Monsanto

The controversial agricultural company Monsanto, acquired last June by Bayer, has become synonymous with genetically modified food. Visual: Michael B. Thomas/AFP/Getty Images VIEWPOINTS: Partner content, op-eds, and Undark editorials. I…

Bayer (OTCPK:BAYRY) shares surged 7.7% overnight in Frankfurt after activist investor Elliot Advisors revealed a $1.1B stake in the embattled company, which faces more than 13,000 separate lawsuits and billions in potential fines and settlements. It follows …

(Bloomberg) -- Bayer AG surged as Elliott Management Corp. disclosed a 1.1 billion euro ($1.3 billion) stake and said the company could unlock about 30 billion euros in shareholder value once it puts litigation over its Roundup weedkiller to rest. Bayers mov…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - To the Democrats running for president of the United States, corporations charge too much for medicines and other critical goods, do not pay enough in taxes and repay bailouts by taking jobs overseas. Democratic 2020 presidential cand…

San Fransisco-based Juul and other e-cigarette companies were given a swift kick in the stones today by the Golden Gate City as San Francisco became the first city in the United States to ban the sale of electronic cigarettes within its borders. From The Ne…

By Lambert Strether of Corrente Fun-loving readers, I noted Hopelb’s comment on Victory Gardens (June 9 on a Midwest flooding post), and thought I’d put together a potted history of Victory Gardens with some remarks on climate change, with one or two Worl…

EVERETT, Mass. At 10 a.m. Sunday, amid fanfare and tourists angling to see it, Encore Boston Harbor the largest casino resort in the Northeast and likely its most luxurious opens in this industrial city on the north lip of Boston, on the former site of a Mons…

Heads Up! US GMO Wheat Outbreak Could Cause Problems In Market Prices

Bayer AG has asked a California judge to overrule a $2 billion verdict by jurors who found the company’s glyphosate-based Roundup weed killer responsible for a couple’s cancer, arguing the jury decision was not supported by evidence. The German drugmaker and…

REUTERS: Bayer AG has asked a California judge to overrule a US$2 billion verdict by jurors who found the company's glyphosate-based Roundup weed killer responsible for a couple's cancer, arguing the jury decision was not supported by evidence. The German dr…