Blackstone to buy Tussauds owner
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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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Real estate investment trust Archstone-Smith  will be acquired by real estate company Tishman Speyer and investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings  for $22.2 billion, including debt, the companies said on Tuesday.
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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  (DCXGn.DE), The Detroit News reported on its Web site on  Saturday, citing people familiar with the situation.
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Blackstone Group  plans to buy a 20 to 40 percent stake in chemicals company China National BlueStar (Group) Corp for up to $500 million, marking its first major investment in the world's fastest-growing major economy.
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Tishman has joined with Lehman Brothers to buy Archstone-Smith Trust, the second-largest public apartment owner in terms of market cap and asset value, for $13.5 billion.
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The Blackstone Group officially took possession of about 12 million square feet of office property in the Boston area yesterday as it completed the nation's largest private real estate purchase ever, from Equity Office Properties Trust for $39 billion .
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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., the largest publicly traded US mutual-fund company, agreed to buy the investment unit of Quellos Group LLC for as much as $1.7 billion, more than doubling its hedge-fund assets.
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- The Blackstone Group agreed to buy Prime Hospitality Corp., which owns Wellesley Inn and AmeriSuites hotels, for $790 million, including the assumption of debt.
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The Blackstone Group plans to sell 10 buildings in downtown San Francisco to Morgan Stanley for $2.65 billion.
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Equity Office Properties Trust  said on Friday it still preferred a $54-per-share cash takeover offer from private equity firm Blackstone Group despite a higher cash-and-stock bid of $56 per share from Vornado Realty Trust .
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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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Real estate investment trust Archstone-Smith  on Tuesday said it agreed to be acquired by Tishman Speyer and investment bank Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.  for $22.2 billion, reflecting a strong, lingering appetite for real estate by private investors.
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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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Blackstone Group  said on Monday it plans to invest in recently acquired Hilton Hotels Corp and has no plans to sell any of the company's brands or major assets.
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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.