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ADVERTISEMENT Light, sweet crude for June delivery gained 30 cents to $65.24 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange mid-afternoon in Singapore
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The Dow Jones industrial average has steadily advanced about 1,200 points since the beginning of April
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In many respects, economic data has taken a back seat to takeovers by big public companies like Microsoft Corp.and private equity firms such as Blackstone Group LP.The huge deals show that the marketplace is awash in cash, and investors will likely be awaiting another flood of deals this week
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Underscoring just how fast China's Communist rulers can move when they put their mind to it, Schwarzman said the investment was concluded within three weeks of Beijing -- not Blackstone -- suggesting the deal
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He denied media reports last month that Blackstone had entered talks to buy into Guofeng Group, China's biggest plastics products manufacturer.
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Rival private equity firms such as Carlyle Group (CYL.UL: Quote, Profile, Research and Bear Stearns Cos
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"I doubt that there is any government in the world that could have done it more efficiently or more professionally"
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Industry players widely expect Blackstone to pour billions of dollars into the Chinese market over time as it plays catch-up
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Lowe's closed at $32.67 Friday, at the upper end of its 52-week range of $26.15 to $35.74
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The bi-weekly Lundberg Survey of some 7,000 gas stations was released Sunday
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"We would hope to develop a similar type of relationship with the state investment company," he said, adding that no decisions had yet been made
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"We did not propose that they buy a large share in our IPO.It was their idea," he said
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View Slideshow Most of Blackstone's large clients, including the state investment authorities of Singapore and Abu Dhabi, had ploughed cash into a wide array of its funds that span private equity, real estate, debt products and hedge funds, Schwarzman said
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A gallon of mid-grade averaged $3.29 while a gallon of premium hit $3.40
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Schwarzman said the stake was likely to be the start of a trend as the state investment company buys into companies around the world, part of a wider strategy to spur outflows of capital as a way of trimming China's huge balance-of-payments surplus
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The price even topped the previous inflation adjusted record of $3.15 set in March of 1981
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(BSC.N: Quote, Profile, Research have invested heavily in China despite regulatory hurdles and a resistance to ceding ownership to foreigners
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Blackstone Raises IPO Stakes By Mark DeCambre TheStreet.com Senior Writer 5/21/2007 10:58 AM EDT Click here for more stories by Mark DeCambre The Blackstone Group may offer as much as $4.75 billion in stock in its planned initial public offering
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"We have unusual diversification because of our geographic flexibility," said Vinson Walden, who runs this value-stock fund (THOAX : thornburg invt tr glbl oppt cl a News , chart , profile , more Last: 17.44+0.07+0.40% 6:07pm 05/18/2007 Delayed quote dataAdd to portfolio Analyst Create alertInsider Discuss Financials Sponsored by: THOAX17.44, +0.07, +0.4%) with Brian McMahon
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Gas Prices Break Record...Again May 21, 2007 9:22 am EST William Macklin - AHN Staff Reporter Atlanta, GA (AHN) - The price of gasoline rose more than 11 cents during the last two weeks pushing the average price of a gallon of self-serve unleaded regular to a record $3.18, according to an analysis of service stations nationwide
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Top government officials have said the agency, which has yet to be named and will be headed by Lou Jiwei, a former vice finance minister, will be up and running by the end of the year
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Money managers have been lining up to get a slice of Beijing's business as it looks to diversify its foreign exchange stockpile into asset classes that may yield higher returns than dollar bonds, long the mainstay of China's portfolio
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The high prices portend a bleak experience for the 38.3 million drivers expected to hit the road during the upcoming Memorial Day holiday weekend
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The report found that the average price of regular had continued its upward charge since hitting the previous record of 3.07 set just two weeks ago
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Until a few years ago, their Great Circle Family Foods in Southern California was the biggest and most successful of the Krispy Kreme Doughnuts (KKD : krispy kreme doughnuts inc com News , chart , profile , more Last: 8.42+0.01+0.12% 12:01pm 05/21/2007 Delayed quote dataAdd to portfolio Analyst Create alertInsider Discuss Financials Sponsored by: KKD8.42, +0.01, +0.1%) franchises
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"We are pleased to welcome the State Investment Company as an equity owner of our firm," said Stephen A.Schwarzman, chairman, chief executive and co-founder of Blackstone, in a statement regarding the China investment
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R-G Crown Bank operates 30 branches in Florida and three in Augusta, Ga
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Rise and fall of biggest Krispy Kreme franchisee Commentary: Story holds lessons for others thinking about franchising a hot concept By Herb Greenberg, MarketWatch Last Update: 10:30 PM ET May 20, 2007 SAN DIEGO (MarketWatch) -- If you ever are thinking about buying a franchise for a hot concept, you first might want to check with Rich Reinis and his son-in-law, Roger Glickman
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Whether a promising business is based in Philadelphia or the Philippines, the managers of Thornburg Global Opportunities Fund make it their business to blow past borders
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Shares of GE were up 29 cents at $37.25 early Monday.
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The department also reports on new home sales Thursday, while the National Association of Realtors releases data on existing home sales Friday
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The sale will generate an after-tax gain of $1.5 billion, which will be used toward restructuring GE's businesses and the buyback
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Gasoline companies and some analysts lay the blame for the flood of high prices on high demand and short supply prompted by limited refinery capacity
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SINGAPORE - Oil prices climbed above $65 a barrel in Asian trading Monday on continued concerns that United States refiners are not producing enough gasoline to meet peak summer demand
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China's biggest mobile telecommunications provider is a direct beneficiary of that country's rapid development
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The sale may value Stephen Schwarzman and Peter G.Peterson's firm at as much as $33.6 billion, about a third of Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s market value
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Stephen Schwarzman, chief executive at Blackstone, said the agency being set up to help diversify part of China's $1.2 trillion in foreign exchange reserves might look to the company he co-founded to seek better investment returns
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"A good long-term investment is better than a few short-term investments," Walden said
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And there appears to be no relief in the foreseeable future
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OTHER ECONOMIC DATA The schedule of economic reports is fairly slim ahead of the Memorial Day holiday May 28
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On Tuesday, Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker makes a speech in New York
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If there is a lesson Reinis learned, he says, it is that if a franchisor is more interested in expanding the brand and making the parent company look profitable without considering the interests of or even at the expense of the franchisee "that franchisor will doom the franchisee"
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"If you held commodity prices about where they are, the company would generate over $16 a share of earnings; at $16 a share, that's a P/E of 4.5," Walden said
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As Krispy Kreme's fortunes started to crumble, Reinis says the company started charging franchisees "outrageous sums of money" for everything they were required to buy from the parent company
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"That reflects a lot of skepticism about the price of copper and gold".
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