Invested in BlackRock's U. S. Debt Index Fund.

Invested in BlackRock's Equity Index Fund.

Invested in BlackRock's Extended Market Index Fund, which tracks the Dow Jones U. S. Completion TSM index.

Invested in BlackRock's EAFE Index Fund.

This acquisition added a sizable equity business to BlackRock's funds.

The failure of Dwelling House is the only bank failure in Pennsylvania -- a state otherwise relatively stable with banks — since the beginning of the financial crisis of 2007 – 2010, although two out-of-state banks with strong Pennsylvanian ties ( National City and Wachovia ) were reportedly close to failing at the time they were acquired by PNC and Wells Fargo, respectively.

The walls are held together with metal ties placed in the wet mortar as the walls are built.

Ismailis have marked the Jubilees of their Imāms with public celebrations, which are symbolic affirmations of the ties that link the Ismāʿīlī Imām and his followers.

There are close cultural ties between modern day Canada and the United States, advanced in large part because both nations predominately speak English.

There are also historical ties between the respective Francophone populations.

Vasea of Cyprus are broadly divided into two main ethnic communities, Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots, who share many customs but maintain distinct identities based on ethnicity, religion, language, and close ties with their respective motherlands.

While this prohibition remained in force in general throughout the middle and early modern ages, this is no longer the case and Western women are often seen wearing trousers, ties, and men's hats.

If two groups differ only in isotopes, atomic masses are used at each step to break ties in atomic number.

The Canadian Great Lakes region has similarities to that of the Upper Midwest & Great Lakes region and / or Yooper dialect ( in particular Michigan which has extensive cultural and economic ties with Ontario ), while the phonological system of western Canadian English is virtually identical to that of the Pacific Northwest of the United States, and the phonetics are similar.

There are approximately 15, 000-20, 000 Roma people with historical ties to Denmark, excluding recent immigrants and their immediate descendants.

Egypt and Sudan have enjoyed intimate and longstanding historical ties, seeing as they are each other's closest allies in the North African region.

The two countries are connected by various cultural ties, and political aspirations. Sudan showed great solidarity with Egypt in its Camp David peace initiatives with Israel in the late 1970s.

As part of its military ties with El Salvador, the ROC sold T-65 Assault Rifles to El Salvador during the 1970s and 1980s, which are used by the National Civilian Police, and trained Salvadorian military officers during the civil war.

After a high-level delegation to the Sudan from the Eritrean Ministry of Foreign Affairs ties are being normalized.

Israeli-Eritrean ties are complicated by Israel's close ties to Ethiopia, who have shared an unfriendly dyad with Eritrea for a long time.

There are strong historical and scientific ties between ecology, environmental management, and protection.

Towards the end, the alternates were very distant cousins counted in degrees of male descent ( but all that time, intermarriages occurred within the imperial house, thus they were close cousins if female ties are counted ).

There are also military ties between Afghanistan and India, which is expected to increase after the October 2011 strategic pact that was signed by President Karzai and Manmohan Singh.

The two countries are also economically interdependent: 8. 8 % of German exports are U. S .- bound and 6. 6 % of German imports originate from the U. S. Other signs of the close ties include the continuing position of German-Americans as the largest ethnic group in the U. S. and the status of Ramstein Air Base ( near Kaiserslautern ) as the largest U. S. military community outside the U. S.

They were: how strong is the area as an independent centre in its own right ; how strong are its ties to London ; and how strongly is it drawn outwards towards the country rather than inwards towards London.

Italy's closest trade ties are with the other countries of the European Union, with whom it conducts about 59 % of its total trade.

Both countries are characterized by their active role in the Asia-Pacific community, as well as a relationship consisting of important economic, political, and socio-cultural ties.

Historically, Jamaica has had close ties with the UK, but trade, financial, and cultural relations with the United States are now predominant.

Geopolitical benefits are evident because ties to Morocco means that an ally is established in Africa, in the Maghreb region, and among the Arab states.

Evidence of these ties are still evident in Vienna's great Schottenstift monastery, once home to many Irish monks.

Even so, Morgan found that members of a society may use what he called kinship terms ( which he considered to be based on genealogical ties ) without necessarily being biologically related, a fact already evident in his use of the term affinity within his concept of the system of kinship.

The growth of bilateral trade improved commercial and diplomatic ties between the two countries after the implementation of the U. S .- Singapore Free Trade Agreement and the growth in bilateral trade has been evident since the Free Trade Agreement became effective on 1 January 2004.

Nonetheless, the ties were evident.

The old slogan " The possibilities are infinite " can be found below the company's logo on major advertisements and ties in with the small logo above the letters J and I of the word Fujitsu.

On September 30, Eisner resigned both as an executive and as a member of the board of directors, and, severing all formal ties with the company, he waived his contractual rights to perks such as the use of a corporate jet and an office at the company's Burbank headquarters.

On September 30, Eisner resigned both as an executive and as a member of the board of directors, and, severing all formal ties with the company, he waived his contractual rights to perks such as use of a corporate jet, a Golden Pass and an office at the company's Burbank headquarters.

Halliburton has become the object of several controversies involving the 2003 Iraq War and the company's ties to former U. S. Vice President Dick Cheney.

TLC imports a significant amount of programming material from the United Kingdom ( such as Junkyard Wars ) mostly through its parent company's ties to the BBC.

These include: questions regarding Kerik's sale of stock in Taser International shortly before the release of an Amnesty International report critical of the company's stun-gun product ; a sexual harassment lawsuit ; an alleged affair with Judith Regan ; allegations of misuse of police personnel and property for personal benefit ; connections with a construction company suspected of having ties to organized crime ; and failure to comply with ethics rules on gifts.

Taylor became the company's fifth president and first non-family member to hold the position, although he does have ties to the family.

Hearst had previously been signed with MGM, but he ended his ties with the company after a dispute with the company's head producer Irving Thalberg over the treatment of Marion Davies ; Davies was a longtime mistress of Hearst, and was now struggling to draw box office success.

In 1981, the company's name was changed to Opera North, and the official ties with English National Opera ceased to exist.

In early July 2005, Weinstein became one of the first members of Adam Curry's PodShow and was featured heavily in the program, which aired on Sirius Satellite Radio from 6-10 p. m. EST on weekdays before the company's ties with the radio network were controversially severed on May 1, 2007.