Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	15,294.50	-12.67	-0.08%
S&P 500	1,650.51	-4.84	-0.29%
Nasdaq	3,459.42	-3.88	-0.11%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

15,294.50

-12.67

-0.08%

S&P 500

1,650.51

-4.84

-0.29%

Nasdaq

3,459.42

-3.88

-0.11%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,776.78	-58.23	-2.05%
FTSE 100	6,696.79	-143.48	-2.10%
DAX	8,351.98	-178.91	-2.10%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,776.78

-58.23

-2.05%

FTSE 100

6,696.79

-143.48

-2.10%

DAX

8,351.98

-178.91

-2.10%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	14,484.00	-1,143.28	-7.32%
Hang Seng	22,669.70	-591.40	-2.54%
S&P/ASX 200	5,062.45	-102.92	-1.99%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

14,484.00

-1,143.28

-7.32%

Hang Seng

22,669.70

-591.40

-2.54%

S&P/ASX 200

5,062.45

-102.92

-1.99%

Blackstone, PAI Hire Goldman, JPMorgan for United Biscuits Sale, FT Says

By Eduard Gismatullin - 2010-07-31T10:28:20Z

Blackstone Group LP and PAI Partners Holdings Inc. hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. to sell United Biscuits Holdings Ltd. in an auction worth about 2 billion pounds ($3.1 billion), the Financial Times reported, citing people familiar with the situation.

Blackstone and PAI are examining plans to split United’s operations into snack and biscuit businesses to make them more attractive to bidders, the newspaper said.

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