PRESS DIGEST- Financial Times - April 4

April 4 (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

- NHS landlord attracts 1.5 billion pound counter offer from rival

- Davos forum founder Klaus Schwab to step down as chair of trustees

- Jeep and Chrysler maker Stellantis to furlough 900 US workers

- Rolls-Royce in talks over UK subsidies for new engine development

Overview

- British healthcare REIT Assura AGRP.L has received a 1.5 billion-pound ($1.97 billion) indicative cash-and-stock bid from Primary Health Properties PHP.L, above an earlier offer it had rejected, but below a U.S. consortium's all-cash bid.

- The World Economic Forum founder, Klaus Schwab, will "start the process" of stepping down as chair of its board of trustees, weeks after the organisation promised an overhaul after an investigation into workplace discrimination.

- Stellantis NV STLAM.MI said it was temporarily laying off 900 workers at five U.S. facilities and pausing production at one assembly plant each in Mexico and Canada, after U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs were announced.

- Rolls-Royce RR.L is in talks with the British government about taxpayer support to help fund the 3 billion-pound development of an engine to power the next generation narrow-body aircraft, primarily used for short-haul flights.

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