Ticker	Volume	Price	Price Delta
DJIA	15,290.90	-16.24	-0.11%
S&P 500	1,649.89	-5.46	-0.33%
Nasdaq	3,457.12	-6.18	-0.18%

Ticker

Volume

Price

Price Delta

DJIA

15,290.90

-16.24

-0.11%

S&P 500

1,649.89

-5.46

-0.33%

Nasdaq

3,457.12

-6.18

-0.18%

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 Group Agrees to Buy Vivint Inc. for About $2 Billion

By Christopher Martin - 2012-09-18T21:33:38Z

Blackstone Group LP, the world’s biggest private-equity firm, agreed to buy Vivint Inc. for about $2 billion to gain home-security, energy-management and solar- power customers in more than 670,000 homes in North America.

Blackstone is buying a majority stake in the Provo, Utah- based home security and solar-leasing company from initial investors Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS), Jupiter Partners LLC and Peterson Partners LP in a deal that should be completed by year end, founder and Chief Executive Officer Todd Pedersen said in an interview today. He plans to keep his minority equity stake.

To contact the reporter on this story: Christopher Martin in New York at cmartin11@bloomberg.net

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Jasmina Kelemen at jkelemen2@bloomberg.net

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