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Australia's Blackstone Minerals Ltd on Monday said it signed a non-binding joint venture agreement with South Korea's Ecopro BM Co to develop nickel, cobalt or other minerals for battery manufacturing.

Blackstone Group Inc <BX.N> said on Thursday it has been unable to obtain an agreement from Japanese hotel operator Unizo Holdings Co Ltd <3258.T> for its $1.6 billion takeover bid proposal.

Pipeline operator Tallgrass Energy LP said on Monday Chief Executive Officer David Dehaemers resigned and would be replaced by operations head Bill Moler, a move that was backed by shareholder Blackstone Group Inc.

Blackstone Group Inc <BX.N> said on Monday it will invest $400 million in a joint venture with Swiss drug company Ferring that is working on an experimental gene therapy for bladder cancer, the private equity giant's largest ever bet on drug development.

Blackstone Group <BX.N> said on Friday it had extended the deadline for Japanese hotel operator Unizo Holdings <3258.T> to respond to the buyout firm's $1.6 billion offer.

Blackstone Group said on Friday it had further extended the deadline for Japanese hotel operator Unizo Holdings to respond to the buyout firm's $1.6 billion buyout offer.

Blackstone <BX.N> said on Monday it will continue talks with Japanese hotel chain Unizo Holdings <3258.T> on its proposed $1.6 billion takeover bid and plans to make an announcement by Nov. 22.

Blackstone Group Inc <BX.N> is taking a majority stake in MagicLab, the parent company of dating app "Bumble" and "Badoo", valuing the company at about $3 billion, the private equity firm said in a statement on Friday.

Blackstone Group Inc is taking a majority stake in MagicLab, the parent company of dating app "Bumble" and "Badoo", valuing the company at about $3 billion, the private equity firm said in a statement on Friday.

Blackstone <BX.N> said on Thursday that Japanese hotel operator Unizo <3258.T> had missed a deadline to agree with conditions set for its proposed $1.6 billion takeover bid, but the U.S. buyout group was prepared to embark on more talks.

U.S. buyout firm Blackstone Group said on Thursday that Japan's hotel operator Unizo Holdings had not agreed with conditions the U.S. buyout firm set for its proposed $1.6 billion takeover bid by deadline.

Private equity firm Blackstone Group Inc <BX.N> Chief Executive Stephen Schwarzman said on Wednesday he was optimistic that the United States and China would resolve their 16-month-long trade war, helping to ease tensions between two of the world's biggest economies.

U.S. buyout firm Blackstone Group <BX.N> said on Monday it had extended the deadline for its offer to buy hotel operator Unizo Holdings <3258.T> to Nov. 6 from Monday.

A senior Blackstone Group <BX.N> executive who oversaw special situations investments at the private equity giant's hedge fund unit Blackstone Alternative Asset Management, has left the firm, two people familiar with the matter said.

Blackstone Group Inc <BX.N>, the world's largest manager of alternative assets such as private equity and real estate, said on Wednesday its distributable earnings in the third quarter fell 8% year-on-year, but still beat analyst estimates.

Blackstone Group Inc, the world's largest manager of alternative assets such as private equity and real estate, said on Wednesday that its distributable earnings in the third quarter fell 8% year-on-year, surpassing most analyst estimates.

Private equity firms Blackstone Group Inc <BX.N> and CVC Capital Partners Ltd are seeking to hire underwriters for an initial public offering (IPO) of Paysafe Group Ltd that could value the payments processing firm at more than $10 billion, including debt, according to people...