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		<title><![CDATA[Daily Dispatch: Blackstone Group, Toyota, BP, U.S. Economy]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Daily Dispatch: Blackstone Group, Toyota, BP, U.S. EconomyRE: Daily Dispatch: Blackstone Group, Toyota, BP, U.S. EconomyToyota has enjoyed strong sales on the back of the success of its pioneering petrol/electricity hybrid, and other fuel saving devices the Prius, and new models of popular car ranges like the Camry Sedan and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:51:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hicks Acquisition Company I, Inc. and Blackstone-Led Group Sign Definitive Agreement for Graham Packaging Transaction]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[DALLAS -- Hicks Acquisition Company I, Inc. (AMEX: TOH) ("Hicks Acquisition"), a Dallas-based special purpose acquisition company ("SPAC") founded and headed by Thomas O. Hicks, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement pursuant to which Graham Packaging Holdings Company ("Graham Packaging" or the "Company") will go public through...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Blackstone Group and Wellspring Capital Management Complete Acquisition of Performance Food Group]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[RICHMOND, Va. -- Performance Food Group Company announced today that the previously announced acquisition of the Company by affiliates of The Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX) and Wellspring Capital Management has been completed. The transaction is valued at approximately $1.4 billion. Performance Food Group is being merged with a wholly owned...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[PHH Receives Reverse Termination Fee from Blackstone]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[MT. LAUREL, N.J. -- PHH Corporation (NYSE:PHH) ("PHH" or the "Company") announced today that it has received payment of the $50 million reverse termination fee from Blackstone Capital Partners V L.P. ("Blackstone"), the private equity fund affiliated with the Blackstone Group L.P., in connection with the previously announced termination of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Blackstone to Present at the 2007 Merrill Lynch Banking and Financial Services Investor Conference]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- The Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE:BX) today announced that Stephen A. Schwarzman, Chairman, CEO and Co-Founder of The Blackstone Group, is scheduled to present at the 2007 Merrill Lynch Banking & Financial Services Investor Conference on Wednesday, November 14, 2007 at 12:10 pm.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Blackstone Says The New York Times Inaccurate and Misleading Partners to Pay over $900 Million in Taxes as a Result of IPO]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX) said today that a front page article in The New York Times is filled with inaccuracies, myths, and misrepresentations that give a false impression of Blackstone's tax situation and that of its partners.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Week In Review.(Briefs)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byline: from staff reports and bloomberg news reports    Blackstone buys Hilton    Blackstone Group has agreed to buy Hilton Hotels Corp. for $20.1  billion, or $47.50 per share, quelling fears that the recent buyout  binge is coming to an end. The deal ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BLACKSTONE TO BUY INTO CHINA NATIONAL BLUESTAR]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5562/is_200707/ai_n22746050]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[AsiaInfo Services    07-05-2007    Blackstone to Buy into China National Bluestar    BEIJING, Jul 05, 2007 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Blackstone Group is likely to buy a 20% to 40% stake of China National Bluestar Group Corporation for USD 400 million,  ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hilton Hotels Corporation to Be Acquired by Blackstone Investment Funds]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_July_3/ai_n27295280]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- Hilton Hotels Corporation (NYSE:HLT) announced today that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with The Blackstone Group's (NYSE:BX) real estate and corporate private equity funds in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $26 billion. Under the terms of the agreement, Blackstone will acquire all...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Blackstone Group Selects Bear Wagner Specialists LLC to Trade Shares on NYSE]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_June_25/ai_n19313027]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- Bear Wagner Specialists LLC today announced that it was selected by The Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX) to trade its shares on the New York Stock Exchange. One of the world's largest alternative asset managers, The Blackstone Group began trading on June 22, 2007.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Following Blackstone's lead looks tough for firm's peers; Private equity outfit's buyout sets tempting target, but industry woes, backlash rise.