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Mercer analysts attribute the developments mainly to the collapse of the equity market, in which many U.S. pension plans are invested. But pension funds are being hit on the other side of their balance sheet as well, as declining yields on Treasury bonds swell the size of their pension fund liabilities...
...originated loans by banks and mortgage lenders provided the loans carry rates of 4.5% or less. Proponents of the plan say the plan would be costless, and might even turn a profit. That's because based on current Treasury bond yields, the government can borrow money at 2.7% to fund the program, pocketing a profit...
Bank of America announced yesterday that it will donate $1.2 million to the Harvard University Center for the Environment over the next three years in order to fund research into carbon capture and storage. The bank is partnering with the Center for the Environment as part of its ten-year, $20-billion plan to support environmentally-oriented innovation by investing in renewable energy and financing sustainable construction. The grant will allow the center to step up its research efforts into carbon capture as part of Harvard’s Climate Solutions Program. Carbon capture and storage is the practice...
...stigma on campus toward non-traditional careers. There’s just an absence of validation. If sticking the Harvard name next to a non-traditional career allows students to suddenly take their passions seriously, let’s keep offering these programs.” FUNDING THE FOODThe climate for food appreciation on campus has changed within the last two decades, but new student groups and a program at OCS alone may not be enough to consider the culinary arts sufficiently integrated at the University. Lack of funding for culinary opportunities may undermine OCS’s attempt...
...priority is alternative social space,” said Flores, who outlined her plan to rent out the center with money from the UC’s party fund that had been redirected to upperclass House Committees last spring...