Investors Including Magic Johnson Buy 'Hinckley Hilton'
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A group of Los Angeles investors including former basketball star Earvin "Magic" Johnson announced yesterday the purchase of the Hilton Washington, a landmark hotel just north of Dupont Circle that has for decades played host to some of official Washington's biggest affairs.
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Highland Hospitality Corp. a lodging real estate investment trust, said Friday that it bought four hotels from Wyndham International Inc. for $227 million, plus closing adjustments.
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The Blackstone Group  said on Tuesday it would buy Hilton Hotels Corp.  for about $26 billion in cash.
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- JPMorgan Fleming Asset &amp; Wealth Management, a unit of JP Morgan Chase, said Monday it&#39;s buying a majority stake in hedge fund manager Highbridge Capital Management.
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Two Howard Johnson motels on Long Island have been gobbled up by a Dallas-based company as part of a deal to buy 21 hotels. The 109-room Commack Howard Johnson and the 80-room Westbury motel
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Johnson &amp; Johnson (JNJ.N: Quote, Profile, Research) will buy Guidant Corp. (GDT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) for $23.9 billion in cash and stock, giving the health-care products
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Morgan Stanley has agreed to buy a real estate investor, the Investa Property Group of Australia, for 4.7 billion Australian dollars ($3.9 billion) in cash. Including debt, the offer values Australiaâs biggest publicly traded owner of office buildings at 6.6 billion Australian dollars. The bid is subject to an independent expertâs report confirming that the offer is in the best interests of shareholders.
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Business & money: American private equity company Blackstone swoops on the Hilton Hotels empire.
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Blackstone Group&#39;s  agreed deal  to buy Hilton Hotels Corp.  this week showed that buyout  firms will happily layer big premiums on the right target and  can still feel confident about debt financing.
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Johnson &amp; Johnson, the world&#39;s biggest maker of medical devices, may buy defibrillator maker Guidant Corp. for $24 billion, people familiar with the situation said today.
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Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc., a real-estate investment trust specializing in hotels, on Monday said it agreed to buy a 21-hotel portfolio controlled by affiliates of the Fisher Brothers, the Gordon Getty Trust, and George Soros for $85.3 million plus
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Johnson &amp; Johnson has made a deal to buy Guidant Corp. a producer of medical equipment for patients with heart and circulatory illnesses, for $24 billion in stock and cash.
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A group of investors, including Goldman Sachs Capital Partners, is taking a minority stake in the hotel company for $1 billion.
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The 322-room Tremont Boston was sold to Highland Hospitality Corp., a Virginia-based real estate investment trust that purchased the hotel along with three others for $227 million from Wyndham International Inc.
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Ashford Hospitality Trust Inc. (AHT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , a real-estate investment trust, on Monday said it agreed to buy 21 hotels, comprising 4,094 rooms, for $250 million, including assumed debt.
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Johnson &amp; Johnson (JNJ), the drug and health care products company, is reportedly in advanced negotiations to buy Guidant (GDT), a leading maker of devices to treat heart and circulatory illnesses, for more than $24 billion.
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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.