Blackstone partners may avoid tax on IPO gain
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Partners of private equity firm Blackstone Group  may have devised a way to avoid paying tax on $3.7 billion raised largely in the firm's initial public offering last month, according to a regulatory filing.
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There may be too much doubt surrounding the big IPO.
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Potential investors in the Blackstone Group are likely to be left scratching their heads when they try to put their fingers on the company's bottom line.
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Equity Office Properties Trust  said on Friday it still preferred a $54-per-share cash takeover offer from private equity firm Blackstone Group despite a higher cash-and-stock bid of $56 per share from Vornado Realty Trust .
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A US senator is seeking an eleventh-hour delay of an initial public offering (IPO) by private equity giant Blackstone Group, citing concerns about Chinese investment in the firm, according to a letter obtained by AFP Thursday.
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As private equity firms and hedge funds line up to go public, their traditional investors are worried that new distractions might make it harder to continue delivering stellar returns.
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Investors have some nerve to dump Blackstoneâs shares â donât they know who Steve Schwarzman is?
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Blackstone Group LP priced its initial public offering at the top end of the range on Thursday, even as lawmakers pushed for its delay, raising $4.13 billion in the largest U.S. IPO in five years.
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Blackstone Group LP , which is preparing to go public later this month, said on Friday that proposed U.S. Senate legislation on the taxation of private equity firms could materially reduce earnings and lower the partnership's value.
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The Blackstone Group  raised its bid for Equity Office Properties Trust  to $55.50 per share in cash on Tuesday after rival bidder Vornado Realty Trust  sweetened its offer in the latest step in a fight to control the top U.S. office landlord.
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Blackstone Group LP , which is  preparing to go public later this month, said on Friday that  proposed U.S. Senate legislation on the taxation of private  equity firms could materially reduce earnings and lower the  partnership&#39;s value.
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The US Supreme Court ruled Monday that Wall Street investment banks are not subject to antitrust laws when they collaborate for initial public offerings (IPOs).
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As Congress debates taxes on hedge funds and private equity firms, Blackstone has devised a way for its partners to avoid paying taxes on $3.7 billion.
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Partners of private equity firm Blackstone Group may have devised a way to avoid paying tax on $3.7 billion raised largely in the firm's initial public offering last month, the New York Times reported on Friday.
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Blackstone Group LP  units rose 13 percent in their first day of trading on Friday, as the first major U.S. private-equity firm went public and minted billions of dollars of new wealth for its founders.
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Blackstone Group plans to sell some  New York office buildings it is acquiring from Equity Office  Properties Trust  to Macklowe Properties for about $7  billion, a source close to the deal said on Wednesday.
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Senate legislation would force Blackstone Group LP to pay taxes as a corporation instead of as a partnership after 2012, a move that may threaten the buyout firm's initial public offering this month.