NEW YORK (Reuters) - Merrill Lynch & Co Inc (MER.N: Quote , Profile , Research ) may not want to sell its $10 billion stake in top performing money manager BlackRock Inc (BLK.N: Quote , Profile , Research ). But it may have no alternative. The No. 3 ...

The Teacher Retirement System of Texas will invest $250 million in a new mortgage-linked debt fund from BlackRock Inc., one of the world's largest money managers. The BlackRock fund contains $15.5 billion in loans the company bought in May from ...