Blackstone ends sharply higher in debut
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Blackstone Group shares rose 13 percent in their stock market debut Friday, as investors scrambled for a piece of the sixth-richest initial public offering in U.S. history.
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The Blackstone Groupâs much-awaited initial public offering is set for the week of June 25, underwriters said.
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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.
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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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Equity Office Properties Trust  said on Tuesday that the Blackstone Group  raised the price of its takeover bid to $55.50 per share, after rival bidder Vornado Realty Trust  sweetened its own offer.
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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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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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NetSuite's initial public offering raised nearly double the forecasted amount of money.
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The Blackstone Group's agreement earlier this week to acquire Hilton Hotels for $26 billion sent hotel stocks soaring yesterday as investors scrambled to buy shares of other big lodging firms, particularly Starwood and Marriott International, speculating they too could be takeover targets.
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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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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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London equities moved sharply higher on Thursday after a rebound on Wall Street overnight.
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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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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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The record finish capped a four-month rally driven by corporate buyouts, strong profits and stock buybacks.
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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 won the bidding war for Equity Office in the biggest leveraged private equity buyout ever.