Business news in brief Cincinnati Post, OH - Blackstone agreed to pay an 8.5 percent premium to the closing price of Equity Office last Friday, and is taking on close to $17 billion in debt. ...

Repsol Overstretches Sacyr Business Model newratings.com - ... REP.ETR) overstretches its business model, says Merrill Lynch. Notes management stated that dividend income from Repsol and non-recourse debt element led Sacyr ...

National business briefs NorthJersey.com, NJ - ... Prosecutors said Trosten assisted Phillip R. Bennett, formerly Refco's chief executive officer, in hiding hundreds of millions of dollars of debt owed to Refco ...