US - BlackRock has laid off 89 employees in San Francisco as a result of its merger with Barclays Global Investors (BGI), which the firm completed yesterday.
A source familiar with the firm said the laid off employees were from both BlackRock and BGI and were terminated because their services overlapped. The source could not say if the affected employee...
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