Blackstone in talks to buy Wind stake: source
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MILAN/LONDON  - Private equity firm Blackstone Group  is in talks to buy a minority stake in Italy's No. 2 fixed-line phone operator Wind, two years after it lost out in a bid battle for the company, a person familiar with the situation said on Wednesday.
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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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Exelon Corp. (EXE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) is in talks to buy New Jersey utility Public Service Enterprise Group Inc.&#39;s (PEG.
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Private equity firm Blackstone  Group may try to trump a $21 billion agreed takeover of the No.  1 U.S. hospital chain HCA Inc.  by a consortium of  rivals, The Times newspaper reported on Wednesday.
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The Blackstone Group  said on Tuesday it would buy Hilton Hotels Corp.  for about $26 billion in cash.
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Blackstone Group  has agreed to buy 20 percent of chemical maker China National BlueStar (Group) Corp for up to $600 million, the private equity groups said on Monday, marking its first major investment in the fast-growing market.
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The Blackstone Group, the private equity firm, bought a 20 percent stake in a Chinese chemical company in its first deal in the country since a Chinese government fund bought into the group. Blackstone, which is based in New York, paid $600 million for the stake in the state-owned China National BlueStar Corporation, the two companies said. The deal, which requires regulatory approval, cements Blackstoneâs status as a central player on the mainland. China National Bluestar is a unit of the China National Chemical Corporation, a state-owned enterprise better known as ChemChina.
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An investment group is expected to announce Monday that it has struck a deal to buy British water utility AWG PLC  for about $4.12 billion (2.2 billion pounds, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters on Sunday.
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Exelon (EXC:NYSE - news - research) is reportedly in advanced talks to buy New Jersey&#39;s largest utility group, Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG:NYSE - news - research).
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British estate agency firm Countrywide  is in talks to be acquired by U.S. buyout group Apollo Management, a source familiar with the situation said on Sunday.
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The Blackstone Group announced that it would buy Hilton Hotels for $26 billion, or $47.50 a share, a 40 percent premium over its closing price on Monday.
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U.S. private equity firm Blackstone   is considering a fresh bid for British engineer FKI  , the Independent newspaper said on Saturday.
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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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Exelon, the Chicago-based energy group, is in advanced talks to clinch a deal to buy New Jerseyâs PSE&amp;G for about $12bn in stock, according to people familiar with the talks.
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Blackstone Group  plans to buy a 20 to 40 percent stake in chemicals company China National BlueStar (Group) Corp for up to $500 million, marking its first major investment in the world's fastest-growing major economy.
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Hilton Hotels Corp.  said on Thursday that it would pay Blackstone Group LP  $560 million if it receives a better offer and terminates a takeover agreement with the private equity company.
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Bank of America Corp is in advanced talks to buy struggling Countrywide Financial Corp, the largest U.S. mortgage lender, several people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.