PRESS DIGEST — Financial Times — October 7

Oct 7 (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 - Informa to buy rival events business Clarion from Blackstone for £2.2 billion - Asos investigating after app notification warned customers of 'hack' - Goldman Sachs and Man Group exposed in EY data breach - France's BPCE buys 'friendly' stake in Spain's Sabadell Overview - Britain's Informa said it would buy events organiser Clarion for £2.24 billion ($2.97 billion)and separate its Taylor & Francis academic publishing arm, as it focuses on expanding its fast-growing live events business. - British online fashion retailer ASOS is investigating a suspected cyber attack after hackers hijacked the fashion retailer's own app to claim a data breach and threaten the company. - Clients of Goldman Sachs' wealth management division and UK-listed hedge fund Man Group are among the victims of a major data breach at Big Four accounting firm EY. - France's BPCE has bought a 7% stake in Spanish lender Sabadell in a "friendly" deal, a year after BBVA's hostile takeover approach on its domestic peer collapsed. ($1 = 0.7547 pounds).