N.Y. firm buys Equity Office in $36b deal
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The Chicago-based public company that owns some of Boston's best-known buildings, including Center Plaza and Rowes Wharf, is being acquired by a global private equity firm in the largest takeover of a real estate company.
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The New York Stock Exchange has agreed to buy the American Stock Exchange, ending a once intense rivalry that began in colonial times when brokers traded in outdoor markets.
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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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The real estate community is talking about how private firms are gobbling up publicly traded real estate investment trusts. The latest example is Blackstone Group's agreement last week to pay $36 billion for Chicago-based Equity Office Properties Trust, whose seven buildings in the District include...
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General Electric Co. said Friday that two private equity firms completed a deal to buy a majority interest in its India-based back office unit.
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The world's leading sports management and marketing firm is to be bought by a New York  investment firm for an undisclosed fee.
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TowerBrook Capital Partners has agreed to buy Jimmy Choo Ltd., for $364 million.
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Arts and crafts retailer Michaels  Stores Inc.  on Friday agreed to sell itself to two  private equity groups for more than &#36;6 billion in a deal that  attracted many of the world&#039;s biggest buyout firms.
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West Corp.  on Wednesday said  it agreed to be acquired by an investor group led by Thomas H.  Lee Partners and Quadrangle Group LLC in a deal valuing the  provider of outsourced communications services at &#36;4.1 billion,  including debt.
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Vornado Realty Trust modified its $41 billion bid to acquire Equity Office Properties, by paying the cash portion of its offer within a few weeks.
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A New Jersey private investment firm said yesterday it bought Domain Home, the upscale Norwood furniture chain, and plans on opening as many as 15 new stores in the coming years.
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The Bank of New York's buyout will create the world's largest securities servicing and asset management firm.
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Private equity firm Blackstone Group won a 3-month bidding war to acquire Equity Office Properties Trust  on Wednesday after a majority of the top U.S. office landlord's shareholders accepted Blackstone's $23 billion bid and Vornado Realty Trust  dropped out.
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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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A prominent Chicago law firm signed a deal yesterday to move into a distinctive, high-end office building slated to rise on K Street downtown.
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Vornado Realty Trust  said on Thursday it had raised its takeover offer for Equity Office Properties Trust  to $56 per share, or $23.24 billion, above a rival bid of $54 per share from private equity firm Blackstone Group.
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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.