Tag: largest-seed
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Bayer sweetens Monsanto bid as talks enter final stretch
German pharmaceutical and crops manufacturer Bayer AG said on Monday that its negotiations with Monsanto Co had advanced, and it was now willing to offer more than $65 billion to acquire the world's largest seed company. Bayer's announcement came as the gap in price expectations between the two companies has narrowed significantly, although important terms,…
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Bayer sweetens Monsanto bid as talks enter final stretch
German pharmaceutical and crops manufacturer Bayer AG said on Monday that its negotiations with Monsanto Co had advanced, and it was now willing to offer more than $65 billion to acquire the world's largest seed company. Bayer's announcement came as the gap in price expectations between the two companies has narrowed significantly, although important terms,…
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Conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly dead at 92
By Bill Trott WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Phyllis Schlafly, who became a “founding mother” of the modern U.S. conservative movement by battling feminists in the 1970s and working tirelessly to defeat the Equal Rights Amendment, died on Monday at the age of 92, her Eagle Forum group said. Schlafly, who lived in the St. Louis suburb…
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World will miss education-for-all target by 50 years: U.N.
By Emma Batha LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – The world is set to miss by more than half a century a deadline for ensuring all children receive secondary education, the United Nations said on Tuesday, adding that 40 percent of pupils are being taught in a language that is not their mother tongue. World leaders…
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Bayer sweetens offer for Monsanto
(Reuters) – German drugmaker Bayer AG said on Monday it was in advanced talks to acquire Monsanto Co and was raising its offer for the U.S. seed producer. Bayer said it would be prepared to offer $127.50 per Monsanto share from its previous offer price of $125 per share only in connection with a negotiated…