TikTok Clock Ticks Louder As Deadline Approaches, Trump To Consider Final Proposal As Private Equity Firms Bid For Platform – Blackstone (NYSE:BX), Oracle (NYSE:ORCL)

TikTok Clock Ticks Louder As Deadline Approaches, Trump To Consider Final Proposal As Private Equity Firms Bid For Platform – Blackstone (NYSE:BX), Oracle (NYSE:ORCL)

The White House is set to hold a meeting on Wednesday with key officials to discuss the future of TikTok, as the app faces an April 5 deadline to secure a non-Chinese buyer or face a potential U.S. ban. What Happened: President Donald Trump is scheduled to consider a final proposal related to TikTok during … Read more

Trump to discuss TikTok’s fate in meeting about potential investors including Oracle and Blackstone

Trump to discuss TikTok’s fate in meeting about potential investors including Oracle and Blackstone

President Donald Trump will hold a Wednesday meeting with aides about possible investors who could buy a stake in TikTok, a deal that could potentially stop the social media site from being banned in the United States. The details of the meeting were confirmed by a person familiar with the situation who spoke on condition … Read more

CoreWeave triggered defaults after breaching terms on Blackstone loan

CoreWeave triggered defaults after breaching terms on Blackstone loan

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. CoreWeave, the cloud computing group seeking to launch a blockbuster $32bn initial public offering, violated several key terms of a $7.6bn loan last year, triggering a series of so-called technical defaults. The US company, which … Read more

Why Blackstone Stock Blasted Higher Today

Why Blackstone Stock Blasted Higher Today

Shares of sprawling alternative investment management company Blackstone (BX 4.80%) rose Monday on news of an analyst’s recommendation upgrade. The move pushed Blackstone’s stock price nearly 5% higher, a rate that was well above the 0.6% gain of the S&P 500 (^GSPC 0.64%) on the day. Price weakness makes it a buy, says prognosticator The … Read more

Blackstone and Goldman Sachs CEOs back Donald Trump as tariffs fuel US recession fears

Blackstone and Goldman Sachs CEOs back Donald Trump as tariffs fuel US recession fears

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Two of Wall Street’s most prominent executives have backed Donald Trump, even as the US president presses ahead with import tariffs and a trade policy that have fuelled fears of a slowdown in … Read more

Blackstone ditches Hipgnosis brand and renames $3bn music business ‘Recognition’

Blackstone ditches Hipgnosis brand and renames bn music business ‘Recognition’

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Blackstone has ditched the Hipgnosis name for its $3bn music investment group as it prepares to start buying songs again less than a year after its acquisition of the UK-listed owner of rights to songs … Read more

Blackstone chief Stephen Schwarzman’s income eclipsed $1bn last year

Blackstone chief Stephen Schwarzman’s income eclipsed bn last year

Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Blackstone chief executive Stephen Schwarzman took home more than $1bn in 2024 as the private equity titan saw his income rise due to a rebound in investment activity at the world’s largest alternative investment group, … Read more

Smart Money Is Betting Big In Blackstone Options – Blackstone (NYSE:BX)

Smart Money Is Betting Big In Blackstone Options – Blackstone (NYSE:BX)

Financial giants have made a conspicuous bearish move on Blackstone. Our analysis of options history for Blackstone BX revealed 12 unusual trades. Delving into the details, we found 33% of traders were bullish, while 58% showed bearish tendencies. Out of all the trades we spotted, 8 were puts, with a value of $337,789, and 4 … Read more

Blackstone: My Bet On This $1 Trillion Asset Manager Continues To Pay Dividends (NYSE:BX)

Blackstone: My Bet On This  Trillion Asset Manager Continues To Pay Dividends (NYSE:BX)

This article was written by Follow Brad Thomas has over 30 years of real estate investing experience and has acquired, developed, or brokered over $1B in commercial real estate transactions. He has been featured in Barron’s, Bloomberg, Fox Business, and many other media outlets. He’s the author of four books, including the latest, REITs For … Read more