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Bayer warns that the costs of its settlement over claims its Roundup weedkiller causes cancer would be higher

Bayer takes €9.25 billion writedown

Business • 03 Nov 20

Bayer said in April it has been served with cases from 52,500 US plaintiffs who blame Roundup and other glyphosate-based weedkillers for their cancer

Bayer makes progress in settlement talks over Roundup

Business • 25 May 20

Bayer is widely expected to eventually settle to buy itself out of the glyphosate litigation wave

Number of glyphosate plaintiffs jumps to 42,700 - Bayer

Business • 30 Oct 19

The wave of lawsuits has crashed onto Bayer since its takeover of US seeds and pesticides maker Monsanto last year for $63 billion

Bayer facing 18,400 US cases over glyphosate

Business • 30 Jul 19

Bayer paid $63 billion for Monsanto last year

US judge slashes Roundup jury award to $25.3m

Business • 16 Jul 19

Bayer said in a statement that it was disappointed with the Roundup verdict and would appeal

Bayer stock falls on $2 billion award in Roundup trial

Business • 14 May 19

Bayer has seen about €30 billion wiped off its market value since August

Bayer gets Monsanto profit boost but legal burden grows

Business • 25 Apr 19

Hoping to ditch Monsanto's reputation, Bayer has said it plans to drop the name from its products

Five things to know about Bayer and Monsanto

Business • 20 Mar 19

A wave of lawsuits has put pressure on Bayer since its $63-billion takeover of Roundup maker Monsanto last year

Investors flee Bayer after second Roundup trial blow

Business • 20 Mar 19

Roundup Pro 360 is banned in France from today

France bans weed-killer after court ruling

Europe • 15 Jan 19

In 2015, the cancer unit of the WHO classified glyphosate as 'probably carcinogenic to humans'

US judge upholds Monsanto verdict but slashes award

World • 23 Oct 18

Bayer shares plunge 14% after Roundup cancer trial

Business • 13 Aug 18

Russia's competition regulator has approved Bayer's planned takeover of Monsanto

Russian nod moves Bayer closer to Monsanto deal

Business • 20 Apr 18

The Bayer-Monsanto deal would create a company with a share of over a quarter of the world's seed and pesticides market

Bayer reaches deal with US for approval to buy Monsanto

Business • 10 Apr 18

The Bayer-Monsanto deal is set to create a company with control of more than a quarter of the world's seed and pesticides market

Bayer wins EU approval for $62.5 billion Monsanto buy

Business • 21 Mar 18

The proposed deal has triggered protests from environmental and farming groups worried about their market power

Bayer to win EU approval for $62 billion Monsanto deal

Business • 28 Feb 18

BASF is the world's third-largest maker of crop chemicals

BASF to buy seeds, herbicide businesses from Bayer

Business • 13 Oct 17

Monsanto reaffirms its ongoing earnings per share target and raised its gross profit outlook for its seeds and genomics unit

Monsanto profit tops expectations on soybean sales

Business • 28 Jun 17

Monsanto is in the process of being bought by Germany's Bayer for $66 billion.

Monsanto posts better than expected jump in Q2 profit

Business • 05 Apr 17

Bayer wants to combine its crop chemicals business with Monsanto's industry leading seeds business

Bayer confirms $66 billion takeover of Monsanto

Business • 14 Sep 16

Bayer said it is now willing to offer over $65 billion to acquire the world's largest seeds company

Bayer sweetens Monsanto bid as talks continue

Business • 06 Sep 16

Monsanto said Bayer's bid of $125 per share was 'financially inadequate' to ensure a deal

Monsanto calls Bayer's raised bid 'insufficient'

Business • 19 Jul 16

Bayer sweetens its $64 billion bid for Monsanto

Bayer sweetens offer for hesitant Monsanto

Business • 15 Jul 16

Monsanto has reported lower-than-expected quarterly sales for the sixth quarter in a row

Monsanto talks on 'alternative strategic options'

Business • 29 Jun 16

Monsanto last night rejected the $62 billion takeover bid by Germany's Bayer as too low

Monsanto rejects Bayer bid as 'inadequate'

Business • 25 May 16

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