Sept 12 (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

- Nvidia ( NVDA ) and OpenAI to back major UK investment in

artificial intelligence

- OpenAI and Microsoft ( MSFT ) sketch out deal to unlock for-profit

restructuring

- Paramount Skydance ( PSKY ) prepares bid to acquire Warner Bros

Discovery ( WBD )

- UK health officials seek to reopen drug-pricing talks amid

fallout from Merck ( MRK ) exit

Overview

- OpenAI's Sam Altman and Nvidia's ( NVDA ) Jensen Huang

will announce a large artificial intelligence infrastructure

investment deal in the UK next week as they accompany U.S.

President Donald Trump on his state visit.

- OpenAI has said it plans to give its non-profit parent an

equity stake worth at least $100 billion in the ChatGPT maker,

as it announced progress in talks with Microsoft ( MSFT ) to

overhaul its structure and unlock an eventual public listing.

- Paramount Skydance ( PSKY ) is preparing a bid to buy

Warner Bros Discovery ( WBD ) with funding backed by Oracle's

Larry Ellison, in a deal that would combine two top

media conglomerates.

- Officials in Britain's health department are seeking to

reopen talks with the pharmaceutical sector over drug pricing

and market access, as recriminations fly about U.S. drugmaker

Merck's ( MRK ) surprise scrapping of a 1 billion pounds ($1.36

billion) research centre in London.

($1 = 0.7376 pounds)

(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)