Jones Apparel to sell Barneys: sources
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Jones Apparel Group Inc.  is close to a deal to sell Barneys New York luxury department store chain for $825 million to Dubai's private equity firm Istithmar, sources familiar with the situation said on Friday.
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The Jones Apparel Group, a $4.3 billion clothing company with a middle-brow reputation, announced a deal today to buy Barneys New York, the singularly trendy clothing chain that has its flagship store on Madison Avenue.
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Jones Apparel Group Inc.  is  nearing a deal to sell its Barneys New York department store  chain for $950 million to a private equity firm owned by the  Dubai government, according to The New York Post.
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Jones Apparel Group Inc.  is near a deal to sell the Barneys New York department store chain for $825 million to Dubai's private equity firm Istithmar, The New York Times reported on Friday.
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Jones Apparel Group Inc.  is  nearing a deal to sell its luxury Barneys New York department  store chain to a private equity firm owned by the Dubai  government, according to reports by two news organizations on  Wednesday.
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The clothing retailer Barneys New York, a temple to fashion that introduced Americans to Armani and $300 T-shirts, was sold today to the investment arm of the Dubai government for $825 million.
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Mid-priced clothing retailer and maker  Jones Apparel Group Inc. said on Thursday it was buying Barneys  New York Inc. in a $400 million deal to boost its retail  business and move into luxury apparel.
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