Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	12,332.00	-87.87	-0.71%
S&P 500	1,304.26	-9.06	-0.69%
Nasdaq	2,805.45	-31.91	-1.12%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

12,332.00

-87.87

-0.71%

S&P 500

1,304.26

-9.06

-0.69%

Nasdaq

2,805.45

-31.91

-1.12%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
STOXX 50	2,104.24	-11.94	-0.56%
FTSE 100	5,290.13	-7.15	-0.13%
DAX	6,223.38	-57.42	-0.91%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

STOXX 50

2,104.24

-11.94

-0.56%

FTSE 100

5,290.13

-7.15

-0.13%

DAX

6,223.38

-57.42

-0.91%

Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
Nikkei	8,542.73	-90.46	-1.05%
TOPIX	719.49	-4.13	-0.57%
Hang Seng	18,629.50	-60.70	-0.32%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

Nikkei

8,542.73

-90.46

-1.05%

TOPIX

719.49

-4.13

-0.57%

Hang Seng

18,629.50

-60.70

-0.32%

Blackstone May Get Up to $1.8 Billion From New Jersey Pension

By Elise Young and Devin Banerjee - 2011-12-08T17:22:50Z

Blackstone Group LP (BX), the world’s largest private-equity firm, may receive as much as $1.8 billion in commitments from the New Jersey Division of Investment.

The state pension system proposes investing $1.5 billion in four separate accounts to be managed by Blackstone and $300 million in three traditional funds, according to documents prepared for a public meeting today.

To contact the reporters on this story: Elise Young in Trenton at eyoung30@bloomberg.net; Devin Banerjee in New York at dbanerjee2@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Christian Baumgaertel at cbaumgaertel@bloomberg.net