Good morning. In the news today, The Times reports that one of Asia’s richest men has agreed to buy Greene King in a deal valuing the brewer and pub operator at more than £4.5 billion.
Also in The Times, a lawyer who worked for creditors of a controversial property tycoon has been jailed for 14 months over a dispute involving £19 million earmarked to buy a Scottish castle.
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