

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** Dutch technology investor Prosus will buy a 10.1% stake in India's Ixigo for 12.96 billion rupees ($146 million), the online travel booking platform said.

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