Press Digest: Financial Times - Feb 9

Rothschild & Co SCA

09/02/2023 01:28

Feb 9 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in
the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and
does not vouch for their accuracy.
    Headlines
    - UK regulator deals blow to Microsoft's $75 billion
Activision deal
    - Bayer appoints Roche veteran Anderson as chief executive
    - Rothschilds talk to wealthy French families on taking
stakes in investment bank
    - Hermes wins landmark lawsuit over 'MetaBirkin' NFTs
    Overview
    - British regulator Competition and Markets Authority said
Microsoft Corp's  MSFT.O  $75 billion acquisition of video game
maker Activision Blizzard  ATVI.O  would harm competition for UK
gamers, and proposed the sell-off of the blockbuster Call of
Duty franchise in provisional findings that jeopardise the
landmark deal.
    - Bayer  BAYGn.DE  has appointed Roche's  ROG.S  former head
of pharmaceuticals Bill Anderson as its chief executive officer
as the German conglomerate grapples with growing criticism from
shareholders.
    - The Rothschild family is in talks with some of France's
wealthiest families, including the Peugeot and Dassault
families, to help buy out minority shareholders in its
Franco-British investment bank Rothschild & Co  ROTH.PA  and
take it private.
    - A New York jury ordered an artist who sold non-fungible
tokens featuring digital depictions of Birkin handbags to pay
$133,000 in damages to the brand's owner Hermes  HRMS.PA , a
victory for the French luxury group in a landmark case over how
US intellectual property rights are applied to digital assets.
 (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)
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