Sept 30 (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

- Video games maker Electronic Arts ( EA ) strikes $55 billion deal

to go private

- YouTube pays $24.5 million to settle Trump censorship

lawsuit

- AstraZeneca ( AZN ) to elevate New York listing in blow to London

- Charlie Javice sentenced to 7 years in prison for JPMorgan ( JPM )

fraud

Overview

- Videogame publisher Electronic Arts ( EA ) has agreed to

be taken private by a consortium that included private equity

firm Silver Lake, Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund and

Affinity Partners for $55 billion.

- Alphabet-owned YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5

million to settle a lawsuit that U.S. President Donald Trump

brought against the company over the suspension of his account

following the January 2021 U.S. Capitol riots.

- AstraZeneca ( AZN ) laid out plans to switch to a direct

listing of its shares in the United States, as the drugmaker

seeks to maximise gains from a booming U.S. stock market, even

as it said it was not exiting London.

- Charlie Javice, the entrepreneur convicted for defrauding

JPMorgan Chase ( JPM ) into buying her college financial aid

startup Frank for $175 million, was sentenced to just over seven

years in prison.

(Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)