Blackstone partners may avoid tax on IPO gain: NYT
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Partners of private equity firm  Blackstone Group may have devised a way to avoid paying tax on  $3.7 billion raised largely in the firm&#39;s initial public  offering last month, the New York Times reported on Friday.
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Private equity firm Blackstone Group won a 3-month bidding war to acquire Equity Office Properties Trust  on Wednesday after a majority of the top U.S. office landlord's shareholders accepted Blackstone's $23 billion bid and Vornado Realty Trust  dropped out.
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The credit card services provider said it has received notice from Blackstone that the private equity firm does not expect to complete the deal.
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Shares of private equity giant Blackstone Group bucked the general market retreat in their debut on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday, surging $4.06, or 13.1 percent, to close at $35.06.
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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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Distributing a lavish dividend may not best serve shareholders.
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NEW YORK -- Blackstone Group LP, the investment firm known for making billion-dollar bets to buy huge companies and take them private, jumped almost 20 percent Friday in its debut on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Blackstone Group issued compensation details for the first time on Monday, disclosing in a filing that its co-founders will receive at least $2.33 billion after part of the firm is taken public.
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Blackstone Group LP, the biggest U.S. initial public offering since 2002, raised $4.13 billion on Thursday, becoming the largest private equity firm to go public.
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Several U.S. lawmakers yesterday stepped up efforts that could delay the initial public offering of private-equity giant Blackstone Group on the eve of its highly anticipated launch.
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A lack of nanotech IPOs could hinder short-term returns for Harris & Harris.
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Private equity firm The Blackstone Group  may bid for the troubled U.S. division of German automaker DaimlerChrysler AG , a person familiar with the situation said on Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON -- Blackstone Group LP cofounders Stephen Schwarzman and Peter G. Peterson have set up a way to offset taxes they pay on gains from the New York buyout firm's $4.75 billion initial public offering last month.
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An interview with Google's co-founders due out in the current issue of Playboy may delay the company's IPO. Securities regulations restrict what executives can say while preparing to sell stock for the first time.
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Two senators took aim at the initial public offering of Blackstone Group today, introducing legislation that would prevent a major tax advantage that the private equity giant hoped to enjoy as a public company.
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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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Blackstone Group LP , which is preparing to go public later this month, said on Friday that proposed U.S. Senate legislation on the taxation of private equity firms could materially reduce earnings and lower the partnership's value.