By Donald Jeffries
BlackRock is the world’s largest asset manager, with $6.3 trillion of individual investments under its control. It has been dubbed by some as “the new Goldman Sachs.” Since 2004, BlackRock has hired a large number of former government officials and powerful bankers, leading to obvious potential conflicts of interest. CEO Larry Fink has ties to both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Former BlackRock executive Craig Phillips, now a Treasury Department official, has been leading the efforts to keep the investment fund’s trillions outside of Dodd-Frank regulations.
BlackRock, which also handles Mexico’s pension funds, has deep connections to the former Enrique Peña Nieto administration. BlackRock holds financial stakes in Mexico’s toll roads, hospitals, gas pipelines, prisons, and other infrastructure. Nieto opened up PEMEX, his country’s state-run oil monopoly, to private investment. BlackRock promptly secured $1 billion in energy projects. The son of
Potential family conflicts arise for Joe Biden and aides as his administration drafts new ethics rules Updated: December 14, 2020 Published December 14, 2020
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Print article The last time Joe Biden worked in the White House, his son-in-law Howard Krein mentioned that executives from his health-care start-up firm would be visiting Washington. The vice president promptly arranged a meeting between the group, which included Krein’s brother, Steven, and President Barack Obama in the Oval Office. “He knew about StartUp Health and was a big fan of it,” Howard Krein, the husband of Biden’s daughter Ashley, told the Philadelphia Business Journal in 2015. “He asked for Steve’s number and said, ‘I have to get them up here to talk with Barack.’
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there. with enough time and enough diligence you could actually probably put the entire pressure cooker back together. brown: we take a closer look at the interstate 5 bridge collapse in washington state and what it says about problems plaguing the nation s infrastructure. ifill: and margaret warner talks to richard haas about why he believes american foreign policy should start at home. brown: that s all ahead on tonight s newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: more than two years ago, the people of b.p. made a commitment to the gulf. and everyday since, we ve worked hard to keep it. today, the beaches and gulf are open for everyone to enjoy. we shared what we ve learned so we can all produce energy more safely. b.p. is also committed to america. we support nearly 250,000 jobs and invest more here than anywhere else. we re working to fuel america for generations to come. our commitment has never been stronger. i want to make things mor
in a black history month special, we spend the hour with legendary pianist randy weston. he has been a pioneering jazz musician incorporating the hair could of africa. we will speak about his collaboration with langston hughes, and we will talk but his friendship with afrobeat artist fela kuti. it has the rhythm from southern part of africa. democracy now! is looking for feedback from people who appreciate the closed captioning. email your comments to outreach@democracynow.org or mail them to democracy now! p.o. box 693, new york, ny 10013. from pacifica, this is democracy now! this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i want the melody to represent africa. randy weston for the hour. all that and more coming up. from pacifica, this is democracy now! i m amy goodman. the the financial times is announcing taxpayers will subsidize part of the summit owed by five leading banks to resolve claims over faulty foreclosures and mortgage practices. a c