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		<title><![CDATA[Blackstone's Pinnacle to Buy Birds Eye: Report]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[(<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - Blackstone Group's BX Pinnacle Brands Corp is likely to buy U.S. frozen vegetable company Birds Eye Foods for more than $1.3 billion, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter.The all-cash deal for Birds Eye, which is majority owned by private equity firm Vestar Capital...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 03:15:26 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Blackstone's Schwarzman Leads List of Highest-Paid CEOs]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The best-paid CEO in the land in 2008 was -- drumroll, please -- NOT former Lehman Brothers chief exec Dick Fuld! Nope, it's Blackstone Group supremo Stephen Schwarzman, according to shareholder advocate The Corporate Library.    Schwarzman made $702.4 million last year, putting him at least a mega-yacht's...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:30:40 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wien Hire A Sign Of Blackstone's Newly Diversified Status]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It used to be the case that the more genteel private equity houses shunned all the other animals in the market zoo. Blackstone is turning that convention on its head. by Daniel M. Harrison]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 08:50:30 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BNET Daily Dispatch: Blackstone, Toyota, Russia, and the Fed]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BNET Daily Dispatch: Blackstone, Toyota, Russia, and the FedRE: BNET Daily Dispatch: Blackstone, Toyota, Russia, and the FedToyota has been the best automotive company. I am real ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:59:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[KKR's Big Plans]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Henry Kravis is, at long last, taking buyout giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts public but a look at the deal and the firm's ambitions means management may want it to look more like BlackRock than Steve Schwarzman's Blackstone. When Blackstone went public last year, it was a spectacle as dollar signs...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 12:13:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Blackstone Technology Group Announces Successful Implementation of Resource Interconnection Management System at the California ISO]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Blackstone Technology Group, a global technology solutions firm, announced today the successful implementation of the Resource Interconnection Management System RIMS for the California Independent System Operator California ISO. California ISO is tasked with operating the wholesale energy market and managing the flow of electricity through an extensive...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Blackstone to Acquire GSO; Announces $500 Million Unit Repurchase Program]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- The Blackstone Group L.P. (NYSE: BX; www.blackstone.com) announced that Blackstone and GSO Capital Partners LP have agreed in principle on terms under which Blackstone will acquire GSO. GSO is an alternative asset manager specializing in the leveraged finance marketplace, with approximately $10 billion under management. It manages...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:59:59 -0800</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 denies rumor of Rio Tinto bid]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON AFP &#8212; The large US private equity fund, The Blackstone Group, said Monday it was not planning a takeover bid for Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto.  Blackstone issued its denial after Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper reported earlier Monday that the private equity firm was preparing "an audacious break-up...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Blackstone Technology Group Announces Addition of Tim Danison to Lead Microsoft Practice Domain]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN FRANCISCO -- Blackstone Technology Group, a global technology solutions firm, announced today that Tim Danison has joined the firm as a Director in charge of leading the Microsoft practice domain.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Blackstone, China firm in four-billion-dollar bid for Nufarm: report]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BEIJING AFP &#8212; US private equity giant Blackstone has joined forces with China National BlueStar to bid nearly four billion dollars for Australian agro-chemical firm Nufarm, the Financial Times reported Friday.  Blackstone and the Chinese chemical maker, in which it holds a 20-percent stake, last month expressed an interest...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hilton Hotels Corporation Appoints Christopher Nassetta as President and CEO]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blackstone Reaffirms Ambitious Growth Strategy  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. & NEW YORK -- Hilton Hotels Corporation ("Hilton") and The Blackstone Group (NYSE:BX) ("Blackstone") today announced the appointment of Christopher J. Nassetta as President and Chief Executive Officer of Hilton. Mr. Nassetta currently leads Host Hotels and Resorts, the largest owner...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Tilting at windmills]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The trap  Senator Carl Levin recently added his voice to those demanding the removal of Nouri al-Maliki as Iraq's prime minister. This worries me, because Levin is one of the most respected Democrats in the Senate, and he has set a trap for himself. If al-Maliki is replaced, Levin...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Blackstone, CVC capital or Permira]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The advantage that private equity firms have had over established food and drink companies when it came to making acquisitions may be coming to an end due to credit crunch caused by the recent turmoil on the world markets, according to the UK's Daily Telegraph. The inexpensive debt used to...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wall St. lower as consumer confidence tumbles]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_200708/ai_n19482097]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK AFP &#8212; Wall Street shares fell sharply Tuesday after a monthly survey showed US consumer confidence -- a key gauge of economic well-being -- tumbled amid a deepening housing market crisis.  At 1512 GMT, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down a hefty 122.50 points (0.92 percent)...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[Aspen Announces Board Changes]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_July_25/ai_n27321682]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[HAMILTON, Bermuda -- Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited (the "Company") (NYSE:AHL) today announced that Prakash Melwani and Kamil Salame will be stepping down from the Board today. Mr. Melwani is a Senior Managing Director of Blackstone's Private Equity Group and Mr. Salame is a partner of DLJ Merchant Banking Partners. Blackstone...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700</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>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_July_13/ai_n19361412]]></link>
		<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[Blackstone boost for Hilton in India.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jul. 5--NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, India -- Hospitality industry analysts  expect the Hilton Group to become more aggressive in ramping up India  operations after private equity firm Blackstone acquired Hilton Hotels  globally. The international hospitality majo  Jul. 5--NEW DELHI/MUMBAI, India -- Hospitality industry analysts  expect the Hilton...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[FTSE gains on hotel deal.]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb5986/is_200707/ai_n24178078]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Blackstone's $26bn purchase of Hilton Hotels spurs gains in  leisure stocks. Plus a business press round-up Jonathan Eley    London equities made further progress on Wednesday, with leisure  stocks energised by news of Blackstone's purchase of Hilton. The  FTSE 100 started the session up 0.3...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Hotel Workers Union Applauds Blackstone-Hilton Combination]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[To: LABOR EDITORSContact: Bruce Raynor, General President, +1-347-371-3755, or John W. Wilhelm, President-Hospitality Industry, +1-202-841-6221, both of UNITE HERE NEW YORK, July 3 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The hotel workers union -- UNITE HERE -- applauded the prospect of a major new player in the worldwide hospitality industry today when Blackstone announced...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jul 2007 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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