Anger and uncertainty had buyers annual meeting putting the german chemical giant on the defensive the legal troubles of its recent acquisition monsanto have shareholders up in arms. And u. S. First quarter Economic Growth beats all expectations but investors were missed in their response the financial correspondent tells us why. Also on the show japan has a notorious work till you drop Business Culture or the countrys Labor Shortage is now giving workers in one sector some leverage to challenge those expectations to give the details. And Student Peers in berlin thanks for joining us german chemical multinational buyer faces shareholders at the groups annual meeting friday in bonn and as expected it was a tense affair the companys share price has lost nearly half its value following last years takeover of u. S. Agra tech for months and in particular after two American Court cases linked that
companys Popular Weed Killer round up to cancer cases and thats put buyer in the crosshairs of
company s popular weed killer round up to cancer cases and that s put buyer in the crosshairs of not just environmentalist and lawyers but its own shareholders. the atmosphere was talked sick even before the shareholder meeting began environmentalist s right to protest against buyers policy that many small shareholders also came along to let the board know what they think yemen is and when he should just have to say i m a bit shaken by this and you know if i buy shares in a company that i know the risks i have my doubts whether mr pollin can do us. to do something like that he s in comprehensible buyers chief executive than about money who spearheaded the purchase of u.s. biotech firm on santo last year was defiant defending to take over as the right move. however the company currently faces thousands of lawsuits in the u.s. over possible cancer risks. there s no way to gloss this over the lawsuits and the initial verdicts on life is safe have weighed heavily on our company and