The largest private-equity firm in the world, Blackstone Group LP, agreed to buy Centro Properties Group’s selection of U. S. shopping centers for an amount of $9.4 billion, two people aware of the matter said.

Buyout firm Blackstone and charity Wellcome Trust are reported to have launched a joint bid for more than 300 Royal Bank of Scotland branches, a source familiar with the matter revealed on Friday.

Blackstone's fourth-quarter loss managed to narrow as the hedge-fund and private-equity firm managed to swing to a profit which was better-than-expected.

World's largest private equity firm Blackstone Group is in talks to buy Anheuser-Busch InBev's theme park business such as SeaWorld and Busch Gardens.

People familiar with the issue informed on the condition of anonymity that the deal id valued between $2.5 billion and $3 billion.

The private equity group, Blackstone, sold half of its 57 per cent stake in the Cineworld, in a move that dragged shares in the British cinema chain down by 9 per cent. Blackstone sold the 50 per cent of its stake in the Cineworld, which runs 75 sites in Britain, for around £62.9 million.