Tag: Bayer

Bayer Fights for Survival as Roundup Lawsuits Burn Cash

(Bloomberg) — Bayer AG Chief Executive Officer Bill Anderson said the wave of lawsuits over its widely used weedkiller Roundup is an “existential” threat to the company as it burns through cash. Most Read from Bloomberg “The glyphosate litigation topic is an existential topic for our company because it does threaten to first remove our […]

West Ham crash out of Europa League after Bayer Leverkusen draw

West Ham bowed out of the Europa League but only after giving new German champions Bayer Leverkusen an almighty fright. Michail Antonio’s early goal had the Hammers, 2-0 down from the first leg, dreaming of inflicting a first defeat of the season on Xabi Alonso’s Leverkusen and of maybe reaching a third European semi-final in […]

West Ham left with tough task after defeat to Bayer Leverkusen

West Ham were breached by two late goals as they slipped to a 2-0 defeat in the first leg of their Europa League quarter-final at Bayer Leverkusen. The Hammers had defended heroically for 83 minutes before goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski was finally beaten by substitute Jonas Hoffman. A one-goal deficit might have given David Moyes’ side […]

Xabi Alonso adamant Bayer Leverkusen’s attention is on West Ham clash

Xabi Alonso insists Bayer Levekusen’s focus is solely on West Ham on Thursday night despite a potentially historic weekend on the horizon. Leverkusen, unbeaten in all 41 of their matches this season, look set to wrap up a first Bundesliga title on Saturday or Sunday. All they need to do is match Bayern Munich’s result […]

Bayer Plans to Slash Dividend by 95% in Bid to Pay Down Debt

(Bloomberg) — Bayer AG plans to slash its dividend by 95% in an effort to pay down debt as the German company looks to recover from multiple crises including a wave of litigation over Roundup herbicide. Most Read from Bloomberg Bayer will present a plan to offer investors 11 euro cents ($0.12) per share for […]