anger and uncertainty had buyer s 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 country s 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 group s annual meeting friday in bonn and as expected it was a tense affair the company s share price has lost nearly half its value following last year s takeover of u.s. agra tech for months and in particular after two american court cases linked that
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There are unsettling many people. or feel them and. they re also unsettled by a number of studies the world health organization says and one that glyphosate is a potential concert risk while other scientists concludes that guy for ses is not carcinogenic one thing is certain the destruction of buyers market caps and the monsanto acquisition as its stock price collapses there s deep mistrust of the company both inside and outside of the pond missing right now the value of what was once germany s most valuable listed chemical company is only around fifty seven billion euros which is pretty much exactly what buyer paid for months on tow over to the u.s. which has posted its strongest first quarter growth in four years economy expanded three point two percent far exceeding expectations and bucking a global trends of negative economic indicators the growth was driven largely by an
Carcinogenic one thing is certain the destruction of buyer s market cap since the monsanto acquisition as its stock price collapses there s deep mistrust of the company both inside and outside of the pond missing. right now the value of what was once germany s most valuable listed chemical company is only around fifty seven billion euros which is pretty much exactly what buyer paid for month on tow and that s it for me and the business team here in berlin for more business news and features check out d.w. dot com slash business or follow us on facebook and on twitter believe it all with his quick check on full bull markets thank you so much for watching.
Bribes that would naturally hit brits the hardass they stand to lose some fifty seven billion euros a year in national income according to the study was partly due to rising costs through new tolls and tariffs on goods and services now germany s export powered economy will also cost it big time or no deal brags that it could lose ten billion euros a year national income france and italy also stand to fare poorly following a no deal. that eight billion euros and four billion euros there how much can ordinary citizens expect to lose from their pocketbooks for brits some nine hundred euros less per year on average with significant losses for germans and the french as well. now for more on this we re joined now by dominic pointed to he s co-author of the study for the barrels man foundation dominic welcome his for having me as we can see there and as we ve long expected and sort of known from a lot of these studies that are being we ve seen recently the u.k.