Blackstone, Wellspring Buy Performance Food
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Food distributor Performance Food Group said it agreed to be acquired by Blackstone Group and Wellspring Capital Management for about $1.3 billion in cash.
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NEW YORK, August 26 (New Ratings) - BlackRock Inc (BLK.NYS), a leading US-based fixed-income asset management company, has reportedly agreed to buy State Street Research &amp; Management Company, a unit of MetLife Inc, for $375 million in a cash and stock
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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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The people food firm is boosting sales growth by acquiring pet food brands.
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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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U.S. private equity firm Blackstone Group agreed on Tuesday to buy Hilton Hotels Corp. for about $20 billion plus debt, the richest in a series of recent private equity offers for hotel companies.
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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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Units of giant private equity firm Blackstone Group LP  surged more than 20 percent in their market debut Friday, a day after pricing at the top of the initial public offering's forecast range.
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A unit of private equity giant Blackstone Group  will buy knee and ankle brace maker DJO Inc.  for $1.3 billion, the companies said on Monday.
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Blackstone Group  has agreed to  buy 20 percent of chemical maker China National BlueStar  (Group) Corp for up to $600 million, the private equity groups  said on Monday, marking its first major investment in the  fast-growing market.
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A unit of private equity giant  Blackstone Group  will buy knee and ankle brace maker DJO  Inc.  for $1.3 billion, the companies said on Monday.
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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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US private equity group Blackstone is buying the Hilton Hotels chain for $26bn (Â£13bn) in an all-cash deal.
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Hyatt Corporation, the hotel operator owned by the Pritzker family, yesterday said it would buy the AmeriSuites chain from Blackstone, the private equity group, in a deal believed to be worth about $600m.
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Private equity firm Blackstone Group won control of Equity Office Properties Trust  on Wednesday after a majority of the top U.S. office landlord's shareholders accepted Blackstone's cash bid of $23 billion, and rival bidder Vornado Realty Trust  dropped out.
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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's real-estate arm is close to a deal to sell office buildings in Seattle and Washington, D.C., to Beacon Capital Partners, a Boston-based real-estate investment firm, for about $6.5 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing a person familiar with the matter.