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Bayer AG is proposing to pay as much as $8 billion to settle more than 18,000 U.S. lawsuits alleging its Roundup herbicide causes cancer, according to people familiar with the negotiations. Though an agreement may not be imminent, if successful it would ease…

LONDON (Reuters) - Bayer (BAYGn.DE) shares soared as much as 11% on Friday on a Bloomberg report that the German company has proposed to pay $8 billion to settle more than 18,000 U.S. lawsuits on its glyphosate-based weedkiller Roundup case. The stock was o…

Bayer soars on report company proposes $8 billion Roundup settlement

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As an increasing number of hazardous chemicals are banned around the world, they remain legal in the US. Why are American regulators so slow to move, and who benefits from their inaction? Dozens of pesticides, up to 85 in total, approved for widespread agric…

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - US agrochemical corporation Monsanto, owned by Germany's Bayer pharmaceuticals, had a comprehensive strategy in place to target journalists and activists investigating instances where the company's products were found to cause cancer, The G…

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany’s Bayer (BAYGn.DE) said the next U.S. lawsuit scheduled to be heard over claims that its glyphosate-based weedkiller Roundup causes cancer would likely be postponed. Bayer, which acquired the weedkiller as part of its purchase …

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's Bayer said the next U.S. lawsuit scheduled to be heard over claims that its glyphosate-based weedkiller Roundup causes cancer would likely be postponed. Bayer, which acquired the weedkiller as part of its purc…

German companies Bayer and Lanxess announced on Tuesday that they will sell their stakes of chemicals firm Currenta, which they jointly own, to an Australian firm  for 3.5 billion euros ($3.92 billion). Currenta has chemical plants in Germany at Leverkusen, …