Blackstone Group

Blackstone Group 09/02/2012

05:21 : Blackstone, partner raised $1 bln to develop shale fields -WSJ - Feb 8 (Reuters) - Blackstone Group LP and an energy company it invested in raised $1 billion from commercial banks to develop shale fields in south Texas, a Wall Street Journal report said, citing people familiar with the matter.

Source : reuters-com

Blackstone Group 05/02/2012

05:10 : Potential Nama conflict over Murphy - Gerry Murphy, a senior managing director in the multibillion Blackstone Group, is being tipped as the latest member of a high-powered group being set up to advise government on the National Asset Management Agency.

Source : independent-ie

Blackstone Group 02/02/2012

23:19 : Blackstone Fourth-Quarter Profit Falls on Performance Fees - Blackstone Group LP, the world's largest private-equity firm, said fourth-quarter profit fell 12 percent as performance fees and investment income declined.

Source : businessweek-com

Blackstone Group 24/01/2012

13:36 : Blackstone Said to Raise More Than $6 Billion for Property Fund - Blackstone Group LP secured more than $6 billion of pledged capital for a new real estate fund that will buy mainly distressed-property assets, said two people with knowledge of the fundraising.

Source : businessweek-com

Blackstone Group 11/01/2012

19:36 : Blackstone Joins DDR to Buy Shopping Centers for $1.43 Billion - Blackstone Group LP and DDR Corp. agreed to purchase 46 U.S. shopping centers from an affiliate of Israel's Elbit Imaging Ltd. for $1.43 billion amid an improvement in retail leasing.

Source : businessweek-com

Blackstone Group 19/12/2011

21:29 : RBS nears $2.2 billion property loan disposal: source - (Reuters) - Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc and private equity giant Blackstone Group LP are set to finalise a deal in which the bank will relinquish control of 1.4 billion pounds of distressed property ...

Source : reuters-com

Blackstone Group 01/12/2011

08:06 : New Yahoo bid ups price to $25bn - Private equity firms Blackstone Group and Bain Capital reported to be working with Alibaba to make full bid for web portal that would value above earlier bids by Microsoft and othersPrivate equity firms Blackstone ...

Source : guardian-co-uk

06:52 : Alibaba-Led Group Is Said to Be Preparing Offer for All of Yahoo - Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Softbank Corp. are in advanced talks with Blackstone Group LP and Bain Capital LLC about making a bid for all of Yahoo! Inc., said three people with knowledge of the matter.

Source : businessweek-com

01:15 : Blackstone, Bain plan over $20 a share Yahoo bid - source - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Blackstone Group LP and Bain Capital LLC are preparing a bid of over $20 (12.73 pounds) per share for all of Yahoo Inc with the participation of the Internet company's Asian partners, a source familiar ...

Source : reuters-com

00:48 : Blackstone, Bain mull Yahoo bid -- source - NEW YORK, Nov 30 (Reuters) - A consortium led by Blackstone Group LP and Bain Capital is working on a bid for all of Yahoo Inc that could value the U.S. Internet company at more than $20 per share, a source familiar ...

Source : reuters-com

00:01 : Blackstone, Bain to lead Alibaba's bid for Yahoo - sources - (Reuters) - Private equity firms Blackstone Group and Bain Capital will lead a bid for the whole of Yahoo Inc after agreeing to team up with Alibaba Group, two people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

Source : reuters-com

Blackstone Group 19/11/2011

02:37 : UPDATE 1-Blackstone to buy office portfolio for $800 mln - WSJ - Nov 18 (Reuters) - Private equity firm Blackstone Group is set to buy a portfolio of 16 office buildings for about $800 million, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Source : reuters-com

Blackstone Group 27/10/2011

23:34 : Blackstone, Wells to buy Allied Irish U.S. loans - (Reuters) - Blackstone Group LP and Wells Fargo & Co have teamed to buy a pool of about $600 million (373 billion pounds) in loans on U.S. commercial property from Allied Irish Banks Plc ...

Source : reuters-com

Blackstone Group 22/10/2011

01:16 : CORRECTED - Blackstone may seek $3 bln for energy fund -report - Oct 21 (Reuters) - Blackstone Group LP may be seeking as much as $3 billion for its first energy fund, a Bloomberg report said, citing two people with knowledge of the matter.

Source : reuters-com

Blackstone Group 21/10/2011

20:05 : Blackstone Said to Target Up to $3 Billion for Energy Fund - Blackstone Group LP is seeking as much as $3 billion for its first energy fund, aiming to become the biggest diversified private-equity firm investing in the industry, according to two people with knowledge of its plans.

