UPDATE 1-Blackrock to freeze global hiring for a few weeks - source <!-- no image --> <div>Blackrock, the world's largest asset manager, will freeze global hiring for "a few weeks," a source familiar with the situation said on condition of anonymity.<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=RFJJqw4RKcc:bJJV9D0VGfE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=RFJJqw4RKcc:bJJV9D0VGfE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=RFJJqw4RKcc:bJJV9D0VGfE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></a> <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?a=RFJJqw4RKcc:bJJV9D0VGfE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/reuters/UKBankingFinancial?i=RFJJqw4RKcc:bJJV9D0VGfE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/reuters/UKBankingFinancial/~4/RFJJqw4RKcc" height="1" width="1" alt=""></div> Posted by Reuters