Exclusive: Blackstone in talks to take developer SOHO China private in $4 billion deal - sources
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HONG KONG (Reuters) - U.S. private equity firm Blackstone Group Inc is in exclusive talks to take SOHO China Ltd private in a $4 billion (£3.06 billion) deal, said two sources, in one of its biggest bets yet on the Chinese market.Blackstone - in news reported here for the first time - entered exclusive discussions in early February with Hong Kong-listed SOHO China, a major prime office developer in China. The U.S. firm offered HK$6 ($0.77) per share to take the company private, said the..