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  1. Blackstone portfolio companies Merlin & Tangerine picked up three BVCA awards this month: bit.ly/Kx6xLe bit.ly/Kt8jhw
  2. Blackstone’s Steve Schwarzman delivers commencement address to the 2012 graduating class at Quinnipiac University bit.ly/KRcksM
  3. Blackstone acquires over 1000 hotels in the Motel 6 chain for $1.9B on.wsj.com/L1s27u via @WSJ
  4. Blackstone’s Bennett Goodman awarded Money Manager of the Year by Institutional Investor for 2012 bit.ly/JTCIDy
  5. Blackstone portfolio co @SeaWorld opens new waterpark, Aquatica San Antonio, creating hundreds of jobs in TX bit.ly/J6hRM1
  6. Ahead of Facebook’s IPO, Blackstone’s Ken Allen discusses the key factors that drive valuation in the Tech sector bit.ly/MksLlL
  7. Blackstone invests $1.5B in Cheniere to develop a US natural gas export facility, creating thousands of American jobs bit.ly/JGKqRc
  8. Tony James on Blackstone’s role in safeguarding American pensions bit.ly/IOmJUD
  9. Blackstone portfolio company, Birds Eye, joins @PHA & First Lady Obama in the fight against childhood obesity bit.ly/Jced49
  10. Blackstone’s Jon & Mindy Gray give $25 million to create new major research center for genetic cancers nyti.ms/Jbr4Ub
  11. Blackstone’s Gray on how corporate private equity & real estate private equity can come together to help companies grow bit.ly/IHHWnO
  12. Blackstone’s Byron Wien on being “Addicted to Easy Money” in this month’s Market Commentary bit.ly/JSb9Jg
  13. Blackstone’s Bennett Goodman talks with Bloomberg on GSO and credit markets at the Milken conference bloom.bg/IGobgv
  14. PERE ranks Blackstone number 1 in real estate capital raising bit.ly/JTRtIM
  15. Blackstone’s 2011 Annual Review can be found on our new homepage bit.ly/8X4z3u
  16. Blackstone CEO Schwarzman on the firm’s “Resiliency in a Risk-Prone World” in our 2011 Annual Review. Watch video bit.ly/8X4z3u
  17. Check out the new Blackstone website bit.ly/8X4z3u
  18. Empire State Building will be Weather Channel blue tonight in honor of the Blackstone portfolio company’s 30th anniversary
  19. Blackstone's Ken Allen on DG's acquisition of Peer39 via @adexchanger bit.ly/IPdJPW
  20. Blackstone's @HiltonWorldwide CEO, Christopher Nassetta on Hilton's continued expansion in China via @squawkbox ow.ly/aoaAP