BT rises on Openreach sale report, company calls FT story 'inaccurate'
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LONDON (Reuters) - Shares in BT rose as much 9% on Friday from decade lows after the Financial Times said Britain's biggest broadband operator was in talks to sell a stake in its Openreach networks unit. The company did not issue a denial to the stock market, but the unit's staff were told the report was "inaccurate".Openreach boss Clive Selley said in an internal message: "I spoke to (BT CEO) Philip Jansen last night after the story broke in the newspapers."He is very clear - the story is..