Blackrock

Stuyvesant Town, Peter Cooper Village Real Estate Deal May Flop; Tishman Speyer Properties, BlackRock Realty Advisors Paid $5.4 Billion In Record Sale

AP | DAVID B. CARUSO | Posted 10.26.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — It was the most expensive real estate deal in U.S. history. Now it's poised to become one of the biggest flops. At the height of the...

Warning to the Boss: Think of Having Sex with Your Employee as the Same as Incest!

Stephen Viscusi | Posted 10.06.2009 | Business


Stephen Viscusi

Bosses..does that make the point any easier to remember? At least once a month, I get a call from a TV producer or reporter, who is covering a stor...

BlackRock Opens Fund To Buy Troubled Assets In PPIP

nytimes.com | MICHAEL J. De La MERCED | Posted 08.27.2009 | Business


Here is the latest pitch from Wall Street: those troubled assets at the banks could turn out to be gold for you. That is the line from BlackRock, t...

Our Loss is BlackRock's Gain

Robert Scheer | Posted 06.19.2009 | Business


Robert Scheer

How much do you know about the BlackRock hedge fund? Better bone up fast, now that the folks at BlackRock are calling the shots in the government's trillion-dollar bailout program.

BlackRock Faces Off Against BNY Mellon For Biggest Money Manager

Bloomberg | Christopher Condon and Sree Vidya Bhaktavatsalam | Posted 06.18.2009 | Business


May 18 (Bloomberg) -- BlackRock Inc. and Bank of New York Mellon Corp. are competing to become the world's biggest money manager as stock markets show...

Man Who Promoted Toxic Investments Poised To Redeem Himself

Fortune | Katrina Brooker | Posted 11.30.2008 | Business


But before anyone organizes a ticker-tape parade for Fink, keep in mind that 25 years ago he was an early and vigorous promoter of the CMO (collateral...

BlackRock Profits At Bear's Expense

New York Post | ZACHERY KOUWE | Posted 04.02.2008 | Business


BlackRock boss Larry Fink may want to thank the Federal Reserve for handing him a fistful of new business yesterday. As part of JPMorgan's sweetened ...

BlackRock Names Ex-Merrill CEO Thain To Board

AP | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business


BlackRock Inc. named Merrill Lynch & Co. Chief Executive John A. Thain to its board, the investment manager said Wednesday. Thain, who left NYSE Euro...