Blackstone wins control of EOP for $23 billion
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Private equity firm Blackstone Group won control of Equity Office Properties Trust  on Wednesday after a majority of the top U.S. office landlord's shareholders accepted Blackstone's cash bid of $23 billion, and rival bidder Vornado Realty Trust  dropped out.
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Vornado Realty Trust  said on Wednesday it has 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.
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Food distributor Performance Food Group said it agreed to be acquired by Blackstone Group and Wellspring Capital Management for about $1.3 billion in cash.
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U.S. antitrust authorities said on Tuesday they had approved plans by Blackstone Group LP  to buy Alliance Data Systems Corp.  for $6.76 billion.
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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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Units of giant private equity firm Blackstone Group LP  surged more than 20 percent in their stocks market debut Friday, a day after pricing at the top of the initial public offering's forecast range.
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Blackstone Group said it would buy GSO Capital Partners, a fund manager focused on leveraged finance, for as much as $930 million in cash and Blackstone units.
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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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U.S.-based private equity firm Blackstone Group  appears to have killed three birds with one stone by selling a nearly 10 percent stake to China for $3 billion in May.
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U.S. private equity firm Blackstone Group agreed on Tuesday to buy Hilton Hotels Corp. for about $26 billion, the richest in a series of recent private equity offers for hotel companies.
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The Motley Fool - On Monday, Equity Office Properties Trust (NYSE: EOP - News) announced that it had agreed to be acquired by The Blackstone Group in a transaction valued at approximately $36 billion. The terms of the agreement call for Blackstone to acquire all of the outstanding common stock of Equity Office at an 8.5% premium over its closing price on November 17, 2006.
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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.
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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.
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The Blackstone Group  raised its bid for Equity Office Properties Trust  to $55.50 per share in cash on Tuesday after rival bidder Vornado Realty Trust  sweetened its offer in the latest step in a fight to control the top U.S. office landlord.
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The story of Wal-Mart's rise from a $23.5 million capitalization.
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The Blackstone Group announced that it would buy Hilton Hotels for $26 billion, or $47.50 a share, a 40 percent premium over its closing price on Monday.
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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.