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By Tina Bellon (Reuters) - A California judge on Thursday reduced a $2 billion (£1.6 billion) jury verdict, slashing the award for a couple who blamed Bayer AG's glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup for their cancer to $86.7 million (£69.6 m…

By Tina Bellon July 25 (Reuters) - A California judge on Thursday reduced a $2 billion jury verdict, slashing the award for a couple who blamed Bayer AG's glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup for their cancer to $86.7 million. Superior Court Judge Winifred …

Seed firm Monsanto India on July 24 posted a 15.11 per cent jump in net profit at Rs 76 crore for the first quarter of 2019-20 on higher sales. Net profit stood at Rs 66.02 crore in the corresponding quarter of the previous financial year, the company said in…

Bayer CropScience on July 23 reported a 60 per cent decline in net profit at Rs 59.3 crore for the first quarter ended June 30 on poor income. Net profit stood at Rs 147.2 crore in the same quarter last year, the company said in a regulatory filing. Total in…

Dan Barber thinks your vegetables are dumb. To be clear, he's a huge fan of veggies — Barber is a James Beard award-winning chef with two New York restaurants — but he believes most of them could be fresher, tastier, and more nutritious. In a recent editor…

ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Bayer AG (BAYGn.DE), facing an upcoming trial in St. Louis over allegations that its Roundup weed killer causes cancer, has recruited Missouri-based expert witnesses to make its case in a place where it has century-old roots but where ju…

Organic milk is now as readily available as conventional milk as more consumers and companies are recognizing its benefits and demand. A recent estimate by the USDA, says organic products are now available in nearly 20,000 natural food stores and nearly 3 of …

by Alex BillingtonJuly 18, 2019Source:YouTube "And on that note - we cue the music." They're back!! Who? Jay and Silent Bob, of course. Kevin Smith has directed a new Jay & Silent Bob movie, continuing their journey from Clerks (in 1994) to Jay and Silen…

A US judge on Monday slashed punitive damages a jury ordered Monsanto to pay in a Roundup cancer trial, saying the sum was too high despite the company's "reprehensible" conduct. US District Court Judge Vince Chhabria denied a request by Monsanto for a new t…

Judge Vince Chhabria said he was required to diminish the punitive damages because it went beyond constitutional limits set by the US Supreme Court. According to him, the higher award was “constitutionally impermissible” because it was nearly 15 times the com…