30.05.2018
- The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has given its conditional approval to the takeover of Monsanto by Bayer, all but assuring its clearance. With an eye to not upending competition...
28.05.2018
- Bayer has had to reduce its forecast for cost synergies relating to the Monsanto takeover, CEO Werner Baumann said at the German group’s annual general meeting on May 25. Synergies...
08.05.2018
- In what is being read as yet another sign that US approval of Bayer’s takeover of Monsanto is imminent, the German group has announced a reshuffle of executive positions in its...
17.04.2018
- For the global specialty chemicals sector, the past two years have been among the most exciting of the young millennium. Many mergers and acquisitions were in the spotlight in 2017...
21.03.2018
- After concluding its in-depth review into the biggest chemical industry mega merger still open, the European Commission has approved Bayer’s plans to take over Monsanto, provided...
08.03.2018
- Covestro, the former Bayer MaterialScience, will be elevated to the German index of blue-chip companies, DAX, from Mar. 19. The Leverkusen-based engineering plastics producer will...
07.03.2018
- Bayer CEO Werner Baumann confirmed last week at the annual results press conference that Leverkusen group has agreed to sell another of its agrochemicals assets to win EU approval...
04.03.2018
- The discussion of whether to turn the current EU moratorium on neonicotinoid-based insecticides (neonics) into a permanent ban is expected to be revived before the end of the month...
