Blackstone IPO draws high non-U.S. demand: report
470181
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.
251964
U.S. private equity firm Blackstone  is considering a fresh bid for British engineer FKI , the Independent newspaper said on Saturday.
662360
The company said profit in the latest quarter rose more than 10 percent on strong sales to mining, energy and construction customers outside the United States.
393062
The Blackstone Groupâs much-awaited initial public offering is set for the week of June 25, underwriters said.
508755
Stephen Schwarzman and Peter G. Peterson, who started Blackstone Group LP two decades ago with $400,000, stand to collect a combined $2.33 billion from the largest initial public offering ever by a leveraged buyout firm.
712319
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.
172904
The Blackstone Group sold the majority of its property holdings in Germany to institutional investors for about 1.6 billion euros ($2.1 billion), the company said yesterday. Blackstone said it had sold a majority stake in its Vitus subsidiary to a consortium including Round Hill Capital and Morley Fund Management, the wealth-management unit of the British insurer Aviva. Blackstone bought Vitus, which has more than 31,000 apartments, from a German holding company, WCM, at the end of 2004.
302102
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, the New York Times reported on Friday.
660214
Blackstone Group issued compensation  details for the first time on Monday, disclosing in a filing  that CEO Stephen Schwarzman received nearly $400 million last  year and stands to make at least another $450 million after the  private equity firm goes public.
12214
Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts &amp; Co. yesterday filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to raise as much as $1.25 billion in an initial public offering, following in the footsteps of rival Blackstone Group.
509188
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.
86640
Blackstone Group issued compensation details for the first time on Monday, disclosing in a filing that CEO Stephen Schwarzman received nearly $400 million last year and stands to make at least $450 million after the private equity firm goes public.
605669
Blackstone Group raised its offer for Equity Office Properties Trust to $39 billion in an attempt to thwart rival bidder Vornado Realty Trust a day before shareholders vote on what would be the largest leveraged buyout ever.
342024
TOKYO/HONG KONG  - U.S. private equity fund Blackstone Group is raising $10 billion for one of the biggest ever global property funds, sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
377437
Senator Jim Webb asked federal authorities on Wednesday to look into "national security implications" he said are posed by Chinese government involvement with Blackstone Group LP as it moves toward a stock offering expected to raise more than $4 billion.
730970
The Blackstone Group officially took possession of about 12 million square feet of office property in the Boston area yesterday as it completed the nation's largest private real estate purchase ever, from Equity Office Properties Trust for $39 billion .
551933
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.