https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Bayer chief executive Werner Baumann was dealt a blow on Friday at the German chemical giant's annual general meeting, amid tensions over last year's decision to buy US seeds and pesticides maker Monsanto, as disgruntled shareholders voted against management. https://www.thelocal.de/20190427/bayer-shareholders-vote-against-board-over-monsanto-deal Sat, 27 Apr 2019 11:55:54 +0200 bayer-shareholders-vote-against-board-over-monsanto-deal The pharmaceutical and chemical giant Bayer plans to cut 4,500 jobs in Germany, one-third of its total cuts worldwide. https://www.thelocal.de/20190409/bayer-to-cut-4500-jobs-in-germany Tue, 09 Apr 2019 12:46:50 +0200 bayer-to-cut-4500-jobs-in-germany Germany’s biggest pharmaceuticals company has taken an enormous hit on the stock market after a court in the US ordered subsidiary company Monsanto to pay $290 million worth of damages to a terminally ill groundskeeper in California. https://www.thelocal.de/20180813/bayer-stock-plummets-after-monsanto-ruling Mon, 13 Aug 2018 12:02:02 +0200 bayer-stock-plummets-after-monsanto-ruling Monsanto's German owners insisted Saturday that the weed killer Roundup was "safe", rejecting a California jury's decision to order the chemical giant to pay nearly $290 million for failing to warn a dying groundskeeper that the product might cause cancer. https://www.thelocal.de/20180811/monsantos-german-owners-call-weed-killer-safe-after-jury-orders-big-payout Sat, 11 Aug 2018 14:53:44 +0200 monsantos-german-owners-call-weed-killer-safe-after-jury-orders-big-payout German chemicals and pharmaceuticals giant Bayer will discard the name Monsanto when it takes over the controversial US seeds and pesticides producer this week, the group said on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20180604/bayer-to-ditch-monsanto-name-after-mega-merger Mon, 04 Jun 2018 11:22:41 +0200 bayer-to-ditch-monsanto-name-after-mega-merger German chemicals firm Bayer said on Monday it would not introduce genetically modified crops in Europe after its gigantic takeover of US seed and pesticide producer Monsanto. https://www.thelocal.de/20161010/bayer-chief-promises-no-monsanto-gm-crops-in-europe Mon, 10 Oct 2016 13:07:33 +0200 bayer-chief-promises-no-monsanto-gm-crops-in-europe Some of France's top chefs on Tuesday denounced the $66-billion takeover of controversial seed firm Monsanto by chemicals giant Bayer as a "danger for our dinner plates". https://www.thelocal.de/20160921/french-chefs-say-bayer-monsanto-deal-danger-for-our-food Wed, 21 Sep 2016 10:30:34 +0200 french-chefs-say-bayer-monsanto-deal-danger-for-our-food German chemicals giant Bayer said on Wednesday it had signed a $66 billion (€58.8 billion) takeover deal with US seeds and pesticides firm Monsanto. https://www.thelocal.de/20160914/bayer-agrees-deal-to-take-over-monsanto Wed, 14 Sep 2016 16:52:44 +0200 bayer-agrees-deal-to-take-over-monsanto Monsanto said on Wednesday it was still open to a potential merger with Bayer, or to another big deal, as it reported lower earnings due to a tough agricultural market. https://www.thelocal.de/20160630/monsanto-still-open-to-deal-with-german-chemical-giant Thu, 30 Jun 2016 10:58:36 +0200 monsanto-still-open-to-deal-with-german-chemical-giant A proposed tie-up between Bayer and Monsanto may still face numerous hurdles but it has already inflamed opinion in Germany where most people oppose genetically modified foods. https://www.thelocal.de/20160524/monsanto-deal-disastrous-and-diabolical-environmentalists Tue, 24 May 2016 16:04:41 +0200 monsanto-deal-disastrous-and-diabolical-environmentalists German pharmaceuticals giant Bayer and the US group Monsanto said Thursday they are in talks on a possible merger to create a global player in pesticides, seeds and genetically modified crops, following weeks of speculation about a possible tie-up. https://www.thelocal.de/20160519/german-chemical-giant-in-talks-to-buy-monsanto Thu, 19 May 2016 13:56:47 +0200 german-chemical-giant-in-talks-to-buy-monsanto