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Monsanto Terms Bayer's Proposal As Incomplete And Financially Inadequate
Tuesday, May 24, 2016 - 1:57pm | 255Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) reacted to the unsolicited proposal made by Bayer AG (ADR) (OTC: BAYRY). On Monday, Bayer came out with an unsolicited offer to buy for $62 billion. According to the company, its board felt unanimously that Bayer AG proposal was incomplete and financially not enough....
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Monsanto Shares Lower Following Q2 Miss, Affirmed Outlook
Wednesday, April 6, 2016 - 9:15am | 295Shares of Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) were trading lower by nearly 2 percent early Wednesday morning after the company reported its second-quarter results. Monsanto said that it earned $2.41 per share in the second quarter on revenue of $4.532 billion. Wall Street analysts were expecting the...
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Monsanto Considering Acquiring Syngenta? Here's Why A Deal Makes Sense
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 - 2:46pm | 524Media outlets reported on Tuesday that Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) is considering a new bid to acquire rival Syngenta AG (ADR) (NYSE: SYT). Monsanto hosted its biennial investor event on Tuesday and Wednesday. Analysts at Macquarie and Deutsche Bank are both positive on agriculture consolidation...
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The 10 Best CEOs In America
Thursday, June 11, 2015 - 8:10am | 417Career service website Glassdoor just released its annual Employees’ Choice Awards, which includes a list of the top American CEOs based on input from employees. Glassdoor leaves the survey open year-round and asks employees “whether they approve or disapprove of how their CEO is...
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Monsanto Conference Call Highlights
Wednesday, April 2, 2014 - 4:44pm | 1142Monsanto (NYSE: MON) reported its second quarter earnings on April 2, 2014. Shares of the company are up 0.76 percent or $0.86 per share to $114.42. Below are some key takeaways from its conference call: Hugh Grant, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer: • Almost 80% of our gross profit growth...
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These Are the 100 Highest-Paid CEOs in Business Today
Monday, April 8, 2013 - 4:30pm | 2706The New York Times has published a list of the 100 highest-paid CEOS at U.S. public companies in 2012. Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) chief executive Larry Ellison is far and away the highest paid CEO on the list, as his $96.2 million in 2012 compensation dwarfs every other member on the list. The top ten...
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Charlie Sheen May be "Winning," But Ashton Kutcher Got the Job
Friday, May 13, 2011 - 7:29am | 169He's the one man I didn't think of when plotting my replacement for Charlie Sheen. But it looks like the Punk'd creator and former That ‘70s Show star is set to take the lead on Two and a Half Men. The Wall Street Journal reports that Kutcher, should he accept the reported (but still unconfirmed)...
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Monsanto (MON) Lowering Prices To Raise Profit
Wednesday, April 7, 2010 - 3:27pm | 196Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON) plans to reduce prices on its newest genetically modified seeds in order get farmers using the seeds quickly and raise profits 15% per year by fiscal year 2011. Chief Executive Officer Hugh Grant said on Wednesday that weaker than expected sales of SmartStax corn seed and...