Equity Endorses Blackstone Bid
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Equity Office Properties Trust, the target of the largest real estate takeover, yesterday rejected a $41 billion offer from Vornado Realty Trust, saying a $38.3 billion cash bid by Blackstone Group L.P. is less risky for shareholders.
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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 board of Dow Jones & Co. Inc.  endorsed on Tuesday a $5 billion buyout offer from Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. , sending the deal to the controlling Bancroft family for final approval.
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Vornado Realty Trust dropped out of the high-stakes bidding war for Equity Office Properties Trust, the nation's largest office landlord, one day after private equity firm Blackstone Group again sweetened its offer.
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The Blackstone Group seems to have picked the right property to sell â itself â at the ideal time.
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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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The Blackstone Group won the bidding war for Equity Office in the biggest leveraged private equity buyout ever.
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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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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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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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The Blackstone Group said on Tuesday it would buy Hilton Hotels Corp. for about $26 billion in cash.
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Private equity firm Blackstone Group  plans to take a 20 to 40 percent stake in chemical maker China National BlueStar (Group) Corp for up to $500 million, a source close the to deal said on Thursday.
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The Blackstone Group raised its offer to acquire Equity Office Properties to about $39 billion, E.O.P said shortly after 1 a.m.
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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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Equity Office Properties Trust  said on Friday it still preferred a $54-per-share cash takeover offer from private equity firm Blackstone Group despite a higher cash-and-stock bid of $56 per share from Vornado Realty Trust .
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Private equity firm Blackstone Group has emerged as a leading contender to buy the troubled U.S. division of German automaker DaimlerChrysler AG , The Detroit News reported on its Web site on Saturday, citing people familiar with the situation.
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The Blackstone Group had also bid for U.S. apartment owner Archstone-Smith Trust  in the weeks before Archstone agreed to acquired by affiliates of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc.  and Tishman Speyer for more than $15 billion, The Wall Street Journal Online reported on Thursday.