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The Center for Real Estate at UNC Charlotte has entered into an agreement with the CCIM Institute that will allow graduates of UNC Charlotte’s M.B.A. program with a concentration in real estate to receive credit towards the CCIM (Certified Commercial Investment Member) designation. Individuals designated as CCIM are recognized experts in the disciplines of commercial […]

Tony Crumbley, a 1972 graduate of the Belk College of Business and vice president for research with the Charlotte Chamber, recently posted an article entitled “Charlotte’s Positive Economic Indicators” on the Chamber website. To read the full article, click here: Charlotte Chamber. Tony is a past president of the UNC Charlotte Alumni Association and is […]

A group of 22 Belk College M.B.A. students visited Argentina recently as part of the M.B.A. Program’s annual international study tour course. Dr. Jim Nebus, assistant professor of management, was the faculty leader for the tour. The course was centered around an eight-day trip to Buenos Aires, wherethe studentsvisited and met with leaders fromTelefonica (a […]

The Belk College of Business at UNC Charlotte and the Wang Yana Institute for Studies in Economics at Xiamen University hosted an International Symposium on Risk Management and Derivatives July 4-6 in Xiamen, China. Dr. Steven Ott, director of the Center for Real Estate and the John Crosland Jr. Professor of Real Estate, was a […]

Two of the nation’s top experts in business ethics and a retired executive from the Federal Reserve Bank will be the keynote speakers at an upcoming UNC Charlotte conference on “Business Ethics and the Credit Crisis.” Jeff Kane, the UNC Charlotte Trustee who recently retired from the Federal Reserve Bank as head of the Charlotte […]

The North Carolina economy declined by 0.3 percent during 2008 and is expected to fall another 1.8 percent in 2009, UNC Charlotte economist John Connaughton reported today in his quarterly economic forecast for the state. However, Gross State Product (GSP) should begin to stabilize during second quarter and may signal a technical end to the […]

Ninth Annual Five Ventures® Business Plan Competition Begins Charlotte Research Institute Issues the Call for Entries The Charlotte Research Institute at UNC Charlotte has launched its 2010 Five Ventures® Business Plan Competition with a call for business plan entries. Local entrepreneurs throughout the Southeast region can now submit executive summaries in order to compete for […]

David Hauser, M.B.A. ’77, has been named chairman and CEO of Charlotte-based FairPoint Communications, the nation’s eighth-largest telephone company. Hauser, who will begin his new role July 1, previously had been chief financial officer at Duke Energy Corp. At FairPoint, he replaces a fellow Belk College alumnus, Gene Johnson ’73, who is retiring. Both Hauser […]

Carol Swartz, clinical professor of economics in the Belk College of Business, is helping readers of the Charlotte Observer maneuver through the current economic uncertainty as an advisor to the paper’s column and blog, “The Squeeze.” Moderated by Observer reporter Peter St. Onge, “The Squeeze” analyzes economic data and trends and shares stories of people […]

North Carolina’s economic expansion expected to continue through 2007