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Conservatives Are Right: Free Speech Isn’t a Political Issue
The Democratic Daily Blog | October 12th 2008
by Walter Brasch The Sunbird Conservatives, a student group, put out some pro-McCain literature at a recruiting table at Fresno Pacific University a week ago. Seemed innocent enough. The conservatives weren’t harassing anyone, nor were they read more
Silicon Valley Office Space Continues to Get Cheaper
Square Feet Blog ...a Commercial Real Estate Blog | September 22nd 2008 by J Alili
Landlords across Silicon Valley are working hard to get space leased, and in the process are offering everything from teaser start rates to bonuses to the brokers. In fact, in the past two months we have seen a dramatic increase in the number of land read more
Proving the existence of “ghost cats”
The Smoky Mountain Hiking Blog | September 20th 2008 by Jeff
Over the last 100 years there have been 64 confirmed sightings of mountain lions in the eastern United States (outside of Florida), according to Mark McCollough, a Fish and Wildlife Service biologist. One of those was a cougar kitten that was hit by read more
US Jobless Claims +10K To 455K In Sep 13 Wk; Survey -10K
Investment-blog.net: Emerging Markets - Stock Tips - Discuss… | September 18th 2008 by Admin
US Jobless Claims +10K To 455K In Sep 13 Wk; Survey -10K Last Update: 9/18/2008 8:30:00 AM By Brian Blackstone Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)– The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for unemployment benefits unexpect read more
Dream, or Rapid Eye Movement?
Just Another Mobile Monday | September 6th 2008
Ok I know I dissed the design of the recently leaked photo’s of what most people are accepting as the “HTC Dream” or the first Android phone expected to be launched on T – Mobile. So when new images surface, and they look this good, it is read more
Lehman To Dump $40B Worth of Real Estate Assets
Square Feet Blog ...a Commercial Real Estate Blog | August 19th 2008 by J Alili
We wrote a piece the other day about Lehman looking to shed $14B of its $40B in real estate assets. The financial times is now reporting that Lehman is now looking to dump $40B stake. It is expected to take a loss somewhere in the range of $1.5-3B. read more
Awesome yelp.com party Friday!
This is Life in Austin | August 19th 2008 by Eating Lyssa
I love yelp.com. I trust the reviewers, my peers in this wonderful city, immensely, and I love the list functions and weekly email updates. So I’m totally stoked for the YELP PARTY this Friday at Buffalo Billiards! This one’s an open even read more
Lehman Brothers Looking To Shed $14B in Commercial Real Estate
Square Feet Blog ...a Commercial Real Estate Blog | August 15th 2008 by J Alili
Lehman Brothers (LEH: 16.17 -0.19%), in a move to raise capital and reduce its real estate exposure, is said to be in talks to liquidate about $14B in commercial real estate assets. Lehman is said to be in talks with BlackRock for the assets. Leham read more
Blackstone Egyptian Fan Necklace
The Beading Gem's Journal | August 12th 2008 by Beadinggem
Gemstones are also available as Egyptian or mini-fans. This are sets of graduated cut pieces of gemstones which really are super to use in necklace designs. Ashley chose a blackstone set. There are two main ways to use fans as focal pieces. Either gr read more
An Inconvenient Debt
PIC Current | August 11th 2008 by Colin
New movie tries to raise awareness of what we owe by Colin Lovett - PIC Current Producer There are no chase scenes. There is no romance. And the hero is balding. With glasses. But a new movie opening this month may be the scariest of the summer read more
Restructuring: The Hottest Group In A Cooling Economy
Mergers & Inquisitions | August 7th 2008 by Ian Spellfield
“Do you ever have one of those days? When you feel like you might just default at any second?” -That Time I Hired The Restructuring Consultant to Restructure Me, Long or Short Capital You’ve probably been hearing a lot about restruc read more
Did Buyout king KRAVIS just missed the boat?
