PRESS DIGEST- Financial Times - Feb 9

The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

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 $75 billion acquisition of video game maker Activision Blizzard 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 has appointed Roche'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 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, 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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