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28.01.26 - 14:33
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Cellares Raises $257 Million Series D Led by BlackRock and Eclipse to Industrialize Global Cell Therapy Manufacturing with Breakthrough Automation (Business Wire)
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New investors include T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc., Baillie Gifford, Duquesne Family Office, Intuitive Ventures, EDBI, and Gates Frontier
Funding enables global commercial launch and unconstrained supply of cell therapies, expanding access to hundreds of thousands of patients annually
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cellares, the first Integrated Development and Manufacturing Organization (IDMO), today announced a $257 million Series D financing co‑led by investment funds managed by BlackRock and Eclipse, bringing the company's total capital raised to $612 million.
The Series D adds a new group of leading global investors, including accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc., Baillie Gifford, Duquesne Family Office, Intuitive Ventures, EDBI, and Gates Frontier, alongside continued participation from existing backers DC Global Ventures, DFJ Growth, and Willett Advisors.
“Cellares is building the high-tech, industrial backbone required for cell therapy t...
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27.01.26 - 22:21
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BlackRock Elects Gregg Lemkau to Board of Directors (Business Wire)
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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Board of Directors (“Board”) of BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) has elected Gregg R. Lemkau, Co-Chief Executive Officer of BDT & MSD Partners, to the BlackRock Board. Mr. Lemkau joins the Board today as an independent director.
Laurence D. Fink, Chairman and CEO of BlackRock, said: “Gregg has positioned himself throughout his career as a trusted advisor and skilled investor with uniquely broad and deep expertise across markets and cycles. Throughout his career, Gregg has served as a long-term partner to entrepreneurs and some of the world's largest, most complex organizations at their most critical junctures. His extensive financial, investment, and capital markets experience will be invaluable in helping BlackRock and the Board execute on its next phase of growth.”
BlackRock's approach to board composition emphasizes the importance of deep industry expertise as well as unique perspectives from various sectors to support the firm's future growth. With Mr. Lemkau's el...
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26.01.26 - 14:42
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US Snow Storm Disrupts Flights, Travel & Power | The Pulse 1/26 (Bloomberg)
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"The Pulse With Francine Lacqua" is all about conversations with high profile guests in the beating heart of global business, economics, finance and politics. Based in London, we go wherever the story is, bringing you exclusive interviews and market-moving scoops.
Today's guests: Ursula Marchioni, EMEA Head of Investment and Portfolio Solutions, BlackRock; Mujtaba Rahman, Europe Managing Director, Eurasia Group; Huw van Steenis, Partner and Vice Chair, Oliver Wyman. (Source: Bloomberg)...
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25.01.26 - 07:09
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Escobar: The Real "Rupture" In Davos (ZeroHedge)
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Escobar: The Real "Rupture" In Davos
Authored by Pepe Escobar,
Whatever the barbarians may be potting, the fact that matters is that China is already deep into the next phase, where it is expected to replace the United States as the world's primary consumer market.
The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born: now is the time of monsters.
Antonio Gramsci
Davos 2026 was a demented kaleidoscope. The only possible way to wallow through the mire was to put on the headphones and resort to the Band of Gypsys smashing sonic barriers, and drowning a frankly terrifying series of events, including a Palantir-BlackRock connection, Big Tech meets Big Finance; the “Master Plan” for Gaza; and the acute discombobulation in neo-Caligula's rant, here in the 3-minute version.
Then there was what the fragmented West's mainstream media erected as a visionary speech: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's mini-opus magnum, complete with a – what else – Thucydides quote ...
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23.01.26 - 22:30
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See A K-shaped Credit Market: Steven Oh (Bloomberg)
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Kathy Jones, Chief Fixed Income Strategist at the Schwab Center for Financial Research and Russ Brownback, Deputy CIO of Global Fixed Income at BlackRock tell Bloomberg that while concerns about US fiscal deficits and inflation could weigh on Treasury demand over the long run, they don't see an imminent risk of a mass selloff. Jones says Treasuries remain difficult to replace at scale, even as geopolitical tensions and policy uncertainty may push investors to demand higher yields over time. Brownback adds the US is not near a solvency or systemic tipping point. They joined the conversation on "Bloomberg Real Yield" with Scarlet Fu. (Source: Bloomberg)...
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23.01.26 - 22:18
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Treasuries Not Near Solvency Tipping Point: Brownback (Bloomberg)
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Kathy Jones, Chief Fixed Income Strategist at the Schwab Center for Financial Research and Russ Brownback, Deputy CIO of Global Fixed Income at BlackRock tell Bloomberg that while concerns about US fiscal deficits and inflation could weigh on Treasury demand over the long run, they don't see an imminent risk of a mass selloff. Jones says Treasuries remain difficult to replace at scale, even as geopolitical tensions and policy uncertainty may push investors to demand higher yields over time. Brownback adds the US is not near a solvency or systemic tipping point. They joined the conversation on "Bloomberg Real Yield" with Scarlet Fu. (Source: Bloomberg)...
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