UPDATE 3-Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions

** Struggling British broadcaster ITV (ITV.L) announced that it had agreed to sell its social network Friends Reunited, which it bought for over 170 million pounds in 2005, for 25 million pounds to DC Thomson. [ID:nL5146996]

** A group of shareholders opposed to last year's break-up and nationalisation of Belgian-Dutch financial concern Fortis FOR.BR lost their attempt to halt further dismantling of the company, the group said. [ID: nL6410374]

** Slovene top bank NLB said it sold stakes in beverage producer Pivovarna Lasko (PILR.LJ) and leading retailer Mercator (MELR.LJ) to its own company Fin-Do. [ID: nL6469743]

** Indian cellular firm Aircel, 74 percent owned by Malaysia's Maxis, has shortlisted four firms including American Tower (AMT.N) and Bharti Infratel to conduct due diligence as its looks to sell part or all of its tower holdings, two banking sources with knowledge of the deal said. [ID:nDEL383954]

** French utility Veolia (VIE.PA) said it was "in advanced negotiations" to sell some assets in the waste management division in the United States and France as well as the freight business of Veolia Transport, aiming to complete their sale at the end of 2009. [ID:nL5283682]

** GW Pharmaceuticals Plc (GWP.L) won a significant endorsement for its cannabis-based medicines as U.S. investor Great Point Partners bought a multi-million pound stake in the company, sending GW shares sharply higher. [ID:nL6167741]

** Forest Oil Corp (FST.N) announced an agreement to sell certain assets in west Texas and New Mexico for about $118 million. [ID:nWNBB0869]

** Singapore Technologies Telemedia made a revised bid worth a total of A$230 million ($194 million) for Eircom holdings ERC.AX, the Australian-based majority shareholder of Irish telecoms group eircom. [ID:nL664209]

** Australian coal producer Caledon Resources CDN.L CCD.AX said that it had not reached a buyout agreement with any party, responding to reports in the Indian media that Essar Group was in talks to buy the company. [ID:nBNG396661]

** Scailex Corp (SCIX.TA) said it had submitted a binding bid for Hutchison Telecommunications International Ltd's 2332.HK majority stake in Partner (PTNR.O) (PTNR.TA), Israel's second-largest mobile phone operator. [ID:nL6118040]

** The German state of Bavaria plans to advance its plans to exit BayernLB [BAYLB.UL], Germany's second-largest state-owned landesbank, state premier Horst Seehofer said. [ID:nFAB013213]

** Global Partners LP (GLP.N) said it signed an agreement to acquire refined petroleum product terminals from Warex Terminals Corp. [ID:nWNBB0676]

** JKX Oil and Gas PLC (JKX.L) said it has sold its interest (34.4 percent) in the Phoenix unit east Texas, for $10.1 million to Petrohawk Energy Corporation. [ID:nWLA0714]

** Deswell Industries Inc (DSWL.O) announced an agreement to sell former manufacturing facility for $7.3 million. [ID:nWNBB0754] (Compiled by Tina Kwan in Singapore, Brenton Cordeiro and Abhinav Sharma in Bangalore)