Alliance Data Says Blackstone Deal Is in Trouble
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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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Blackstone Group LP  units tumbled more than 6 percent in morning trade, falling below the $31 price the private equity giant fetched in its initial public offering last week.
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Business & money: Blackstone, Group one of the most powerful names in private equity, ordered to reveal finances.
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A $25 billion takeover of Sallie Mae  was on the verge of collapse on Wednesday after the student lender said a consortium does not expect to complete its planned acquisition on the agreed terms.
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The consortium that agreed to buy student lender Sallie Mae for $25 billion said on Wednesday that as of today conditions for the closing of the deal would not be met.
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The California network-equipment maker says the $2.2 billion deal to be acquired by a Chinese telecom won't proceed, because federal authorities reviewing the proposed sale said security issues can't be resolved.
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It has been a bad quarter for the SCO Group in more ways than one.  The company experienced legal setbacks in its suit against  IBM and Linux users. Then there was the matter of its one-time stalwart financial backer, BayStar, looking very much as though it might bolt from the relationship at one point, due to differing opinions on SCO's overall strategy.
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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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On Sunday, Equity Office accepted a $36 billion offer from the Blackstone Group. It would be the costliest buyout in history.
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Electronic Data Systems Corp. (EDS (Profile, Products, Articles)) could be facing more rough waters with its $8.8 billion US Navy contract, as the IT services provider delayed
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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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Hilton Hotels Corp.  said on Thursday that it must pay Blackstone Group  $560 million if it receives a better offer and terminates a takeover agreement with the private equity firm.
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Company has another tough quarter despite a good market for drillers.
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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.
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Blackstone Group LP  units tumbled more than 6 percent in Tuesday morning trade, falling below the $31 price the private equity giant fetched in its initial public offering last week.
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Partners of private equity firm Blackstone Group LP  may have devised a way to avoid paying tax on $3.7 billion raised largely in the firm's initial public offering last month, a regulatory filing shows.
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Allied Capital (ALD:NYSE - news - research) tumbled Monday after the company said it received an information request from a Justice Department office conducting a criminal inquiry.