April 2 (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

- Andreessen Horowitz in talks to help buy out TikTok's

Chinese owners

- Carmakers fined more than 550 million euros for European

recycling cartel

- Spain's 20 billion euro telecoms group MasOrange explores

IPO

- Becton Dickinson ( BDX ) in talks with rivals over divesting life

sciences unit

Overview

- U.S. venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz is in talks

to invest in TikTok as part of an effort led by President Donald

Trump to wrest control of the popular video app from its Chinese

owners.

- European Commission and UK competition regulators fined

trade bodies and carmakers including Volkswagen and

Renault a total of more than 550 million euros ($593.8

million) after a joint investigation into a cartel involving

vehicle recycling.

- The private equity backers of Spanish telecoms group

MasOrange are exploring an initial public offering of the

company next year.

- Medical devices maker Becton Dickinson ( BDX ) has kicked

off talks to divest its $21 billion life sciences unit, engaging

rivals including Thermo Fisher Scientific ( TMO ) and Danaher ( DHR )

.

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(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)