Blackstone Group

Insiders may sell shares for any number of reasons, but there is really only one reason insiders buy shares of a company -- they believe the stock price will move higher and they want to profit from it. Pullbacks and sell-offs provide a perfect opportunity for investors who have faith in a company...

Lots more earnings are on the schedule for this week, even as the calendar page turns. Look for quarterly results to come from Exxon Mobil (NYSE: XOM), Hershey (NYSE: HSY), Kellogg (NYSE: K), MasterCard (NYSE: MA), Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) and United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS). Analysts expect...

That's the question everyone is asking. But will we ever get an answer? If this Dealbook report is accurate, Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) board members could be meeting this Thursday to discuss an offer from Alibaba Group and Softbank. The two entities are eager to gain at least a portion of Yahoo!'s...

Investor groups said to be vying for $9.65 billion in U.S. property loans held by Anglo Irish Bank include those led by Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX), Centerbridge Capital Partners, TPG Capital and Cerberus Capital Management. The deadline for bids was yesterday. The Dublin-based bank was...

Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX) has signed a definitive agreement to take health-care payment services company Emdeon (NYSE: EM) private in a transaction valued at about $3 billion. Blackstone will pay $19 a share for the Nashville, Tenn., company; the stock closed Thursday at $18.35. Debt financing...

Citi has published a report on the Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX) raising the target price from $22 to $24. In the report, Citi wrote, "We raise our 2011-13 ENI estimates following sharply better than forecast 2Q (see our 7/21 note, 2Q11 Initial Look -- Gangbusters After All; Favorite Alts Name) +...

Private equity firm Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX) has agreed to purchase a 40% stake in Tangerine Confectionery from Growth Capital Partners. The value of the deal was not disclosed. Blackpool-based Tangerine is the largest independent manufacturer of sugar confectionery and popcorn in the United...

Royal Bank of Scotland Group (NYSE: RBS) has agreed to sell a 25% stake in its 1.4 billion pound ($2.3 billion) UK commercial real estate loan portfolio to private equity firm Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX). Blackstone will also take over the management of the assets, in an attempt to recover as...

Vanguard Health Systems, a hospital operator controlled by Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX), managed to raise just $450 million Tuesday in its initial public offering, which was 22% less than it had sought. After LinkedIn (NYSE: LKND) and Pandora Media (NYSE: P) fell 29% and 16%, respectively,...

Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX), the world's biggest private-equity firm, has yet to invest in Russia. But on Friday CEO Stephen Schwarzman said at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum that the firm may invest in a new fund being set up by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev to spur foreign...