Blackstone sweetens bid to buy Unizo to 5,600 yen per share - source
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Blackstone Group on Tuesday sweetened its proposed offer to buy Unizo Holdings to 5,600 yen (38.84 pounds) a share, challenging a bid by Lone Star, whose 5,100 yen offer was supported by the Japanese hotel chain, a person with direct knowledge of the deal said. Blackstone's revised offer from 5,000 yen comes ahead of the Feb. 4 deadline for the public tender offer launched by Dallas-based buyout fund Lone Star.Unizo in July became a target for a hostile bid by a Japanese..