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23 hrs ago | Dealbreaker

Larry Fink Doesn't Want To Hear Any More Of Your Pessimistic Crap

Laurence Fink kindly asks all you financial journalists, bearish money managers and talking heads to shut the hell up about a stock market bubble.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Investment Services

Tue Nov 10, 2009

MarketWatch

Ambac warns it may file for bankruptcy

Ambac Financial Group lost a third of its market value Tuesday after the bond insurer said it may file for bankruptcy protection.

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Related Topix: Insurance, Ambac Financial Group, Economics News, Bankruptcy, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Financial Services, Investment Services, Financial Markets

NY Daily News

It's 'the most prestigious job nobody wants'

The search is on to replace Bank of America CEO Kenneth Lewis A It is the most prestigious job that nobody wants.

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Related Topix: Banking, Bank of America, Financial Services, Raymond James Financial, Investment Services, Home, Mortgage, Merrill Lynch and Co

Mon Nov 09, 2009

ClipSyndicate

Rendino Says `Trends Are in Place' for Corporate Hiring: Video

Nov. 9 -- Kevin Rendino, senior fund manager at BlackRock Inc., talks with Bloomberg's Carol Massar and Matt Miller about the outlook for the U.S. labor market.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Investment Services, Video, Business News

Pensions & Investments

Clearing the air: Face to face with Kristi Mitchem

Kristi Mitchem wants everyone to understand that the DC industry is about a lot more than just the recent poor market returns By Jeff Nash November 2, 2009, 12:01 AM ET Kristi Mitchem - picked to run the defined contribution business of a combined BlackRock Inc.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Investment Services, Pension, Personal Finance, Retirement

Sat Nov 07, 2009

Bloomberg.com

Tishman Blackrock Move $3 Billion Stuyvesant Town Loan to Special Servicer

The $3 billion loan backed by Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village in Manhattan was transferred to a special servicer at the request of Tishman Speyer Properties Inc.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Investment Services, Home, Mortgage, Insurance, MetLife

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Business Wire

Public relations, press release distribution, investor relations, SEC filing

The corrected release... NEW YORK-- --Certain BlackRock closed-end funds announced distributions today as detailed below.

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Related Topix: Jewelry, Retail, Zale, Financial Services, Investment Services, Leawood, KS, Manufacturing, Automakers, Superior Industries International

Tue Nov 03, 2009

MarketWatch

ETF Investing: Schwab enters ETF business; clients trade for free

Charles Schwab Corp. on Tuesday launched its first exchange-traded funds, a move that could alter the landscape of the fastest-growing segment of the asset-management business.

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Related Topix: Charles Schwab, Investment Services, Financial Markets, State Street, Financial Services, Mutual Funds, Personal Finance

Mon Nov 02, 2009

ClipSyndicate

Doll Says Stock Market Yet to Reach `Cyclical High': Video

Nov. 2 -- Robert Doll, chief investment officer for global equities at BlackRock Inc., talks with Bloomberg's Francine Lacqua, Jon Erlichman and Adam Johnson about the outlook for the U.S. stock market.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Investment Services, Video, Business News

Money Morning

Buy, Sell or Hold: Hold On to the TS&W/Claymore Tax-Advantaged...

On June 29 , I recommended buying the TS&W/Claymore Tax-Advantaged Balanced Fund .A The fund is up about 15% since that recommendation and there's been a distribution of about 2% of the initial investment.A Not bad for sitting in bonds and equities of global mega-caps that pay high dividends.

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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Financial Services, Investment Services

InvestmentNews

Fund firms step up hiring

As investors slowly dip their toes back into the stock market, mutual fund companies are cautiously hiring again.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Investment Services, Heidrick and Struggles International, Human Resources

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Ledger Dispatch

Manhattan default could rock California

The states's two biggest retirement pension funds, the California State Public Employees Retirement System and the California State Teachers Retirement System, stand to lose a combined $600 million invested in one of the boldest real estate ventures in history.

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Related Topix: Manhattan, NY, New York, NY, Personal Finance, Retirement, Pension, Financial Services, Investment Services, Home, Mortgage

Fri Oct 30, 2009

Bloomberg Business News

BlackRock, T. Rowe Price Mutual Funds Tap Fed Loans to Buy TALF Securities

Mutual funds run by companies including BlackRock Inc. and T. Rowe Price Group Inc.

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Related Topix: Mutual Funds, Personal Finance, T Rowe Price Group, Financial Services, Investment Services, Financial Markets, Home, Mortgage

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Tech Confidential Blog

SL Green to give Tishman, BlackRock room

SL Green Realty Corp. and its Gramercy Capital Corp.'s investment in the Stuyvesant Town Peter Cooper Village is in deep trouble because of a recent court ruling that would severely compromise its ability to repay its debt .

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Related Topix: Real Estate, Financial Services, Sl Green Realty Corporation, Investment Services, Startups, SL Corp, REIT, Personal Finance

Wed Oct 28, 2009

AmericanBankingNews.com

Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) Unable to Find a Successor to Kenneth Lewis

Bank of America can't seem to find any qualified candidates that actually want to be the company's next CEO, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal.

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Related Topix: Bank of America, Financial Services, Banking, Investment Services

Tue Oct 27, 2009

MarketWatch

FundWatch: Franklin Resources profit rises as inflows grow

In what's shaping up to be a quarter of mixed results for asset managers, Franklin Resources Inc.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Franklin Resources, Investment Services, San Mateo, CA, T Rowe Price Group

Mon Oct 26, 2009

PR-inside.com

BlackRock Closed-End Municipal Fund Data Released for September 2009

BlackRock, Inc. today announced that it released data for its closed-end municipal funds for September 2009.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Investment Services

Sun Oct 25, 2009

SmartMoney

's 2009 Power 30: Finance and Wall Street

But as we move to a new phase, a time of slow but seemingly steady recovery, some of the biggest players might seem more on the fringe - academics, advisers, even a lobbyist.

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Related Topix: Investment Banking, Financial Services, Goldman Sachs Group, Investment Services, Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance

Sat Oct 24, 2009

Bloomberg Business News

Fidelity Offers Clients Online Equity Trading for International Shares

Fidelity Investments, the worlda s largest mutual fund manager, is offering online trading for international stocks as it advises investors to keep as much as 30 percent of their equity holdings outside the U.S. Individual investors can use the system to trade in 12 foreign markets in eight currencies, James Burton , president of Fidelitya s retail ...

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Investment Services

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Financial Planning

BlackRock's Larry Fink Tells Industry to Take Responsibility

BlackRock Inc.'s chairman Laurence Fink said the U.S. economy will experience slow growth in the near-term but also chided the financial services industry for its role in the recent recession.

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Related Topix: Financial Services, Investment Services, New York Metro

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