Insights and Stories of Sybille De La Hamaide

May. 25, 2011 at 5:29 pm CDT

A global effort has eradicated the cattle disease rinderpest, which caused the starvation of millions of people, making it the second disease after smallpox to be wiped out by humankind, says the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). Rinderpest, known before the Roman era and also called “cattle plague,” did […]

By Sybille De La Hamaide

Dec. 23, 2010 at 4:42 pm CST

(Reuters) — Small and medium-sized grain trading houses will have a tougher time getting loans after lenders were caught by the disappearance of grains in Russia said to have cost Swiss banks over US$100 million. Financial institutions will demand more guarantees from companies before getting credit — even when they […]

By Sybille De La Hamaide