Blackstone to Buy GSO Capital
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Blackstone Group said it would buy GSO Capital Partners, a fund manager focused on leveraged finance, for as much as $930 million in cash and Blackstone units.
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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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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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ReAble Therapeutics Inc., the orthopedic-device maker controlled by private-equity company Blackstone Group, agreed to purchase DJO Inc. for $1.3 billion to add leg braces and post-surgery pain therapies, sending the shares up the most in 17 months.
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Real estate investment trust Maguire Properties Inc. agreed to buy the Orange County and Downtown Los Angeles properties formerly owned by Equity Office Properties from private equity firm Blackstone Group for about $2.88 billion, the company said on Tuesday.
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General Electric Co. (GE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday said it would buy the Edwards Systems Technology business from SPX Corp.
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Hyatt Corporation, the hotel operator owned by the Pritzker family, yesterday said it would buy the AmeriSuites chain from Blackstone, the private equity group, in a deal believed to be worth about $600m.
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A unit of private equity giant Blackstone Group  will buy knee and ankle brace maker DJO Inc.  for $1.3 billion, the companies said on Monday.
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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.
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U.S. private equity firm Blackstone Group agreed on Tuesday to buy Hilton Hotels Corp. for about $26 billion, the richest in a series of recent private equity offers for hotel companies.
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The Blackstone Group said on Tuesday it would buy Hilton Hotels Corp. for about $26 billion in cash.
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WASHINGTON - Blackstone Group LP is among the buyout firms that have spent millions this year trying to kill a proposed tax increase. Now, they're working on a plan B: asking Congress to delay the pain for as long as a decade.
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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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Food distributor Performance Food Group said it agreed to be acquired by Blackstone Group and Wellspring Capital Management for about $1.3 billion in cash.
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Private equity firm Blackstone Group  plans to take a 20 to 40 percent stake in chemical maker China National BlueStar (Group) Corp for up to $500 million, a source close the to deal said on Thursday.
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Blackstone Group LP won the bidding contest for Equity Office Properties Trust after shareholders approved the $39 billion purchase in the biggest leveraged buyout ever.
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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.