Lego family, Blackstone take Merlin private in $7.5 billion deal
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LONDON/COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Lego's founding family and private equity firm Blackstone are taking Britain's Merlin private again in an agreed deal valuing the Madame Tussauds and Legoland owner at $7.5 billion (5.9 billion pounds).The world's second-largest operator of visitor attractions after Disney said on Friday the deal would give it greater scope for "significant, long-term investment" as the Danish interlocking plastic-brick maker expands in China.The buyers said that taking it off..