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2. See A. Choudhury, ‘Cerebus, Carlyle Profit from Sales in LBO Drought’, Bloomberg (13 Aug. 2008), available at: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20670001&refer=home&sid=aJGREa0y4Qvg.
3. Blackstone Group L.P., Form S-1, SEC File 333-141504, filed 22 March 2007.
4. Ibid.
5. Ibid.