Blackstone completes Vanguard purchase
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Vanguard was formed in 1997 by health care executive Charlie Martin and Morgan Stanley Capital Partners.
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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 real estate community is talking about how private firms are gobbling up publicly traded real estate investment trusts. The latest example is Blackstone Group's agreement last week to pay $36 billion for Chicago-based Equity Office Properties Trust, whose seven buildings in the District include...
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Equity Office Properties Trust  said on Friday that its board of trustees has voted to reaffirm its support for a $54 per share takeover offer from private equity firm The Blackstone Group, despite a higher competing bid from Vornado Realty Trust.
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Prime Hospitality, a Fairfield company that operates AmeriSuites, Wellesley Inns and Suites and Prime Hotels, said yesterday it has agreed to be acquired by the Blackstone Group, a private equity group, for $590 million, plus assumed debt.
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Units of giant private equity firm Blackstone Group LP  surged more than 20 percent in their stocks market debut Friday, a day after pricing at the top of the initial public offering's forecast range.
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US private equity group Blackstone is buying the Hilton Hotels chain for $26bn (Â£13bn) in an all-cash deal.
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Blackstone Group  raised its bid for Equity Office Properties Trust  to $23 billion in cash on Tuesday after rival bidder Vornado Realty Trust  sweetened its own offer in the latest round of the fight to control the top U.S. office landlord.
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LONDON -- Blackstone Group LP has agreed to buy Pinnacle Foods Group Inc. for $2.2 billion, including debt, becoming the third private-equity firm in four years to own the maker of Duncan Hines cake mixes and Hungry Man frozen dinners.
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U.S. antitrust authorities said on Tuesday they had approved plans by Blackstone Group LP  to buy Alliance Data Systems Corp.  for $6.76 billion.
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The Blackstone Group agreed to buy the Tussauds Group, owner of the Madame Tussauds wax museums, for Â£1 billion ($1.9 billion) in cash.
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WASHINGTON -- Blackstone Group LP cofounders Stephen Schwarzman and Peter G. Peterson have set up a way to offset taxes they pay on gains from the New York buyout firm's $4.75 billion initial public offering last month.
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The Blackstone Group seems to have picked the right property to sell â itself â at the ideal time.
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The Blackstone Group plans to sell 10 buildings in downtown San Francisco to Morgan Stanley for $2.65 billion.
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Vornado Realty Trust  said on Wednesday it terminated its cash and stock proposal to acquire Equity Office Properties Trust , paving the way for private equity firm Blackstone Group to take over the top U.S. office landlord for $23 billion.
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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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Equity Office Properties Trust  shareholders on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted to approve Blackstone Group's bid of $23 billion plus the assumption of debt.