Equity Office approves Blackstone offer
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Equity Office Properties Trust   shareholders on Wednesday overwhelmingly voted to approve  Blackstone Group's bid of $23 billion plus the assumption of  debt.
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U.S. private equity firm Blackstone  Group  said on Tuesday it would buy Hilton Hotels Corp.   for about $26 billion cash, the richest in a series of  recent private equity offers for hotel companies.
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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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The Blackstone Group  said on Tuesday it would buy Hilton Hotels Corp.  for about $26 billion in cash.
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U.S. private equity firm Blackstone Group said on Tuesday it would buy Hilton Hotels Corp. for about $26 billion cash, the richest in a series of recent private equity offers for hotel companies.
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NEW YORK, May 21-- Blackstone Group, the second-largest U.S. private equity firm, said Monday that it planned to raise $3.87 billion to $4.13 billion in an initial public offering this year.
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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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The Blackstone Group  raised its bid for Equity Office Properties Trust  to $23 billion in cash on Tuesday after rival bidder Vornado Realty Trust  sweetened its own offer in the latest round of the fight to control the top U.S. office landlord.
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Mortgage and vehicle fleet company PHH Corp  said on Friday it received a $50 million termination fee from Blackstone Capital Partners, a fund affiliated with buyout firm Blackstone Group , after a deal to buy the company fell apart.
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The boss of private equity firm Blackstone is to receive about $450m by selling off some of his stake, it emerges.
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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's initial public offering last month, according to a regulatory filing.
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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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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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The Blackstone Group agreed to buy GSO Capital Partners as it seeks to build its credit operations amid tough market conditions.
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- The Blackstone Group agreed to buy Prime Hospitality Corp., which owns Wellesley Inn and AmeriSuites hotels, for $790 million, including the assumption of debt.
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The partial stock market listing of private equity giant Blackstone is set to proceed despite political concerns.
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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.