EM ASIA DEBT-Indonesia, Philippine bonds rally to record highs (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)

HONG KONG, Oct 8 (Reuters) – Indonesian and Philippine bonds hit record highs on Thursday and the cost of insuring their debt tumbled after a surprise profit announcement from aluminum maker Alcoa Inc stoked investors’ appetite for risky assets.

Going Green to Get Out of Debt (ABC News)

ABC’s Jerika Richardson reports from New York: In an effort to help save some of the world’s disappearing tropical forests the United States is offering Indonesia some much needed debt relief. Today, the Indonesian government signed a “debt-for-nature swap agreement”…

US to reduce Indonesian debt by $30 million in exchange for forest …

US cuts Indonesian debt for forest protectionJAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia committed to the conservation of its dwindling tropical forests in a multimillion dollar debt-swap deal signed Tuesday with the American government, …