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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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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Blackstone Group LP  units rose 13 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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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 in five years.
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Private equity firm Blackstone Group'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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STOCKHOLM - Nasdaq and Borse Dubai said yesterday they raised their bid for Sweden's OMX exchange by 15 percent to $4.9 billion and entered agreements with key shareholders to secure nearly half of OMX shares.
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Vornado raised its bid to $56 a share in cash and stock, or $41 billion, topping a bid of $54 a share from the private equity giant Blackstone Group.
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World stock markets rose Wednesday and European indexes were buoyed after Hilton Hotels agreed to be bought by the equity firm the Blackstone Group.
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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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Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts &amp; Co. yesterday filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to raise as much as $1.25 billion in an initial public offering, following in the footsteps of rival Blackstone Group.
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Multiple bids could drive the company's stock even higher.
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Equity Office Properties Trust, the target of the largest real estate takeover, yesterday rejected a $41 billion offer from Vornado Realty Trust, saying a $38.3 billion cash bid by Blackstone Group L.P. is less risky for shareholders.
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Blackstone Group LP, the private equity firm that bought Equity Office Properties Trust in the biggest leveraged buyout ever, has sold 53 buildings in Washington, D.C., Portland, Ore., and Seattle for $7.55 billion, said three people with direct knowledge of the transactions.
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Blackstone Group plans to sell some  New York office buildings it is acquiring from Equity Office  Properties Trust  to Macklowe Properties for about $7  billion, a source close to the deal said on Wednesday.
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Vornado Realty Trust  said on Wednesday it 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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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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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.