Source : businessweek-com

Blackstone Group 16/10/2011

23:51 : Blackstone buys New Zealand fast food group - Oct 17 (Reuters) - Global private equity giant Blackstone Group said it will acquire New Zealand's Antares Restaurant Group, which operates 75 Burger King restaurants, from Australian private equity firm ...

Source : reuters-com

Blackstone Group 10/10/2011

20:29 : Carlyle-Blackstone, THL finalists for Regions unit -sources - Oct 10 (Reuters) - Thomas H. Lee Partners and a consortium that includes Blackstone Group and Carlyle Group [CYL.UL] are the finalists for Regions Financial Corp's Morgan Keegan brokerage unit, sources familiar with the matter said.

Source : reuters-com

Blackstone Group 26/09/2011

05:00 : Blackstone in first China property exit - source - HONG KONG, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Blackstone Group LP is selling its stake in Shanghai's Channel 1 shopping mall to Hong Kong's New World Development Co for 1.46 billion yuan ($229 million), marking its first exit from ...

Source : reuters-com

Blackstone Group 22/09/2011

12:14 : Blackstone Offers Highest Rates on Travelport: Corporate Finance - Blackstone Group LP is offering the highest interest seen on a loan this year if lenders agree to swap debt in Travelport Ltd. for longer-dated obligations, or else it may put the parent of the second-largest travel- reservation ...

Source : businessweek-com

Blackstone Group 21/09/2011

02:14 : RPT-UPDATE 2-Blackstone hires Carlyle China dealmaker--sources - HONG KONG, Sept 20 (Reuters) - Blackstone Group LP has hired Yi Luo from rival Carlyle Group as a senior dealmaker for China as the giant private equity firm builds a new team in the region under Asia head Michael Chae, ...

Source : reuters-com

Blackstone Group 07/09/2011

22:52 : Blackstone boss calls for flat tax for U.S. - NEW YORK, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Blackstone Group LP chief executive Stephen Schwarzman called on Wednesday for a flat tax in the United States to create an "inherent sense of fairness," according to an interview ...

Source : reuters-com

Blackstone Group 06/09/2011

22:31 : Carlyle Trails Blackstone in Expanding Beyond Leveraged Buyouts - Carlyle Group LP disclosed in a filing to go public how much it has trimmed its reliance on corporate buyouts and how far it has go to catch Blackstone Group LP in the race among private-equity firms to diversify.

Source : businessweek-com

14:18 : Carlyle Files for Initial Public Offering to Join Blackstone - Carlyle Group filed to sell shares in an initial public offering, joining rivals Blackstone Group LP and KKR & Co., which are trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

Source : businessweek-com

Blackstone Group 17/08/2011

06:20 : BofA May Sell Some Merrill Assets to Blackstone - Bank of America is in talks to sell real estate investments held by its Merrill Lynch unit to Blackstone Group for as much as $1 billion, said a person with knowledge of the matter

Source : businessweek-com

Blackstone Group 10/08/2011

00:43 : Centerbridge, TPG Said to Be Among Bidders for Anglo Irish Loans - Investor groups led by Centerbridge Capital Partners LLC, Blackstone Group LP and Lone Star submitted initial offers for Anglo Irish Bank Corp.'s $9.65 billion of U.S. property loans, according ...

Source : businessweek-com

Blackstone Group 05/08/2011

20:37 : Blackstone Leads LBO Firms Lower on Concern IPO Door Closing - Blackstone Group LP and KKR & Co. both had their worst one-day declines in more than a year yesterday on concern that a falling stock market will hinder the buyout firms' ability to sell companies.

Source : businessweek-com

Blackstone Group 27/07/2011

21:15 : UPDATE 1-Blackstone in talks to buy Emdeon - source - NEW YORK, July 27 (Reuters) - Private equity and real estate firm Blackstone Group is in talks to buy healthcare IT company Emdeon Inc , a source familiar with the situation said on Wednesday.

Source : reuters-com

Blackstone Group 21/07/2011

18:56 : Blackstone Profit Triples on Gains in Buyout, Property Deals - Blackstone Group LP, the world's largest private-equity company, said second-quarter profit more than tripled on gains in the value of its buyout and real estate investments.

Source : businessweek-com

Blackstone Group 06/07/2011

20:13 : Blackstone latest buyout fund now $16 bln -source - NEW YORK, July 6 (Reuters) - Blackstone Group latest private equity fund is now sized at $16 billion, according to a source familiar with the matter on Wednesday, making it one of the largest buyout funds raised in history.

Source : reuters-com

Blackstone Group 27/06/2011

21:01 : Blackstone asked for extra details on pay by SEC - NEW YORK, June 27 (Reuters) - Private equity and real estate firm Blackstone Group was recently asked by the Securities and Exchange Commission to provide extra information about how it renumerates its executives, according to ...

Source : reuters-com