April 17 (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
- Gerry Cardinale's RedBird evaluating takeover of UK's Telegraph newspaper
- Trump administration halts Equinor's $5 bln New York energy project
- British Steel's Chinese owner says UK government must 'respect' its rights
- Lyft buys European taxi app FreeNow in 175 mln euros deal
Overview
- Gerry Cardinale's RedBird Capital Partners is drawing up plans to take control of The Telegraph in an attempt to bring an end to the protracted two-year sale of the British newspaper group.
- The U.S has halted a $5 billion offshore wind project that Norway's Equinor EQNR.OL is developing, dealing a blow to the embattled renewable power sector and signalling an aggressive new push against clean energy initiatives.
- The Chinese owner of British Steel, Jingye British Steel, has called on the UK government to "respect and protect" its rights as a foreign investor after ministers dramatically seized control of the company over the weekend.
- Lyft LYFT.O is expanding its ride-hailing business across the Atlantic for the first time with a 175 million-euro ($199 million) acquisition of European taxi app FreeNow.
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(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)
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