Wednesday, April 10

FT News Briefing

Forhecz Topher

News, Daily News, News & Politics

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🗓️ 10 April 2019

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Prime Minister Theresa May heads to Brussels to ask fellow European leaders for an extension on Britain leaving the EU, the FT reports that AT&T has had talks about selling HBO Europe to pay down its $170bn debt load and shares in Levi Strauss jump after the denim maker reports its first quarterly earnings results in more than three decades. Plus, the FT’s Shannon Bond talks about the hurdles Uber is facing as it prepares its highly-anticipated initial public offering.

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0:00.0	The UK's energy partner.
0:06.0	Learn more at equinore.
0:10.0	Good morning from the newsroom of the Financial Times.
0:13.0	Today is Wednesday, April 10th, and this is your F.T. news briefing.
0:17.0	Today, Theresa May will head to an emergency EU summit in Brussels to ask for an extension for the UK to come up with a Brexit deal.
0:25.0	Next, AT&T is talking about possibly selling HBO Europe in order to pay down its 170 billion dollar debt load.
0:34.5	Then Levi Strauss enjoys some good news
0:36.9	after revealing its first quarterly earnings
0:39.1	as a public company in more than three decades.
0:42.2	I'm Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day.
0:45.0	France has signaled the UK
0:49.0	France has signaled the UK could remain in the EU for almost another year, but will have to meet strict conditions.
0:56.0	The offer comes after Prime Minister Theresa May met French President Emmanuel Macron and German
1:01.4	Chancellor Angler Merkel yesterday.
1:04.0	France has long been seen as the biggest hurdle for the UK to gain an extension to Brexit.
1:09.0	But Mrs. May will now have to face other European leaders in Brussels at an emergency EU summit today
1:15.2	to gain final approval.
1:17.4	The FT's political editor George Parker reports on what could be a long night for the UK
1:22.0	Prime Minister.
1:23.2	So originally Britain was intended to leave on March the 29th.
1:26.5	That date slipped to April the 12th.
1:29.0	And now Theresa May is going to be asking for an extension
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