BlackRock profit jumps 10 percent on stock funds' strength

... fund assets were $421.1 billion. "We are committed to improving performance" in active management of U.S. mutual funds, Fink said on the call. Shares of BlackRock rose 1.5 percent at $257.77 in early Tuesday trading. The stock has risen 23 percent ...

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