Apple’s Overture to Blackstone CFO May Presage Deals

Apple Inc.’s approach to Blackstone Group LP Chief Financial Officer Laurence Tosi about becoming finance chief may be a sign Steve Jobs is ready to pick up the dealmaking pace.

Apple talked with Tosi about becoming its CFO, three people familiar with the situation said yesterday. Tosi told Blackstone Chief Executive Officer Stephen Schwarzman that he plans to stay put, two of the people said.