@C.Douglas @Matthew interesting that both the NYT and WSJ stories on BlackRock did not mention this relationship, reported by the NYT last month:

BlackRock CEO Fink is key Summers adviser

Maybe it's not accurate?

the BlackRock stories:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/19/busines...
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124269131...