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at a steep discount.
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So, apparently they've seen a profit opportunity there or
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they're supporting our economy from the ravages of the subprime crisis.
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Also in the news,
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China has announced that it plans to buy $3 billion dollars stake
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in Blackstone Group as its first effort to diversify
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its $1.2 trillion dollars of foreign exchange reserves.
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So, the Blackstone Group was picked by the Chinese government
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as the most fitting place for it to put some of its reserves.
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With that, I will leave it to Mr. Schwarzman,
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who will speak for a while
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Well, thank you very much for coming out