(News)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5254/is_200706/ai_n20238784]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Aaron Elstein    Last week, private equity firm Blackstone Group scored the most  lucrative deal in its 22-year history, raising over $4 billion in a  wildly successful initial public offering of its own shares.    The deal, the largest IPO by a ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Daily Dispatch: Blackstone Group, Toyota, BP, U.S. Economy]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[  	Blackstone Group had the sixth-richest IPO in U.S. history today, with stock prices spiking more than 20 percent. Excitement about the private-equity industry helped boost the share prices, despite criticism of the lavish incomes of the group's executives, who will receive the bulk of the income from the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:10:40 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Year-end bonuses look good for Wall St.(Reverse Spin)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Charles Paikert       A healthy stock market and the frenzy in deal making driven by  private equity should result in Wall Street bonuses for 2007 that rise  10% to 15% above last year's record high of $24 billion, according  to Johnson...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BNET Daily Dispatch: Blackstone, Toyota, Russia, and the Fed]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[  	The Blackstone Group is in a deal to acquire Alliance Data Systems, a leading provider of transaction, credit, and marketing services, for $6.76 billion. This deal marks the second business services company buyout this week -- private equity firms are attracted to the sector because the companies tend...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Big lease near as REIT eyes former Verizon building; iStar Financial plans to move down Sixth Ave.; tenants act early to hold down rents.(Real Estate)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A real estate investment trust is in the final stages of a lease  negotiation for 130,000 square feet at 1095 Sixth Ave. iStar Financial,  which owns 380 commercial properties in 38 states, would pay $135 a  square foot.    The deal would be the first...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[GE and The Blackstone Group Join to Acquire PHH Corporation for $1.8 billion]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_March_15/ai_n27304003]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[DANBURY, Conn. -- GE Capital Solutions, the business-to-business leasing, financing and asset management unit of General Electric Co. (NYSE:GE) and The Blackstone Group, through its affiliates, today agreed to acquire PHH Corporation (NYSE:PHH) in an all-cash transaction for $31.50 per share or approximately $1.8 billion.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Alternatives.(alternative investments are useful)(Equity Office Properties Trust acquires Blackstone Group L.P.)(hedge funds provide diversification)]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5266/is_200702/ai_n20435931]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Watson Wyatt says baby-sitting crucial    WASHINGTON - Alternative investments have the potential to backfire  on corporate pension plans that are not actively managing and monitoring  their investments, according to consultant Watson Wyatt Worldwide.    Watson Wyatt says baby-sitting crucial    WASHINGTON...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Equity Office Files Proxy Statement Supplement with SEC]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_Jan_29/ai_n17156021]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO -- Equity Office Properties Trust (NYSE: EOP) today filed a supplement to its definitive proxy statement with the SEC relating to the merger agreement with affiliates of The Blackstone Group, as amended. Under the terms of the amended agreement, Blackstone will acquire all of the outstanding common stock of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[For The Record.(Briefs)(Michael Moskow of Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, to retire)(Blackstone Group L.P.'s bid to acquire Equity Office Properties Trust)(Citigroup Inc. acquired U.S. Mortgage Corp.)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Private-equity firm Blackstone Group raised its bid for Equity  Office Properties Trust to $22.4 billion, topping a roughly  $21.6-billion offer led by Vornado Realty Trust and raising the stakes  in the largest-ever battle for a real estate investment   Private-equity firm Blackstone Group raised its bid...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Chicago M&A show; The Chicago M&A market saw a little bit of everything last year. Here's a roundup of who bought who in 2006, and what it all means.(Focus: Largest Deals of 2006)(Blackstone Group L.P. acquired Equity Office Properties Trust)(]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5253/is_200701/ai_n20200189]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Byline: Michelle Evans    1 Sam Zell sells    A PRIVATE-EQUITY BLOWOUT    In the blockbuster buyout of the year, Sam Zell agreed to sell his  office-building empire to Blackstone Group, a private-equity firm that  has been snapping up publicly traded re...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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