Tag: agribusiness

  • Bayer clinches Monsanto with improved $66 billion bid

    NEW YORK/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German drug and crop chemical maker Bayer clinched a $66 billion takeover of U.S. seeds company Monsanto on Wednesday, ending months of wrangling with a third sweetened offer that marks the largest all-cash deal on record. The $128-a-share deal, up from Bayer's previous offer of $127.50 a share, has emerged as…