The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1030 GMT on Thursday:

- Ferrovial is to buy British utility services company Enterprise Plc for 385 million pounds ($589 million) from 3i Group, the Spanish infrastructure group's first major purchase after a long debt-cutting drive.

- MGM Resorts International Chairman Jim Murren said he has been approached by potential buyers for the Crystals luxury mall in its $8.5 billion Las Vegas CityCenter joint venture complex.

- Private equity firm Forstmann Little & Company has decided to put its sports and modeling talent agency IMG up for sale and is in the process of picking an investment bank to lead the effort, three people familiar with the matter said.

- Australia's Alumina Ltd on Thursday said it was unlikely to bid for Rio Tinto' Pacific Aluminium business, but did not rule out that its new Chinese shareholder, state-owned CITIC Group, might be interested.

- Poland's top lender PKO BP would be interested in buying rival Bank Millennium, a unit of Portugal's Millennium bcp, PKO's chief was quoted as saying.

- The New York Times Co is putting The Boston Globe on the auction block for a second time as it seeks to focuses solely on growing its flagship newspaper, the company said on Wednesday.