PRESS DIGEST-Financial Times - April 1

April 1 (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

- Unilever combines food division with spice maker McCormick in $66 billion deal

- King Charles to visit US in April despite Donald Trump's attacks

- Microsoft faces UK watchdog probe over business software

- OpenAI raises $3 billion from retail investors as part of record funding haul

Overview

- Unilever ULVR.L will merge its food business with spice maker McCormick MKC.N, creating a company worth around $65 billion in the second-largest food transaction in history.

- Britain's King Charles will make a state visit to the United States in late April.

- Britain's Competition and Markets Authority said it would launch a new investigation into Microsoft's MSFT.O business software ecosystem in May, including its use of software licensing in the cloud market.

- OpenAI has closed its latest funding round with $122 billion in committed capital, raising more than $3 billion from retail investors, at a post money valuation of $852 billion.