Blackstone partners may avoid tax on IPO gain: NYT
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Partners of private equity firm Blackstone Group may have devised a way to avoid paying tax on $3.7 billion raised largely in the firm's initial public offering last month, the New York Times reported on Friday.
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Blackstone Group LP priced its initial public offering at the top end of the range on Thursday, even as lawmakers pushed for its delay, raising $4.13 billion in the largest U.S. IPO in five years.
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The New York Times Co. told investors yesterday that its fourth-quarter and full-year earnings would miss Wall Street estimates on weaker-than-expected advertising in the fourth quarter and higher costs for promotion, printing, distribution, and newsprint.
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Partners of private equity firm  Blackstone Group LP  may have devised a way to avoid  paying tax on $3.7 billion raised largely in the firm&#39;s initial  public offering last month, a regulatory filing shows.
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As Congress debates taxes on hedge funds and private equity firms, Blackstone has devised a way for its partners to avoid paying taxes on $3.7 billion.
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TOKYO/HONG KONG  - U.S. private equity fund Blackstone Group is raising $10 billion for one of the biggest ever global property funds, sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
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Blackstone Group LP , which is preparing to go public, said on Friday that proposed U.S. Senate legislation on the taxation of private equity firms could materially increase its tax liability and lower the partnership's value.
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There may be too much doubt surrounding the big IPO.
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Blackstone Group LP, manager of the world's second-largest buyout fund, moved up its much-hyped $4.75 billion initial public offering to this week amid growing scrutiny of the firm on Capitol Hill and in the media.
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NEW YORK -- Blackstone Group LP, the investment firm known for making billion-dollar bets to buy huge companies and take them private, jumped almost 20 percent Friday in its debut on the New York Stock Exchange.
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A co-author of a U.S. Senate bill that would raise taxes on private equity firms going public said on Wednesday he was open to discussing shortening a built-in transition period that cushions any potential tax hit on Blackstone Group LP.
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The partial stock market listing of private equity giant Blackstone is set to proceed despite political concerns.
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Blackstone Group  said on Monday it plans to invest in recently acquired Hilton Hotels Corp and has no plans to sell any of the company's brands or major assets.
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Blackstone Group LP, the biggest U.S. initial public offering since 2002, raised $4.13 billion on Thursday, becoming the largest private equity firm to go public.
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The U.S. Congress could move as early as July toward passage of a bill to raise taxes on Blackstone Group LP and other private equity firms that go public, congressional staffers said on Friday.
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Investor's Business Daily - Earnings don&#39;t get taxed so long as they remain inside a 401(k) account. That helps turbocharge an account&#39;s growth.
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NEW YORK, May 21-- Blackstone Group, the second-largest U.S. private equity firm, said Monday that it planned to raise $3.87 billion to $4.13 billion in an initial public offering this year.