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Bayer wins EU approval for Monsanto buy

By Foo Yun Chee, GFM Network News March 21, 2018

Brussels | Reuters — German conglomerate Bayer won EU antitrust approval on Wednesday for its US$62.5 billion buy of U.S. peer Monsanto, the latest in a trio of mega-mergers that will reshape the agrochemicals industry. The tie-up is set to create a company with control of more than a quarter of the world’s seed and

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China conditionally approves Bayer’s Monsanto deal

By GFM Network News, Reuters March 13, 2018

Beijing | Reuters — Bayer on Tuesday secured conditional approval from China’s commerce ministry for its planned acquisition of the world No. 1 seed company Monsanto, chalking up a victory in an onerous struggle to win over watchdogs across the globe. The ministry also ordered the German drug and crop chemicals maker to spin off

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BASF in talks to buy Bayer vegetable seeds arm

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff March 13, 2018

Bayer has entered “exclusive talks” toward a deal to sell its global Nunhems vegetable seeds business to German chemical firm BASF, to help clear the aisle for a Bayer/Monsanto marriage. Nunhems, which has a portfolio of about 1,200 seed varieties in over two dozen different vegetable crops worldwide, sells seeds in North America for tomatoes,

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Bayer petitions Russian antitrust watchdog for more time in Monsanto case

By GFM Network News, Ludwig Burger, Polina Devitt February 14, 2018

Frankfurt/Moscow | Reuters — Bayer has taken Russia’s competition regulator to court over the watchdog’s investigation into the company’s planned takeover of Monsanto, a further hiccup in the US$64 billion deal amid intense antitrust scrutiny. A Bayer spokesman said the German company was petitioning the court in Russia to be given more time to discuss

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Brazilian antitrust agency approves Bayer-Monsanto tie-up

By GFM Network News February 7, 2018

Brasilia | Reuters — Brazilian antitrust agency Cade on Wednesday approved Bayer’s proposed takeover of U.S. seeds company Monsanto without requiring further asset sales beyond a global proposal announced last October. Cade’s commissioners voted 4-2 in favour of the tie-up under an agreement, negotiated between the companies and global antitrust agencies, that included the sale

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Battle of the beans

Monsanto faces a tough fight for the soybean market

By Rod Nickel, Tom Polansek February 5, 2018

Monsanto is facing major threats to its historic dominance of seed and herbicide technology for the US$40-billion U.S. soybean market. Rivals BASF and DowDuPont are preparing to push their own varieties of genetically modified soybeans. At stake is control over seed supply for the next generation of farmers producing the most valuable U.S. agricultural export.

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Bayer offers asset sales for EU approval of Monsanto deal

By Foo Yun Chee, GFM Network News, Ludwig Burger February 5, 2018

Brussels/Frankfurt | Reuters — Bayer has offered to sell seeds and pesticides businesses to try to address EU competition concerns over its US$63.5 billion bid for U.S. rival Monsanto. The proposed remedies “are very significant and we are confident they fully address the European Commission’s concerns,” the German company said in a statement on Monday.

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EU review of Bayer’s Monsanto bid postponed further

By Foo Yun Chee, GFM Network News, Ludwig Burger January 29, 2018

Frankfurt/Brussels | Reuters — Bayer’s quest to win regulatory approval for its planned takeover of Monsanto ran into further delays on Monday as European Union antitrust investigators extended their investigation by five working days until March 12. The ongoing proceedings would have given the German drugs and pesticides maker until midnight on Monday to offer

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EU regulators reported as set to warn Bayer on Monsanto bid

By Foo Yun Chee, GFM Network News December 8, 2017

Brussels | Reuters — EU antitrust regulators are set to warn Bayer its planned purchase of U.S. seed maker Monsanto may hurt competition, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday, a move that would force Bayer to offer concessions to address the concerns. The US$66 billion deal would make Bayer the world’s largest

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Brazil pushes back decision on Bayer-Monsanto tie-up

By Ana Mano, GFM Network News November 22, 2017

Sao Paulo | Reuters — Brazilian antitrust agency Cade on Wednesday extended its deadline to review Bayer’s proposed takeover of Monsanto by 90 days to late March, potentially spoiling plans to wrap up the US$66 billion tie-up by the end of the year. A spokesman said Cade had approved the extension at a session on

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Bayer wins EU approval for Monsanto buy

China conditionally approves Bayer’s Monsanto deal

BASF in talks to buy Bayer vegetable seeds arm

Bayer petitions Russian antitrust watchdog for more time in Monsanto case

Brazilian antitrust agency approves Bayer-Monsanto tie-up

Battle of the beans

Bayer offers asset sales for EU approval of Monsanto deal

EU review of Bayer’s Monsanto bid postponed further

EU regulators reported as set to warn Bayer on Monsanto bid

Brazil pushes back decision on Bayer-Monsanto tie-up

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