The Latest Breaking News from BlackRock

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied 450 points Friday on strong retail sales data. Four key earnings reporters include Wells Fargo.

BlackRock, State Street and Bank of New York Mellon report earnings on Friday, as bank stocks slide on recession concerns.

Financial stocks have dropped, with the S&P 500 Financials Sector Index slumping 18% year to date.

When the investment firm BlackRock voted against an independent audit of the working conditions at Amazon's warehouses, it was relying on false and misleading information from the company, one activist group is arguing in a new complaint with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Someone with a lot of money to spend has taken a bearish stance on BlackRock (NYSE:BLK). And retail traders should know. We noticed this today when the big position showed up on publicly available options history that we track here at Benzinga.

In May, Elon Musk went on the warpath against the investment model known by the initials ESG, short for "environmental, social and governance" principles.

BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) has observed the following analyst ratings within the last quarter:

BlackRock's (NYSE:BLK) short percent of float has risen 8.28% since its last report. The company recently reported that it has 2.23 million shares sold short, which is 1.57% of all regular shares that are available for trading.

BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 2.94% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 9.41%. Currently, BlackRock has a market capitalization of $96.72 billion.

By funding and stocking products from Brazilian meat giant JBS, firms have also supported land-grabbing, investigation claims