Agrochemicals
Bayer raises offer for Monsanto to $127.50 a share as talks advance
06 Sep 2016
A successful deal would be Bayer's biggest since it paid €17 billion in 2006 to buy German multinational pharmaceutical company Schering AG, and also the largest-ever German takeover of a foreign company
Monsanto secures govt panel nod for GM mustard amidst cotton fiasco
25 Aug 2016
Seed giant Monsanto has received clearance for its genetically modified mustard seed, the first GM food crop developed by the US company in India, amidst an ongoing controversy over its GM cotton seed
Monsanto withdraws application for next-gen GM cotton
25 Aug 2016
The US biotechnology major blamed regulatory uncertainties for its decision to withdraw its application seeking approval for next generation genetically modified cotton seeds amid its royalties battle with the government
US approves $43-bn ChemChina-Syngenta deal
22 Aug 2016
Bayer raises takeover offer for Monsanto to $64 bn
15 Jul 2016
German drug and crop chemical group Bayer AG on Thursday raised its takeover bid for Monsanto Co by $2 billion in order to pressurise the US seed company to engage in talks
Monsanto rejects Bayer’s $62-bn bid, says offer inadequate
25 May 2016
Monsanto, the world's largest seed company said its board has unanimously rejected Bayer AG's $62-billion acquisition bid as "incomplete and financially inadequate", adding it was willing to negotiate further
Bayer confirms making preliminary buyout offer for US rival Monsanto
20 May 2016
Bayer disclosed that its executives had recently met with executives of Monsanto to privately discuss a negotiated acquisition of Monsanto
Bayer courts Monsanto with preliminary buyout offer
19 May 2016
A successful deal would create a company with $68 billion in annual sales, nearly 28 per cent of the world's pesticides market share and about 36 per cent of US corn seeds and 28 per cent of soybean seeds
