Monsanto

ST. LOUIS A federal grand jury this week added new charges against a former Monsanto employee of stealing trade secrets on behalf of a controversial Chinese government talent recruiting program. The indictment, unsealed Thursday, mirrors that of a criminal c…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Chinese national who worked for Monsanto before it was purchased by Bayer AG was indicted on Thursday on charges of stealing trade secrets, the U.S. Justice Department said. Haitao Xiang, 42, who was employed by Monsanto from 2008 t…

A Canadian law firm has filed a $500 million class-action lawsuit against Monsanto and its owner Bayer. It says they’ve been acting with reckless disregard for the safety of Canadians by selling weed killer Roundup. According to the firm Diamond & Diamo…

Lawyers in British Columbia, Ontario and Alberta have launched a $500-million class-action lawsuit against the makers of the herbicide Roundup for allegedly withholding information that the product causes cancer. Lawyers in Vancouver, Toronto and in Edmonton…

Ex-Monsanto Researcher Accused of Taking Trade Secrets to China

Senator Marco Rubio on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 29, 2019. (Joshua Roberts/Reuters) Senator Rubio is exploring how levers of policy affect market conditions and behaviors, a discussion that is stretching the Rights traditional vocabulary.Deep…

Belleville hardware store faces Roundup lawsuit

New Delhi: Bayer CropScience Ltd on Tuesday reported a marginal increase in consolidated net profit at Rs 169.8 crore for the second quarter of this fiscal. Its net profit stood at Rs 166.8 crore in the year-ago period, the company said in a regulatory filin…

In a compelling interview with France 24, Vandana Shiva, environmental activist and anti-globalization author, reveals the nefarious influence multinational corporations like Monsanto have on agriculture. Rather than helping farmers to grow their land, the co…

The recent gathering of the Kirkwood Historical Society touched upon a notable life with which few STLers are familiar: That of William Standish Knowles, who won a Nobel Prize in chemistry in 2001 while working for Monsanto Co. Knowles helped discover the c…