Blackstone agrees to buy 20 pct of China BlueStar
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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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Blackstone Group's  agreed deal to buy Hilton Hotels Corp.  this week showed that buyout firms will happily layer big premiums on the right target and can still feel confident about debt financing.
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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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BlackRock Inc. BLK.N, one of the  largest U.S. fixed income managers, on Thursday said it will  buy its far smaller competitor State Street Research &  Management Co. in the biggest takeover in the asset management  industry this year.
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Blackstone Group LP, the private equity firm that bought Equity Office Properties Trust in the biggest leveraged buyout ever, has sold 53 buildings in Washington, D.C., Portland, Ore., and Seattle for $7.55 billion, said three people with direct knowledge of the transactions.
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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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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 Group said on Tuesday it would buy Hilton Hotels Corp. for about $26 billion cash.
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Vornado Realty Trust  withdrew its cash and stock proposal to acquire Equity Office Properties Trust  on Wednesday, 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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US private equity firm Blackstone has had its Â£564m offer for listed UK nursing homes group NHP accepted. The successful completion of the deal would mark a big step forward in its ambition to build one of the UK&#39;s large homes providers.
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Cable television, phone and Internet   service provider RCN Corp. RCNI.O has hired Blackstone Group   to consider the possible sale of the company, a source familiar   with the matter said on Wednesday.
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Hilton Hotels Corp. said yesterday it had agreed to be acquired by Blackstone Group LP in a transaction valued at $26 billion.
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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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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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Blackstone Group's real-estate arm is close to a deal to sell office buildings in Seattle and Washington, D.C., to Beacon Capital Partners, a Boston-based real-estate investment firm, for about $6.5 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing a person familiar with the matter.
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SINGAPORE Star Cruises, the world&#39;s third-largest cruise line operator, said Monday that it would buy about 20 percent of Valuair, a Singapore-based budget carrier, for an undisclosed amount.
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BlackRock Inc. (BLK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , one of the largest US fixed income managers, on Thursday said it will buy its far smaller competitor State Street Research &amp;