Conservation International swapped Bolivia's debt for rainforest protection
Conservation International bought Bolivia's discounted debt and forgave it in exchange for rainforest protection, creating the first debt-for-nature swap.
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Central Park turned its lamppost maintenance codes into a public wayfinding system, letting visitors locate themselves by reading the nearest post.
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China's insurance-plus-futures let corn farmers buy simple price insurance, while insurers and futures subsidiaries passed risk to the exchange.
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Li Hongzhang chartered China Merchants, a merchant-run firm backed by a state grain-tribute monopoly, to underprice foreign shipping lines and buy out rivals.
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LeMessurier found his finished Citicorp Center could collapse in a quartering wind, so he confessed to the client and secretly reinforced joints at night.
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