Bay or a german corporate heavyweight under pressure and 21000 its blockbuster merger with u. S. Rival monsanto has seemingly backfired. Its facing one of the deepest crises of its 155 year history. Of bombings and fortunes Krista Bauman and his colleagues on the board miscalculated the risks they should have said no the deal is off do you need to shorten it at the center of the controversy the week killer roundup and its active ingredient life did monsanto conceal the health risks as lawsuits maintained monsanto effectively made a business out of poisoning people and getting away with it. Although u. S. Courts have already ruled against bayer ordering it to pay more than 2000000000. 00 in damages it insists life is it is safe round up does not cause cancer. Beyers annual Shareholders Meeting in april 2900 a day. Of reckoning for c. E. O. V on up all mon and Supervisory Board chairman vai on a venom they are stock price has fallen nearly 50 percent since its acquisition of seed in chem
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A say in that transformations its by no means clear whether that was legal or not. D. D. Financial oman missed a bomb on thought he could transplant buyers good reputation over to monsanto by covering up its name with buyers but it wasnt that easy and now unfortunately monsanto has arrived in europe and germany. They are stock price and image have been weighed down by the negative Media Coverage in the u. S. But its head office insists thats not clouding business. Look we can all read about whats happening out there but i can tell you that in the house we know business is doing very well. The 1st quarter of 21000 went very well naturally the stock price isnt cause for celebration and that is primarily driven by the uncertainties arising from the legal disputes were facing in the us and. D. V. R. In was of course we were aware that there was a problem with monsantos reputation and image we knew them well as our competitor but we also felt that we can handle that v. N. To justice and you
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