Blackstone speeds up timing of offering
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Blackstone Group LP, manager of the world's second-largest buyout fund, moved up its much-hyped $4.75 billion initial public offering to this week amid growing scrutiny of the firm on Capitol Hill and in the media.
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The initial public offering by Blackstone Group today could reshape the booming buyout industry, spurring other firms to register for IPOs while provoking a backlash that might boost the taxes of wealthy managers of "private equity" funds that buy or invest in companies.
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Investors might want to wait a while as this company digests its large acquisition.
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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 since 2002.
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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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The company that runs the Franklin Templeton mutual funds yesterday admitted that it allowed an investor to market-time its funds in exchange for putting $10
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The Blackstone Group's agreement earlier this week to acquire Hilton Hotels for $26 billion sent hotel stocks soaring yesterday as investors scrambled to buy shares of other big lodging firms, particularly Starwood and Marriott International, speculating they too could be takeover targets.
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Vornado Realty Trust modified its $41 billion bid to acquire Equity Office Properties, by paying the cash portion of its offer within a few weeks.
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NEW YORK -- The IPO market may not be as large as it once was, but there is still expected to be plenty of room for this week's debut of private equity powerhouse Blackstone Group, likely one of the biggest initial public offerings in US history.
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The U.S. Congress could move as early as July toward passage of a bill to raise taxes on Blackstone Group LP and other private equity firms that go public, congressional staffers said on Friday.
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Nasdaq Stock Market  is flexible about extending its initial Friday deadline for receiving expressions of interest from potential buyers of its 31 percent stake in the London Stock Exchange , a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday.
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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&#39;s forecast range.
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Starting Thursday, if you write a check, the money had better be in the account to back it up. The cash could be coming out quicker.
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Partners of private equity firm Blackstone Group LP  may have devised a way to avoid paying tax on $3.7 billion raised largely in the firm's initial public offering last month, a regulatory filing shows.
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Blackstone Group raised its offer for Equity Office Properties Trust to $39 billion in an attempt to thwart rival bidder Vornado Realty Trust a day before shareholders vote on what would be the largest leveraged buyout ever.
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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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Hospital chain HCA said yesterday it will allow employees and its executives to cash in certain stock options earlier than was originally scheduled, a move that could be a financial plus for