PRESS DIGEST- Financial Times - Jan. 23

Plural, a tech investment firm led by some of Europe's best known start-up founders, has raised 400 million euros ($435.16 million) to back the next generation of the region's entrepreneurs at a time when funding is facing a downturn Bernard Arnault is to nominate two more of his sons to the board of LVMH, further consolidating the hold of the controlling family's next generation over the world's biggest luxury group.

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Apple pays $12 million antitrust fine into Russia's state budget Grant Thornton elects Malcolm Gomersall as new UK chief

Founder-led European tech investor Plural raises new 400 million euro fund Bernard Arnault to nominate two more sons to LVMH board

Overview Apple has paid $12.3 million fine into Russia's state budget, after a court in Moscow found the U.S. tech giant guilty of abusing its dominant market position through the App Store.

Grant Thornton has appointed chief operating officer Malcolm Gomersall as its new UK boss following the surprise departure of David Dunckley from the role earlier this month. Plural, a tech investment firm led by some of Europe's best known start-up founders, has raised 400 million euros ($435.16 million) to back the next generation of the region's entrepreneurs at a time when funding is facing a downturn

Bernard Arnault is to nominate two more of his sons to the board of LVMH, further consolidating the hold of the controlling family's next generation over the world's biggest luxury group. ($1 = 0.9192 euros) (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)