Vornado raises bid for EOP; Blackstone stands firm
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Vornado Realty Trust  said on Thursday it raised its takeover offer for Equity Office Properties Trust  to $56 per share, above a rival bid of $54 per share from private equity firm Blackstone Group that Equity Office has already accepted.
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Blackstone Group LP priced its initial public offering at the top end of the range on Thursday, even as lawmakers pushed for its delay, raising $4.13 billion in the largest U.S. IPO since 2002.
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TOKYO/HONG KONG  - U.S. private equity fund Blackstone Group is raising $10 billion for one of the biggest ever global property funds, sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
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Blackstone Group LP, manager of the world's second-largest buyout fund, moved up its much-hyped $4.75 billion initial public offering to this week amid growing scrutiny of the firm on Capitol Hill and in the media.
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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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The Motley Fool - On Monday, Equity Office Properties Trust (NYSE: EOP - News) announced that it had agreed to be acquired by The Blackstone Group in a transaction valued at approximately $36 billion. The terms of the agreement call for Blackstone to acquire all of the outstanding common stock of Equity Office at an 8.5% premium over its closing price on November 17, 2006.
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NEW YORK -- Blackstone Group LP's much-anticipated initial public offering of its management company will occur during the week of June 25, underwriter Morgan Stanley said on Wednesday.
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NetSuite Inc, a software maker majority-owned by Oracle Corp  Chief Executive Larry Ellison, on Tuesday raised the estimated price range for its initial public offering to $16 to $19 per share and said it is conducting the IPO as a modified Dutch auction.
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Blackstone Group's initial public offering is seeing heavy demand from investors vying for shares of the biggest U.S. IPO in five years, which is expected to price on Thursday.
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Vornado Realty Trust  said on Thursday it had raised its takeover offer for Equity Office Properties Trust  to $56 per share, or $23.24 billion, above a rival bid of $54 per share from private equity firm Blackstone Group.
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Nasdaq and Borse Dubai increased an offer for the OMX Group to $4.9 billion yesterday and push close to acquiring a majority stake in the Nordic exchange group.
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Vornado Realty Trust said on Friday it has acquired a 4.3 percent stake in the retailer Sears, Roebuck &amp; Co.. Sears&#39; stock rose as high as $45.
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The real estate community is talking about how private firms are gobbling up publicly traded real estate investment trusts. The latest example is Blackstone Group's agreement last week to pay $36 billion for Chicago-based Equity Office Properties Trust, whose seven buildings in the District include...
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Blackstone Group&#39;s initial public  offering is seeing heavy demand from investors vying for shares  of the biggest U.S. IPO in five years, which plans to price on  Thursday.
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Utility E.On AG said Friday it raised its offer for Spain's Endesa SA to $53.4 billion as it delivered its final bid in a more than year-long takeover saga.Comment
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Blackstone Group LP raised its cash offer for Equity Office Properties Trust to $39 billion with assumed debt to thwart rival bidder Vornado Realty Trust a day before shareholders vote on what would be the largest-ever leveraged buyout.
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Vornado Realty Trust moved on Sunday to make its $23.2 billion bid for top U.S. office landlord Equity Office Properties Trust more attractive by offering to pay the cash portion up front.