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		<title><![CDATA[BlackRock: Behemoth with Ever-Growing Role Managing Troubled Government Assets]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Matthew Goldstein submits:  Larry Fink has an interesting take on what constitutes a conflict of interest on Wall Street.   The BlackRock BLK chief executive presides over a behemoth that has played an ever-growing role in managing troubled assets taken on by the federal government during the heat...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:02:16 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BlackRock, Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions. Our next question will from the line of Roger Smith with Fox-Pitt Kelton. Laurence Fink Hey, Roger. Roger Smith &#8211; Fox-Pitt Kelton Thanks very much. My first question really is on the RFPs that you're talking about and you said it is much more robust...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:08:10 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BlackRock Q3 Net Rises 46 Percent]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOSTON (<a href="http://resources.bnet.com/index.php?source=Reuters">Reuters</a>) - Asset manager BlackRock Inc BLK reported a 46 percent jump third-quarter earnings, topping expectations, helped in part by improved cost controls. BlackRock, which will become the world's largest money management firm when its purchase of Barclays Global Investors closes by year-end, said profit rose to $317 million,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 07:33:30 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Insurance Regulators Want the Fox to Watch the Chicken Coop]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's no secret that insurance companies, and the state regulators that watch them, are dissatisfied with the performance of the three credit rating agencies. The three: Standard & Poor's, Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Ratings, rated many toxic mortgage bonds Triple A the top rating and then, in 2008, downgraded...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:29:15 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BlackRock: How to Manage $3 Trillion]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Donald Marron submits: Shawn Tully at Fortune has a fun article recounting the rapid rise of Blackrock, which will soon be the largest asset manager in the world.   He contrasts the firm&#8217;s fixed-income investment strategy with other firms (e.g., Pimco) as follows: by Donald Marron]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 02:17:50 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Blackrock's Toxic Asset CEF: Buy in Post-IPO After-Market]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joe Eqcome submits: Conclusion: While the &#8220;toxic asset&#8221; investment story may hold significant investment appeal for retail investors, it is a well documented fact that a closed end fund&#8217;s CEF share price will typically trade to a post-IPO discount to its net asset value NAV over a 12 month period....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:18:46 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[ETF News Digest: June 24]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[IndexUniverse submits:  Dubai Exchange Benefits From Oil's Improved Fortunes   The Dubai Mercantile  Exchange announced today that it has hit record levels of trading. by Index Universe]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:19:54 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BlackRock's Power to Influence]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BlackRock'sBLK announcement last week that it would purchase Barclays Global Investors from U.K. bank BarclaysBCS for $13.5 billion confirmed that BlackRock would yield an enormous influence on corporate America.In fact, the combined firm will own $2.8 trillion in assets, twice the size of its nearest rivals State Street STT and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:29:57 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BlackRock: Attractive, Stable Option for Investing in the Financial Industry]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zachary Scheidt submits:   BlackRock, Inc. BLK made headlines late last week as the company announced a blockbuster acquisition.  The firm will pay roughly $13.5 billion in cash and stock for Barclays BCS Global Investors the Barclays division which includes the ETF platform known for its iShares products....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:17:29 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[BlackRock and Barclays Global Investors: Why the Market Loves This Deal]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Daniel M. Harrison submits:      In an industry under fire for lousy management practices, dodgy accounting, and doing deals which don&#8217;t make long-term financial sense, BlackRock&#8217;s BLK potential acquisition of Barclays Global Investors BCS stands out as having gained the market mob&#8217;s approval. by Daniel Harrison]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:54:53 -0700</pubDate>
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