Blackstone to buy Tussauds group for 1 bln pounds
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Private equity firm Blackstone said on Monday it was buying Madame Tussauds waxworks owner Tussauds group for 1 billion pounds ($1.92 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, the richest in a series of  recent private equity offers for hotel companies.
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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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Private equity firm Blackstone Group  is buying the owner of Madame Tussauds waxworks museums for about 1 billion pounds ($1.9 billion) cash, creating the world's second-biggest theme park group behind Walt Disney Co .
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First Reserve, a private equity firm specializing in energy industry investments, said Thursday it is buying Ingersoll-Rand&#39;s Dresser-Rand subsidiary for $1.
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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. private equity firm Blackstone Group agreed on Tuesday to buy Hilton Hotels Corp. for about $20 billion plus debt, the richest in a series of recent private equity offers for hotel companies.
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The Blackstone Groupâs much-awaited initial public offering is set for the week of June 25, underwriters said.
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- Asset management firm BlackRock Inc.  said it agreed to acquire the fund of funds business of Quellos Group LLC for up to $1.7 billion.
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NEW YORK, May 21-- Blackstone Group, the second-largest U.S. private equity firm, said Monday that it planned to raise $3.87 billion to $4.13 billion in an initial public offering this year.
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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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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 deal in a series of recent private equity offers for hotel companies.
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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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The Blackstone Group  said on Tuesday it would buy Hilton Hotels Corp.  for about $26 billion in cash.
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Equity Office Properties Trust   said on Tuesday that the Blackstone Group  raised the  price of its takeover bid to $55.50 per share, after rival  bidder Vornado Realty Trust  sweetened its own offer.
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CHICAGO -- Hyatt Corp. said Thursday it will purchase the 143-unit AmeriSuites hotel chain from affiliates of The Blackstone Group.