Blackstone jumps over 20 percent in debut
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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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Blackstone Group's  initial public offering is seeing heavy demand from investors vying for shares of the biggest U.S. IPO in five years, which is expected to price on Thursday.
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The Blackstone Group had also bid for  U.S. apartment owner Archstone-Smith Trust  in the weeks  before Archstone agreed to acquired by affiliates of Lehman  Brothers Holdings Inc.  and Tishman Speyer for more than  $15 billion, The Wall Street Journal Online reported on  Thursday.
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Vornado Realty Trust  said on Thursday it had raised its takeover offer for Equity Office Properties Trust  to $56 per share, or $23.24 billion, above a rival bid of $54 per share from private equity firm Blackstone Group.
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Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, one of the kings of the buyout world, filed for a $1.25 billion initial public offering yesterday, following the precedent set two weeks ago by its long-standing rival, Blackstone Group.
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The upscale retailer widely beats estimates and raises the bar for its future.
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The 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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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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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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Blackstone Group&#39;s initial public  offering is seeing heavy demand from investors vying for shares  of the biggest U.S. IPO in five years, which plans to price on  Thursday.
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Private equity firm Blackstone Group won control of Equity Office Properties Trust  on Wednesday after a majority of the top U.S. office landlord's shareholders accepted Blackstone's cash bid of $23 billion, and rival bidder Vornado Realty Trust  dropped out.
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Company registers strong start for a lineup of investment bank quarterly earnings releases.
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Blackstone Group's initial public offering is seeing heavy demand from investors vying for shares of the biggest U.S. IPO in five years, which plans to price on Thursday.
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Equity Office Properties Trust said on Friday it still preferred a $54-per-share cash 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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It's the first day of trading for Blackstone. Should you pile on?
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Shares of Siebel Systems Inc. rose 20.4 percent in pre-market trade on Monday after it said third-quarter revenues will exceed Wall Street estimates.
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Private equity firm Blackstone Group  won control of Equity Office Properties Trust  on  Wednesday after a majority of the top U.S. office landlord's  shareholders accepted Blackstone's cash bid of $23 billion, and  rival bidder Vornado Realty Trust  dropped out.