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☆ Embattled CEO Werner Baumann enters his final chapter at Bayer, aiming to turn the German pharma giant into a cancer powerhouse
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-22 | by ( Andrew Dunn | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

With a successor search underway, Werner Baumann is entering his last chapter as Bayer's CEO. Baumann told Insider he's more excited today about Bayer's future than several years ago. The exec wants Bayer to become a top 10 cancer player by 2030, and recently opened a Cambridge lab. CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts — Within his first month as CEO of the German giant Bayer, Werner Baumann took a big, legacy-making swing. Baumann says Bayer's future is in oncologyWerner Baumann, right, CEO of Bayer, and Werner Wenning, chairman of the Supervisory Board of Bayer.

☆ As war, drought hit global crops, Argentina gambles on GM wheat
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Maximilian Heath | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +9 min

It was the first GM wheat strain in the world to receive such approval. No other global seed company has publicly endeavored to develop GM wheat since 2004, when giant seed maker Monsanto, now owned by Bayer AG, dropped plans to develop GM wheat that could withstand its weed killer Roundup. In 2020 he had threatened to halt wheat imports from Argentina after its government approved Bioceres' GM wheat. A new landmark is the recent approval in Nigeria, the only country to fully approve imports of HB4 wheat grains. Trucco said Russia's invasion of Ukraine and severe droughts in Europe and China had shifted the needle on drought-tolerant GM wheat.

☆ Environmental groups ask P&G investors to vote against CEO as board chair
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Jessica Dinapoli | Thomson Reuters | New York-Based Reporter Covering U.S. Consumer Products Spanning Paper Towels To Packaged Food | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

They also oppose corporate directors Angela Braly, chair of the governance and public responsibility committee and Patricia Woertz, a member of that committee. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterInvestors are set to vote on the re-election of P&G's corporate directors at its annual meeting on Oct. 11. In the filing, the environmental groups request replacing Moeller with an independent chair, a structure some investors prefer. Braly's role as chair of the governance and public responsibility committee, which oversees environmental concerns including forestry, "have not succeeded in mitigating" risks in P&G's forest sourcing, the environmental groups said. The environmental groups said Moeller's work with Monsanto, owned by Bayer, "does not align with prioritizing corporate responsibility or scientific integrity."

☆ Environmental groups ask investors to vote against P&G CEO, directors
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Jessica Dinapoli | Thomson Reuters | New York-Based Reporter Covering U.S. Consumer Products Spanning Paper Towels To Packaged Food | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterInvestors are to vote on the re-election of P&G's corporate directors at its annual meeting on Oct. 11. Last year, NRDC also urged investors to vote against Braly, and she received significantly fewer votes for her re-nomination to the board compared to other directors, according to a securities filing. P&G is "laser-focused on shareholder values and the value of the company from an asset perspective," Matthews said. Braly's role as the chair of the governance and public responsibility committee, which oversees environmental concerns including forestry, "have not succeeded in mitigating" risks in P&G's forest sourcing, the environmental groups said. The environmental groups said Moeller's work with Monsanto, now owned by Bayer, "does not align with prioritizing corporate responsibility or scientific integrity."

☆ Мировая пандемия коронавируса: Билл Гейтс выдал сам себя
▼ + stars: | 2020-08-12 | by ( Сергей Маржецкий | ) newsmd.md time to read: +4 min

И тут, как черт из табакерки, выскочил Билл Гейтс, который раскритиковал «неправильные» российскую и перспективную китайскую вакцины.Знаменитого бизнесмена, одного из богатейших людей мира, Гейтса конспирологи первым записали в создатели коронавируса. Слишком уж удобно, свалив вину за пандемию на Дональда Трампа, пошатнуть позиции президента накануне осенних выборов, дав шанс на реванш «глобалистам», одним из ярчайших представителей которых является Билл Гейтс. Уж слишком много на лекарстве от коронавируса сможет заработать сам миллиардер, владеющий акциями крупнейших фармацевтических корпораций. Постараемся вычленить из этого текста самые любопытные тезисы., Билл Гейтс жестко «проехался» по президенту Трампу, которого фактически обвинил в провале борьбы с COVID-19, а применяемые в ходе нее тесты назвал «мусором». Такой вот «наезд» на республиканцев со стороны «глобалистов» накануне выборов., «проехался» мистер Гейтс и по России с Китаем, где ведутся разработки вакцины.

Persons: Johnson, Путин, Билл Гейтс, Гейтс, Дональд Трамп, Трамп, Фрэнсис Коллинз, Энтони Фаучи, Послушавшие Organizations: Wired, Gilead Sciences, Pfizer, Monsanto Novartis, AstraZeneca Johnson, AstraZeneca, Wired, Gilead Sciences, Pfizer, Monsanto, Novartis, AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, Фонд, Фонд Рокфеллеров Locations: Gilead, Россия, США, Китай

☆ Inside the fight between my small Iowa hometown and a $12 billion utility over smart meters and the radiation that some residents call 'poison'
▼ + stars: | 2020-05-31 | by ( Benji Jones | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +19 min

They've rubbed up against an adversary of enormous scale: A $12 billion utility that began deploying smart meters in 2017 that communicate using radio waves. AdvertisementFor the power company, smart meters are the future, offering big savings and granular info about energy use. For one, smart meters save utilities a ton of cash, since they get rid of the need for manual readings. "I would have never put an investment in if I had known that it would require smart meters and what smart meters do." Monsanto isn't selling smart meters, but there is a big company on the other end that stands to gain.

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