Blackstone awaits Unizo response on $1.6 bln buyout proposal <!-- no image --> <div>Blackstone Group said on Friday it is waiting for Japanese hotel operator Unizo Holdings to respond to its $1.6 billion takeover proposal.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=O9FG8-Do5UE:SZD62JjZYXI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=O9FG8-Do5UE:SZD62JjZYXI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=O9FG8-Do5UE:SZD62JjZYXI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=O9FG8-Do5UE:SZD62JjZYXI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=O9FG8-Do5UE:SZD62JjZYXI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/O9FG8-Do5UE" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters