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Bayer to Buy Monsanto Creating World’s Largest Seed and Pesticide Company

Bayer to Buy Monsanto Creating World’s Largest Seed and Pesticide Company

Monsanto has finally agreed to be purchased by Bayer AG in a historic $66 billion all-cash takeover. The agreement, which both corporations have confirmed, will form the largest seed and pesticide company in the world. The German pharmaceuticals and chemicals giant had been courting the St. Louis-based seed maker for roughly four months, with the […]

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    Bayer to Buy Monsanto Creating World’s Largest Seed and Pesticide Company

    Bayer to Buy Monsanto Creating World’s Largest Seed and Pesticide Company

    Monsanto has finally agreed to be purchased by Bayer AG in a historic $66 billion all-cash takeover. The agreement, which both corporations have confirmed, will form the largest seed and pesticide company in the world. The German pharmaceuticals and chemicals giant had been courting the St. Louis-based seed maker for roughly four months, with the […]

    Will Americans Allow Public Water to Be Privatized?

    Will Americans Allow Public Water to Be Privatized?

    Food & Water Watch By Elizabeth Schuster Monday, I participated in a meeting hosted by the White House Council on Environmental Quality and the Environmental Protection Agency on financing water infrastructure.   Photo courtesy of Shutterstock Although I applaud the administration’s efforts to convene a discussion about the enormous need to invest in our nation’s […]