Seychelles for sale: Island nation sets up two protected marine zones in exchange for international debt relief – Telegraph.co.uk

It sounds like a far-fetched concept from a movie – an ecological project which sees a remote country trade some of its unspoiled “terrain” for a financial aid package that is backed by four of the planet’s most significant economies and a world-famous film star. But the plan which is currently taking shape in the…

Seychelles preserves swathes of marine territory in debt-for-nature deal – Reuters

VICTORIA (Reuters) – The island nation of Seychelles designated some of its fragile coastal areas for protection from commercial fishing, oil exploration and development this week in return for a novel deal relieving it of part of its sovereign debt. The Indian Ocean island, rich in underwater reefs and postcard-perfect beaches, defaulted on its debt…

Spitting chips: Sydney casino LOSES cheques worth $7m after Chinese high roller fails to pay huge gambling debt – Daily Mail

By Stephen Gibbs for Daily Mail Australia Published: 17:09 AEDT, 22 February 2018 | Updated: 21:42 AEDT, 22 February 2018 e-mail 24 View comments Sydney’s Star casino lost or destroyed two cheques totaling $7million it was given as security by a high-rolling Chinese gambler. The casino admitted in the New South Wales Supreme Court the…

Achillion Announces Restructuring to Advance Corporate Strategy; Announces 2017 Fourth Quarter and Full Year … – GlobeNewswire (press release)

Corporate restructuring expected to enable Achillion to focus on goal of advancing its clinical and late-stage preclinical portfolio while maintaining a strong balance sheet Joseph Truitt, Chief Operating Officer, promoted to President of Achillion Achillion seeking to generate additional datasets with ACH-4471 in both C3G and PNH programs in 2018  Conference call scheduled for today…