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To: roguedolphin who wrote (66560)	7/12/2007 5:44:56 AM
From: Haim R. Branisteanu	Respond to of 116555

outright theft from shareholders or from the US citizens? for unproductive machination and not for honest work? Blackstone, Apollo Pay Record LBO Fees to Wall Street (Update1) By Jason Kelly and Edward Evans July 12 (Bloomberg) -- The worldwide boom in leveraged buyouts is translating into record fees for Wall Street. LBO firms, led by Blackstone Group LP, paid investment banks $8.4 billion during the first half of 2007, putting the buyout industry on pace to exceed last year's $12.8 billion, data compiled by Freeman & Co. and Thomson Financial show. bloomberg.com