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blackstone.com is the company blog at blackstone.com, writing about economics and business. Since 2011, 19 different Hacker News readers have linked it 23 times, most often “Byron Wien Announces Ten Surprises for 2017 [Blackstone]”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (9) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Comments link Blackstone's own corporate pages, such as people profiles, press releases and its housing track record, as sources in threads on private equity, housing and Ancestry. None judge the writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 9 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- /housing/our-track-record-in-housing/4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2023-11-13
- Byron Wien Announces Ten Surprises for 2017 [Blackstone]2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-01-03
What Hacker News says?
Perhaps the new chairman will do a great job... perhaps not. Time will tell. From optics perspective, it doesn't look very good to be putting current Blackstone private equity global head into Boeing CEO position. https://www.blackstone.com/the-firm/our-people/person?person...
Comment linking /the-firm/our-people/person?person=4266774
on “Boeing CEO ousted as 737 Max crisis deepens”Submitted The Smartest Man in Europe Is Very Cautious as a story · 89 points
HN discussionYahoo is a portfolio of brands. Compare https://www.yahooinc.com/our-brands with firms that manage investments: https://www.bridgewater.com/ https://www.schwab.com/ https://www.blackstone.com/ https://www.sequoiacap.com/ Yahoo is managing web properties and is essentially a media company (is paid by advertisers or other customers to deliver a well-characterized audience).
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on “Google's Culture of Fear”Submitted Comparing Risk and Opportunity as a story · 4 points
HN discussionPrivate equity playbook: buy, squeeze, discard husk https://www.blackstone.com/news/press/blackstone-completes-a...
Comment linking /news/press/blackstone-completes-acquisition-of-ancestry-leading-online-family-history-business-for-4-7-billion/
on “Ancestry to paywall formerly free features included with DNA kit”Submitted The Power of Lower Oil Prices as a story · 3 points
HN discussion> The CEO of Blackstone was just killed a few weeks ago I would be surprised because it didn’t happen [1]. [1] https://www.blackstone.com/people/stephen-a-schwarzman-2/
Comment linking /people/stephen-a-schwarzman-2/
on “CEO pay at top US companies accelerates at fastest pace in 4 years”Submitted The Smartest Man is Bullish on Europe as a story · 3 points
HN discussionIf the entire focus is on structuring the economy for rentier capitalists, this is to be expected. It will get worse as private equity starts owning a lot of single family homes with worse experience for renters[5]. They just started getting their feet wet [2]. This will rapidly increase [3]. Singapore, Japan and Austria[1] (maybe some other countries too!) seem to have solved housing. In contrast, we have Canada, A…
Comment linking /housing/our-track-record-in-housing/
on “It Will Never Be a Good Time to Buy a House”Submitted Cloudreach Joins Blackstone’s Portfolio of Companies as a story · 2 points
HN discussionYou're probably thinking of Blackstone which spunoff from Blackrock in the 1980s. Further reading: https://www.blackrock.com/us/individual/insights/buying-hous... https://www.blackstone.com/housing/our-track-record-in-housi... https://www.helpadvisor.com/retirement/blackrock-vs-the-blac... https://fintel.io/news/blackrock-now-owns-490-of-blackstone-...
Comment linking /housing/our-track-record-in-housing/
on “Nearly 40% of U.S. homes are mortgage-free, census shows”Submitted The Smartest Man in Europe Sees a New Industrial Revolution as a story · 2 points
HN discussionNo no silly people it's Black Stone! (not Black Rock -- how could you possibly get those confused!) who is stealing all your houses. We are just building houses which will only be rentable so you will rent your whole life and like it! Blackstone, of course says: It's not us[0]! [0]: https://www.blackstone.com/housing/our-track-record-in-housi...
Comment linking /housing/our-track-record-in-housing/
on “BlackRock and housing: Setting the record straight”Submitted Lessons I have learned in my first 80 years as a story · 2 points
HN discussion- ed · 2023-11-13
Read: stop confusing us with Blackstone https://www.blackstone.com/housing/our-track-record-in-housi...
Comment linking /housing/our-track-record-in-housing/
on “BlackRock and housing: Setting the record straight” Submitted The Smartest Man Is Bullish On Europe as a story · 2 points
HN discussionAnother one of Blackstone's properties: Change Healthcare, a leading independent healthcare technology company that provides data and analytics-driven solutions to improve clinical, financial and patient engagement outcomes. https://www.blackstone.com/our-businesses/private-equity/
Comment linking /our-businesses/private-equity/
on “Blackstone Group buys majority stake in Ancestry.com in $4.7B deal”Submitted Market Commentary from Blackstone Group as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Blackstone's Byron Wien Discusses Lessons Learned in His First 80 Years (2013) as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Byron Wien Announces Ten Surprises for 2017 [Blackstone] as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Ten Market Surprises for 2017 as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Smartest Man Is Wild about Innovation as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The Smartest Man in Europe 2012 as a story · 1 points
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