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...The sale will allow KKR to merge ValleyCrest, which manages and designs gardens for companies including Disney and AT&T, with Brickman, which it bought last year for $1.6bn....
...The Japanese yen weakened 0.2 per cent to Y103.8 against the US dollar, its fifth straight fall, reinforcing investors’ preference for risky assets over havens....
...Meredith, the US publisher of magazines such as Better Homes and Gardens and Family Circle, had made an approach, two sources said....
...Most satisfying of all, Japan’s government bond market has remained as serene as a Zen garden....
...He’s also underwriting a major expansion of one the galleries in Kensington Gardens, designed by Zaha Hadid....
...Several hundred customers of Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU) were invited a few weeks ago to an exclusive outing to a traditional Japanese garden where they were able to enjoy a cherished summer ritual...
...China Overseas Land & Investment fell by 2.7 per cent to HK$16.12 and Country Garden fell by 5.1 per cent to HK$3.53....
...The dollar, meanwhile, was still hovering near record lows against the euro and the yen....
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