Blackstone Group, L.P.

Darden Restaurants is the world's largest casual dining company. The publicly held company (ticker symbol DRI) owns Olive Garden, Red Lobster, LongHorn Steakhouse, Bahama Breeze, Seasons 52, Capital Grille, Eddie V's Prime Seafood and Wildfish Seafood...

SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment is wholly owned by the Blackstone Group (stock ticker BX), the private-equity company. It operates 10 theme parks and water parks across the country, including three in Orlando: SeaWorld Orlando, Aquatica and Discovery Cove....

The Dodgers and Major League Baseball issued a joint statement late Tuesday, confirming that owner Frank McCourt has agreed to sell the team. The statement follows: "The Los Angeles Dodgers and Major League Baseball announced that they have agreed today.....

It's now all part of the Wizarding World of Comcast. NBCUniversal said Friday that it had finalized its $1-billion purchase of private investor Blackstone Group's 50% ownership stake in the Universal Orlando theme parks in Florida. Comcast Corp., which...

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Shari Redstone has launched a venture capital fund to focus on early stage media and technology investments. The company, formed this year, has made at least one investment to La Jolla California start-up Nettle Inc....

Investors may have to wait a bit longer to buy into Groupon Inc. and Zynga Inc. The Internet darlings reportedly are delaying their initial public offerings amid the turbulence in the stock market. Groupon and Zynga were seen as the......

Comcast Corp.'s NBCUniversal has agreed to pay slightly more than $1 billion to acquire full control of the Universal Orlando theme parks. Private equity firm Blackstone Group has held a 50% stake in the Florida parks for more than a......

CORONADO, Calif. -- Just days before a deadline to pay off a $630 million debt, the owners of the Hotel del Coronado announced that they have sold a majority share of the hotel to an investment group. Blackstone Group LP will own 60 percent of the 123-...

Attendance is rebounding across Orlando-based SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment's 10 U.S. theme parks, the company's top executive said Wednesday. SeaWorld Parks President and Chief Executive Officer Jim Atchison said in an interview with the Orlando...

Private-equity titan Apollo Global Management priced its initial public stock offering at the top end of expectations Tuesday, signaling strong investor interest in the company. New York-based Apollo and its investors sold a total of 29.7 million shares...