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Laurence Fink, Chairman and CEO of Blackrock Inc., gestures at the session 'The Global Economic Outlook' in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos January 24, 2015. More than 1,500 business leaders and 40 heads of state or government attend the Jan. 21-24 meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) to network and discuss big themes, from the price of oil to the future of the Internet. This year they are meeting in the midst of upheaval, with security forces on heightened alert after attacks in Paris, the European Central Bank considering a radical government bond-buying programme and the safe-haven Swiss franc rocketing. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich (SWITZERLAND - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS) - RTR4MQGZ

BlackRock plans on speaking to gun makers “to understand their response” to the Florida school schootings.

The Trump administration wants more people to work for food stamps.

EQT closes eight fund on 10.75 bln euros hard cap.

How gargantuan can private equity get?

Britain’s Stobart is considering a bid for airline Flybe.

Private equity: overvalued and overrated?

Actor Brendan Fraser alleges ex-Golden Globes president assaulted him.

CVC weighs IPO for Italian company Stage Entertainment.

Palantir Technologies Inc. must turn over internal files to one of its early investors who accuses the firm of blocking his efforts to sell his shares.

Photo: Laurence Fink, Chairman and CEO of Blackrock Inc., gestures at the session ‘The Global Economic Outlook’ in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos January 24, 2015. Reuters/Ruben Sprich