CEOWORLD Magazine | July 29th 2008 by Amarendra bhushan Dhiraj
KKR to go public on NYSE via fund takeover
CEOWORLD Magazine | July 28th 2008 by Amarendra bhushan Dhiraj
Lehman Execs Meeting this Weekend
Bad Paper | June 14th 2008 by bad note
Lehman executives have reportedly been summoned to meet at their headquarters this weekend. The speculation is that the firm may be sold. Reportedly, Blackstone is interested in acquiring a stake in the Wall Street firm. According to CNBC.com, the e read more
McCain’s Money Trail
A Political Glimpse from Ireland | June 8th 2008 by Crian Padayachee
The race for the Whitehouse is on, and for my first salvo, I have decided to have a look at Senator McCain’s contributions. I have used the website www.opensecrets.org which is run by the Center for Responsive Politics in Washington, D.C. They read more
Behind the deal for the Weather Channel
SEO and Tech Daily | May 30th 2008 by Charlie Anzman
It's been in the headlines one way or another for almost six months.Privately-held Landmark Communications has been shopping for a buyer for it's weather divisions including The Weather Channel and Weather.com.IHT (and others) reported the news in ea read more
Boston Properties, Goldman Sachs Acquire GM Building; Macklowe So…
Square Feet Blog ...a Commercial Real Estate Blog | May 28th 2008 by J Alili
Over the weekend, the fate of the GM Building at 767 Fifth Avenue became known. Boston Properties and Goldman Sachs led an investment group that acquired the trophy asset along with other buildings from Macklowe Properties for $4B, $2.5B of which wa read more
Sale of Macklowe’s GM Building Looking Likely
Square Feet Blog ...a Commercial Real Estate Blog | May 20th 2008 by J Alili
After many months of speculation and the fact that Macklowe went into default on the short term loans he took to acquire a seven building portfolio from Blackstone (some details here), Macklowe seems to have lined up some buyers for his landmark GM read more
Bubble! [Flickr]
the queen's caffeine | May 18th 2008
Carla216 posted a photo: original: www.flickr.com/photos/hauntedpalace/2502515607 read more
CPRI Founders' Day Cookout [Flickr]
the queen's caffeine | May 18th 2008
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CPRI Founders' Day Cookout [Flickr]
the queen's caffeine | May 18th 2008
Carla216 posted a photo: Larry and Melissa (with bubbles), and Crystal (on stairs) www.virginiaghosts.com read more
CPRI Founders' Day Cookout [Flickr]
the queen's caffeine | May 18th 2008
Carla216 posted a photo: Melissa www.virginiaghosts.com read more
CPRI Founders' Day Cookout [Flickr]
the queen's caffeine | May 18th 2008
Carla216 posted a photo: Larry and Melissa www.virginiaghosts.com read more
CPRI Founders' Day Cookout [Flickr]
the queen's caffeine | May 18th 2008
Carla216 posted a photo: www.virginiaghosts.com read more
Stocks remain mixed
verysmartinvesting | May 15th 2008 by Avi
Stocks continue mixed. Dow & NAZ are up slightly while decliners are slightly ahead of advancers. Oil continues to slosh around 125, as macro news remains grim. Blackstone (BX) reported a loss in very tough times, down slightly. The loss rela read more
Hedge Fund Industry: Still Alive
Market.Melange | April 22nd 2008 by Markus Schuller
My previous posts about the hedge fund industry were stating a consolidation in terms of higher risk management requirements, deleveraging and trading skills. In Q1/08 the selection process continued, the industry stalled. Though, in the last few wee read more
El patinazo de la semana
GurusBlog | April 20th 2008
Vía la Bolsa desde los Pirineos nos enteremos del patinazo de la semana o posiblemente del mes, y es que algunos medios de nuestro país cada vez parecen beber del código ético de la prensa del corazón para dar algunas noticias. Este ha sido el c read more
And they're not alone
The Dirt Lawyer's Blog | April 1st 2008 by David Stejkowski
It isn't just Shorenstein with dry powder. Here comes Blackstone back for more: they've raised another $10.9 billion for real estate. What is the next target?If you are in the business and this is not telling you something, then you might want to read more
Blackstone Stone Group 170 million dollar quarterly loss Monday.
Euroblogspot | March 10th 2008 by Bleeding Deacon
"Difficult market conditions in the US and Europe continue in 2008 and there is little visibility on when these conditions might improve," said Stephen Schwarzman, Blackstone's chief executive. The Blackstone Stone Group LP, a large private equity fi read more
Could Personal Connections between Blackstone and Carlyle Serve t…
NewsVisual | February 26th 2008 by NewsVisual
(NewsVisual, powered by IntellectSpace) -- The New York Times DealBook reported on Tuesday the conference in Munich, Germany of the world’s leading private equity firms that the firms will see more modest deals in the near future, such as “far... read more
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