Equity Office says Blackstone raises bid
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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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Blackstone Group LP  units rose 15 percent in their first day of trading on Friday, as the first major U.S. private-equity firm went public and minted billions of dollars of new wealth for its founders.
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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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SYDNEY/NEW YORK  - U.S. coal firm Peabody Energy   Corp. BTU.N raised its bid for Australia's Excel Coal Ltd.   EXL.AX by nearly 12 percent to A$2 billion, but speculation   about a rival offer pushed Excel shares above Peabody's new   offer price.
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U.S. coal firm Peabody Energy  Corp.  raised its bid for Australia's Excel Coal Ltd.   by nearly 12 percent to A$2 billion, but speculation  about a rival offer pushed Excel shares above Peabody's new  offer price.
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Vornado Realty Trust  said on Wednesday it has terminated its cash and stock proposal to acquire Equity Office Properties Trust , 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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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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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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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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A consortium of investors led by Vornado Realty Trust planned to raise its bid for Equity Office Properties Group to more than $40 billion.
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United Technologies Corp., which wants to buy Kidde Plc to add fire equipment to its Chubb security unit&#39;s offerings, raised its bid for the company by about 3 percent to 1.38 billion pounds ($2.67 billion), Kidde said.
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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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SYDNEY/NEW YORK  - U.S. coal firm Peabody Energy   Corp. BTU.N raised its bid for Australia's Excel Coal Ltd.   EXL.AX by nearly 12 percent to A$2 billion ($1.5 billion),   but speculation about a rival offer pushed Excel shares above   Peabody's new offer price.
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U.S. private equity firm Blackstone   is considering a fresh bid for British engineer FKI  , the Independent newspaper said on Saturday.
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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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Private equity firm Blackstone Group&#39;s   initial public offering was about seven times  subscribed, boosted by demand from Asia, the Middle East and  Europe, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.
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Private equity firm Blackstone Group won a 3-month bidding war to acquire Equity Office Properties Trust  on Wednesday after a majority of the top U.S. office landlord's shareholders accepted Blackstone's $23 billion bid and Vornado Realty Trust  dropped out.