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Tuition increases discussed by the BOG Committee on Budget and Finance

Several UNC professional school programs will undergo significant tuition increases for the 2023-2024 academic year, according to the proposals presented to the UNC Board of Governors Committee on Budget and Finance Wednesday morning.

The committee reviewed proposals for capital improvement projects and next year’s tuition and fees.

What’s new?

  • UNC System Senior Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer Jennifer Haygood presented the proposed tuition and fee increases across System institutions.
    • UNC has proposed significant tuition increases for professional school programs for the upcoming academic year.
      • The largest jump is a $10,000 increase for both resident and nonresident graduate
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A net-zero world could generate $10.3 trillion by 2050, new report finds

The green transition could spur huge economic gains as the world looks to curb climate change, a new report finds.

A study from Oxford Economics and Arup estimated that green industries could add $10.3 trillion to the world’s economy — or 5.2% of global GDP — by 2050 under a net-zero scenario.

The report made the case that governments and businesses, under increasing pressure from costly climate-related weather events, may begin to see a rapid transition away from fossil fuels as a net positive as well as a way to avoid climate disruptions.

“Fear is a compelling reason to act

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How Serious Are Sam Bankman-Fried’s Alleged Campaign-Finance Violations?

In late November, Sam Bankman-Fried, the co-founder of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX and the trading firm Alameda Research, gave one of his first interviews since FTX filed for bankruptcy protection. He made some remarkably unguarded comments, indicating that the political implications of his actions might be much broader than previously thought. In recent years, Bankman-Fried had become one of the Democratic Party’s most prominent donors: during the last election cycle alone, he gave a reported forty million dollars to campaigns and political groups that were mostly Democratic. This past spring, he said that he could potentially spend between a hundred

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BlackRock plans to lay off 500 workers after last year’s market downturn

BlackRock (BLK), the world’s largest asset manager, will lay off about 500 employees — or roughly 3% of its workforce — according to an internal email seen by Yahoo Finance.

The investment giant joins a growing number of Wall Street firms trimming their headcount after last year’s market rout and as Corporate America ramps up hiring freezes and job cuts.

“This week, after meaningful head count growth in recent years, we are making some changes to the size and shape of our workforce,” CEO Larry Fink and BlackRock president Rob Kapito said in a memo sent to staff on Wednesday.

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The harsh reality for investors eyeing tech stocks in 2023

This article first appeared in the Morning Brief. Get the Morning Brief sent directly to your inbox every Monday to Friday by 6:30 am ET. Subscribe

Monday, January 2, 2023

Today’s newsletter is by Brian Sozzian editor-at-large and anchor at Yahoo Finance. Follow Sozzi on Twitter @BrianSozzi and on LinkedIn. Read this and more market news on the go with Yahoo Finance App.

Yes, markets are closed today.

So you are probably wondering why I’m delivering a Morning Brief newsletter directly to your inbox.

The answer to that question is simple: If you are not seeking to

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J. McCann & Co. Ltd – RoSPA Workplace Safety Weblog

To win a RoSPA Nicely being and Safety Award is by no means a simple feat. Remaining yr alone, we obtained close to 2,000 entries from all through the globe. To realize one gold achievement McCann Masters 2018

award is a inconceivable accolade to your group… nonetheless, to proceed that profitable streak yr after yr is superb. In 2019, Nottingham based civil and electrical engineering company J. McCann & Co. Ltd did merely that and achieved their fourth RoSPA Gold Achievement Award (they often couldn’t be further delighted).McCann info

An Achievement Award actually is the accolade that safety professionals all through all industries aspire

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The Blue Monday Delusion – RoSPA Workplace Safety Weblog

‘Blue Monday’ won’t be supported by arduous proof, nonetheless despair and completely different psychological nicely being factors are an precise concern throughout the workplace.

Sooner than 2005 no-one talked about Blue Monday.

The reason for it is as a result of the idea that the third Monday throughout the month of January, later dubbed ‘Blue Monday’, was invented in a press launch 15 years up to now. The tactic used to develop the thought has since come beneath quite a few scrutiny, nonetheless no matter this, a lot of individuals do bear with their psychological nicely being in the midst

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Make nicely being and safety your excessive priority in 2020 – RoSPA Workplace Safety Weblog

Warren Buffett, who was simply these days named as a result of the fourth wealthiest explicit particular person on this planet, as quickly as acknowledged:

“It takes 20 years to assemble a fame and 5 minutes to spoil it. Should you contemplate that, you might do points differently.”

That’s good advice that could be utilized to many factors of life, however it’s totally true as regards to nicely being and safety.

When an accident occurs there are actually measurable outlays: hurt to instruments, lack of earnings and sick days attributable to accidents. There are moreover intangible costs equivalent to

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