Bayer AG has reached a $6.9 million settlement with New York for allegedly making false and misleading claims regarding the safety of Roundup weedkillers, the state's Attorney General Letitia James said on Thursday.
Hungary has tweaked windfall taxes for key sectors of its economy, increasing the burden further on large retailers while cutting the extraordinary tax payable by drug producers.
Australian shares inched higher on Friday, although the index posted its worst weekly performance in more than two months with investors staying on the sidelines as the deadline nears for the U.S. debt ceiling talks to avoid a default.
Swiss agrichemicals group Syngenta on Thursday reported higher first-quarter sales and profit, having passed on higher costs to farmers buying its seeds and sprays.
GSK Plc will buy Canada-based late-stage biopharma firm Bellus Health Inc in an all-cash deal for $2 billion, the companies said in a joint statement on Tuesday. (Reporting by Aby Jose Koilparambil in Bengaluru; Editing by Savio D'Souza)