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No rush to settle Roundup lawsuits, Bayer CEO says LEVERKUSEN, Germany — German drugs and pesticides company Bayer worked on Thursday to quell expectations it was nearing an out-of-court settlement laying to rest claims its glyphosate-based weedkillers cause cancer.Bayer said after publishing its earnings outlook for 2020 it was in…

competitions Tough Mudder taken over by Spartan RaceTough Mudder Inc., the organizer of extreme obstacle races that was forced into bankruptcy by creditors, will be taken over by its main competitor, Spartan Race. Under a deal approved Tuesday in federal court in Wilmington, Spartan will pay $700,000 and assume as…

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By The Associated PressWed., Feb. 26, 2020timer1 min. readFRANKFURT - Bayer AG board chairman Werner Wenning is stepping down from his post at the drug and chemical company, which is facing a major legal battle over its Roundup weed killer.Wenning, who is 73, said he had planned to leave last…

The board chairman is stepping down at Germany's Bayer AG as the company faces legal claims in the US over a weed killer that plaintiffs say causes cancerFebruary 26, 2020, 5:10 PM2 min readFRANKFURT, Germany -- Bayer AG board chairman Werner Wenning is stepping down from his post at the…

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A jury on Saturday awarded US$ 250 million in punitive damages to a southeastern Missouri peach farmer who argued that weedkiller dicamba that had drifted onto his orchards from other farms had severely damaged his trees — an award that could bode well for over 140 other farmers suing the…

Published on Monday, February 17, 2020byGerman chemicals giant Bayer announced Monday its intention to "swiftly appeal" a U.S. jury's decision to award a Missouri peach farmer over $265 million in compensation for years of crop losses as a result of drifting dicamba weedkiller. The legal challenge was the first dicamba…

Published on Monday, February 17, 2020 by A federal jury determined that German agribusiness giants Bayer and BASF will have to pay $250 million in punitive damages to Bader Farms, the largest peach farm in Missouri, for damage caused by their dicamba-related products. The verdict comes at the end of…

A Missouri jury’s $265 million award to peach grower Bill Bader in his lawsuit against herbicide providers Bayer and BASF has raised the stakes for the two companies as at least 140 similar cases head to U.S. courts later this year. A jury in U.S. District Court in Cape Girardeau,…