Pragmatic purchaser

Article Abstract:

Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) Fund Manager Robert Walden is responsible for the 13 billion pound sterling pension fund. The fund has made a 9.6% total return during since it was initiated in 1992. Walden plans to increase his 800 million pounds sterling investment in retail property by around 4% in 1997. He had hoped to add to USS's property portfolio by purchasing The Gyle shopping centre in Edinburgh, Scotland and Fort Retail Park in Birmingham, England but both were sold to other interested parties. Walden also has plans to increase USS's acquisition of industrial property.

United Kingdom, Officials and employees, Interview, Pension funds, Financial institutions, Walden, Robert, Universities Superannuation Scheme

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EPA in limelight at WEFTEC meeting

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The Water Environment Federation's 69th annual meeting and exposition held in Dallas focussed on the role of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in water and wastewater management. EPA aims at reducing risks to human health and environment by managing resources to ensure safe drinking water. The recycled water is used in zoos for moats and pools for certain plants and animals. The consumers use treated wastewater for drinking purposes as it gets injected into aquifers. Privatization of municipal water treatment and supply and the use of reclaimed water were also discussed.

Management, Reports, United States. Environmental Protection Agency, Water, Recycling (Waste, etc.), Recycling

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An episode of rapid bedrock channel incision during the last glacial cycle, measured with [.sup.10Be]

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Studies reveal that cosmogenic dating gives evidence that episodes of rapid incision into bedrock are tied to glacial cycles and changes in global climate . Perceiving when, where and why rivers incise has important implications for the connectivity of terrains and evolution of landscapes as river incision into bedrock transmits the effects of changing climate and tectonics through fluvial networks to hillslopes.

Influence, Climatic changes, Climate change, Rivers, Glacial climates, Climate cycles

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