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Good morning from the newsroom of the Financial Times. Today is Friday

November 2nd and this is your FT news briefing.

Today we'll be looking at what sent Apple shares down on Thursday evening,

what the Bank of England says a smooth Brexit could mean

for the UK economy, and how President Trump suggested US troops open fire on migrants.

Then we'll take you to San Francisco,

where Google employees joined their colleagues

around the globe in a walkout to protest

what they're calling a culture of harassment

and discrimination.

I'm Eric Krupky. And I'm Amy Keene and here's the news you need to start your day.

Apple released its fourth quarter results yesterday. The iPhone maker beat Wall Street's forecast for revenues

which came in at 62.9 billion dollars for the quarter. That's their highest revenue growth

rate in three years. It looks like the high prices of its new iPhones

helped. But a warning from Apple's chief financial officer about lower than

expected holiday sales worried investors.

And so did the unexpected notice that the company would give less information about

the number of units it sells.

That caused shares to fall as much as 7% and after-hours trading, which briefly took Apple's market valuation below the $1 trillion mark.

Analysts were expecting $93 billion in sales for the holiday quarter, but on Thursday, Apple said these sales would range between

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