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If you missed your chance to buy the IPOs of Blackstone Group or Fortress Investment Group in 2007 you're in luck ... The private equity bigwigs at the Carlyle Group are looking to go public.
Consulting and finance were the sectors of choice for 180 students. Swiss Investment Bank UBS, which recruited only from our school, offered equities derivatives trading profile based out of Hong Kong. Private equity major -- the Blackstone Group (London) and consulting giant Arthur D Little (Dubai) also recruited from this schoolMore quotes »
Newsday's coverage
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Motel 6 being sold to private group for $1.9B
-- Accor says it has agreed to sell Motel 6 and another North American economy hotel brand to an affiliate of The Blackstone Group for $1.9 billion.The French company says Motel 6 and Studio 6, an extended-stay economy chain, encompass 1,102 hotels in the Read more »
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Blackstone to finance Cheniere natural gas exports
Energy Partners will receive $2 billion in financing from Blackstone Group to fund the construction of a natural gas export facility in Southern Louisiana.The facility was built to import natural gas, but a huge increase in production of natural gas from shale Read more »
Around the web
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For Private Equity Industry, Fewer Deals in Leaner Times
Campbell It is not easy being a private equity firm like the Blackstone Group or Kohlberg Kravis Roberts these days. Not only do you have to worry about being dragged through the mud in a presidential election, but the business isn’t the money machine it used 5/29/12 from The New York Times Read more »
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Motel 6 Has Been Sold
hotel company Accor announced Tuesday that it has plans to sell its low-cost chain Motel 6 to Blackstone Group (BX) for $1.9 billion. This sale is an effort for Accor to cut debt and shift their efforts away from the U.S. toward high-growth emerging markets. from Seeking Alpha Read more »
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Alibaba.com Shareholders Clear BuyBack Plan, CIC Eyes $2bn Stake in Alibaba
stake in Alibaba, according to a Reuters report. Alibaba is also in talks with private equity firms such as Bain Capital, Blackstone Group LP, and Hony Capital to raise the remaining $500mn to help funding the buyback, the report said. Analysts are seeing from International Business Times Read more »
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China Investment Corp. in Talks for Alibaba Stake
number of other firms, including Temasek, a Singaporean sovereign fund; DST Global, the Russian investment firm; and the Blackstone Group , according to people briefed on the discussions. The pact with Yahoo values Alibaba at about $35 billion, though that from The New York Times Read more »
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Following Goldman Sachs on Twitter
overheard at the firm. Goldman Sachs would not be the first large Wall Street firm to take to Twitter. The private equity firm Blackstone Group maintains an account that is periodically updated by its public relations staff. Messages point followers to official from The New York Times Read more »
