Blackstone Group raises $4.13 bln in IPO
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Blackstone Group LP, the biggest U.S. initial public offering since 2002, raised $4.13 billion on Thursday, becoming the largest private equity firm to go public.
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The Blackstone Group officially took possession of about 12 million square feet of office property in the Boston area yesterday as it completed the nation's largest private real estate purchase ever, from Equity Office Properties Trust for $39 billion .
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U.S. private equity firm Blackstone  Group  said on Tuesday it would buy Hilton Hotels Corp.   for about $26 billion cash.
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Blackstone Group issued compensation details for the first time on Monday, disclosing in a filing that CEO Stephen Schwarzman received nearly $400 million last year and stands to make at least another $450 million after the private equity firm goes public.
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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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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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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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U.S. private equity firm Blackstone Group said on Tuesday it would buy Hilton Hotels Corp. for about $26 billion cash.
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Private equity firm Blackstone Group has emerged as a leading contender to buy the troubled U.S. division of German automaker DaimlerChrysler AG , The Detroit News reported on its Web site on Saturday, citing people familiar with the situation.
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U.S. private equity firm Blackstone  Group  said on Tuesday it would buy Hilton Hotels Corp.   for about $26 billion cash, the richest in a series of  recent private equity offers for hotel companies.
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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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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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This IPO is a killer deal for private equity group Blackstone. But what about others?
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Google Inc.'s GOOG.O initial  public offering of 19.6 million shares priced at $85 each, the  low end of their projected range, a source familiar with the  auction said on Wednesday, raising $1.67 billion and making it  the fourth-largest U.S. IPO this year.
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Vornado raised its bid to $56 a share in cash and stock, or $41 billion, topping a bid of $54 a share from the private equity giant Blackstone Group.
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Consumers cast a worried eye on the bond market as mortgage rates rose, while investors rode a bullish wave to end the week. Blackstoneâs founders were poised for a big payoff as they prepared for an initial offering.
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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.