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lagomorph777

(30,613 posts) Thu May 12, 2016, 03:44 PM May 2016

Bayer Said to Explore Bid for $40 Billion Seed Company M0n$@nt0

Bayer AG is exploring a potential bid for U.S. competitor Monsanto Co. in a deal that would create the world’s largest supplier of seeds and farm chemicals, according to people familiar with the matter.
The German firm has held preliminary discussions internally and with advisers about buying Monsanto, which has a market value of about $43 billion...

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-05-12/bayer-said-to-explore-bid-for-40-billion-seed-company-monsanto

Bayer has some very interesting products in their history, particularly in the 1940s.