The Blackstone Group, Inc.
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Stocks in focus for Friday - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 135 days 7 hours 36 minutes ago
Just how bad was October for retailers? Not even teens were spending.
Millennium Managing Partner Samuel Schwerin Joins the iPass Board of Directors [Press Release]
MarketWire | 53 days 5 hours 13 minutes ago
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AIG Nears Deal to Sell Asia Unit
Wall Street Journal, The | 20 days 7 hours 3 minutes ago
AIGASIA] Reuters The Hong Kong headquarters of AIA, the Asian crown jewel of troubled insurer AIG, which is selling the unit to help pay back its taxpayer bailout.
Zacks Growth & Income Strategy highlights: Penn Virginia GP Holdings, Blackstone Group, Consolidated Communications Holdings and Centurytel [Press Release]
Business Wire | 45 days 10 hours 13 minutes ago
The Zacks Growth and Income Profit Track strategy looks for stocks with unusually high dividend yields. Although this screen is based on a long-term and lower risk approach to investing, it has a history of outperforming the S&P 500. Four stocks meeting this screen’s exclusive criteria are: Penn Virginia GP Holdings LP (NYSE: PVG), The Blackstone Group (NYSE: BX), Consolidated Communications Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: CNSL) and Centurytel, Inc. (NYSE: CTL). View the entire list of stocks for the ...
Critical Alerts For Amazon.com, IBM, Blackstone, New York Community Bancorp, and Regency Centers Released By Seven Summits Research [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 184 days 18 hours 40 minutes ago
... Today's PriceWatch Alerts cover the following stocks: Amazon.com Inc. , International Business Machines Corp. , The Blackstone Group , New York Community Bancorp Inc. , and Regency Centers Corporation...
Pinnacle Foods Group Completes Acquisition of Birds Eye Foods [Press Release]
Business Wire | 87 days 13 hours 7 minutes ago
Pinnacle Foods Group LLC (“Pinnacle Foods”), a private equity portfolio company of The Blackstone Group (“Blackstone”), has completed its previously-announced acquisition of Birds Eye Foods, Inc. (“Birds Eye Foods”) from a holding company controlled by Vestar Capital Partners, Pro-Fac Cooperative, and Birds Eye Foods management. The transaction positions Pinnacle Foods as a leader in both the frozen and shelf-stable business segments.
Gap, Safeway, Blackstone
MarketWatch | 24 days 6 hours 8 minutes ago
Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Thursday's session are Gap Inc., Safeway Inc. and Blackstone Group LP.
Prudential's AIA Purchase Creates $660 Million Fee `Windfall' for Advisers
Bloomberg | 19 days 8 hours 5 minutes ago
Credit Suisse Group AG and Lazard Ltd. advised Prudential, while Citigroup Inc., Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Blackstone Group LP and Deutsche Bank AG advised AIG, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The banks will share in about $80 million in advisory fees, according to estimates by Freeman. Prudential's bankers may earn about $580 million for arranging bond and stock sales to finance the purchase, the New York-based research firm said today.
Futures follow global stocks up
Canada.com | 3 days 19 hours 6 minutes ago
YORK -- Stock index futures rose on Wednesday on par with global stocks as a renewed promise of extended low interest rates from the Federal Reserve enticed investors into riskier assets.
AIG to Get More Than 10% Stake in Prudential
Wall Street Journal, The | 20 days 1 minute ago
See Correction & Amplification below.) HONG KONG—American International Group Inc. will take a more than 10% stake in Prudential PLC as part of the U.K. group's plans to buy the U.S.-government controlled insurer's Asia life insurance unit for around US$35 billion, a person familiar with the situation said Monday.
AIG Agrees to Sell Asia Unit
Wall Street Journal, The | 19 days 21 hours 2 minutes ago
In its biggest move yet to repay a $182.3 billion U.S.-government bailout, American International Group Inc. agreed Monday to sell its crown-jewel Asian life-insurance business to Prudential PLC for about $35.5 billion.
AIG Nears Deal To Sell Asia Unit
Wall Street Journal, The | 20 days 4 hours ago
In its biggest move yet to repay a $182.3 billion U.S.-government bailout, American International Group Inc. neared an agreement late Sunday to sell its crown-jewel Asian life-insurance business to Prudential PLC for about $35.5 billion, people familiar with the situation said.
U.K.'s Prudential to Buy AIG's Asia Unit
Wall Street Journal, The | 19 days 15 hours 2 minutes ago
In its biggest move yet to repay a $182.3 billion U.S.-government bailout, American International Group Inc. agreed Monday to sell its crown-jewel Asian life-insurance business to Prudential PLC for about $35.5 billion.
Prudential to Get More Than 10% Stake in AIG
Wall Street Journal, The | 20 days 2 hours 2 minutes ago
HONG KONG—Prudential PLC will take a more than 10% stake in American International Group Inc. as part of the U.K. company's plan to buy the U.S.-government controlled insurer's Asia life insurance unit for around $35 billion, a person familiar with the situation said Monday. The deal will also end AIA's Hong Kong IPO process, which began last year.
MARCH 1, 2010, 12:45 A.M. ET Prudential to Get More Than 10% Stake in AIG
Barron's (subscription required) | 20 days 2 hours ago
HONG KONG—Prudential PLC will take a more than 10% stake in American International Group Inc. as part of the U.K. company's plan to buy the U.S.-government controlled insurer's Asia life insurance unit for around $35 billion, a person familiar with the situation said Monday. The deal will also end AIA's Hong Kong IPO process, which began last year.
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Company Overview
| Company: | The Blackstone Group, Inc. |
|---|---|
| Industry: | Market Research Services |
| Website: | http://www.bgglobal.com |
The Blackstone Group provides custom market research and consulting services, helping clients make sense of customer behavior and attitudes as well as market trends. Not to be confused with leading US private equity firm The Blackstone Group L.P., this research company serves clients in the US, Europe, and Asia from offices in Chicago, Toronto, London, and Chennai, India. It caters to industries such as consumer packaged goods, financial services, health care, and technology with studies on topics including branding, customer satisfaction and loyalty, multicultural markets, new product evaluation, and segmentation. Clients have included the American Medical Association, Chicago Tribune, eBay, and Pfizer.
Key Numbers
| Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 18.5 (2008) |
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| One-year % Growth in Sales | 0.0 (2008) |
| Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 0 () |
| One-year % Growth in Net Income | 0.0 () |
| Number of Employees | 170 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Number of Employees | 0.0 (2008) |
| Fiscal Year-End | December |