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Normale Ansicht

Bayer’s $7 Billion Bid to End Roundup Curse Draws Skepticism

18. Februar 2026 um 15:51
Bayer AG Chief Executive Officer Bill Anderson’s effort to extricate the company from the years-long legal battles tied to its Roundup pesticide is facing some skepticism from investors and legal experts.

Bill Anderson, chief executive officer of Bayer AG, at the company's headquarters in Leverkusen, Germany, on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. Bayer is in the midst of a turnaround led by Anderson, who wants to revamp the operations of the troubled conglomerate, which is bogged down by litigation linked to a weedkiller gained as part of the takeover of Monsanto. Photographer: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg

Edison Sues LA County Over Fire Deaths for Delayed Alerts

16. Januar 2026 um 23:08
Edison International sued Los Angeles County and other public agencies for allegedly failing to ensure timely evacuation alerts that the company says could have saved most of the 19 people who died in a massive wildfire last year.

Firefighters battle the Eaton Fire in Altadena, California, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. The most destructive wind storm to strike the Los Angeles area in 14 years is fanning wildfires and has sent thousands of residents fleeing for their lives, with dangerous gusts expected to persist for at least another two days.

Intel, AMD Accused of Allowing Chips in Russian Missiles

10. Dezember 2025 um 14:25
Microchip manufacturers Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and Texas Instruments Inc. were accused in a series of lawsuits of failing to keep their technology out of Russian-made weapons used to kill and wound civilians in Ukraine.

A Russian Iskander missile launcher.

Trump Official Urges High Court to Take Bayer Appeal

02. Dezember 2025 um 00:54
The Trump administration urged the US Supreme Court to take up Bayer AG’s appeal targeting thousands of lawsuits blaming its top-selling Roundup weedkiller for causing cancer.

After seven years of fighting Roundup cases in the US, Bayer is still facing about 67,000 claims from plaintiffs who allege Roundup caused their cancer.

Meta Settles Cambridge Analytica-Related Claims for $190 Million

20. November 2025 um 21:21
Mark Zuckerberg and other Meta Platforms Inc. directors agreed to a $190 million settlement of claims they failed to rectify repeated violations of Facebook users’ privacy and improperly engineered an accord to shield the billionaire chief executive officer from personal liability, court filings show.

A Meta store in Burlingame, California.
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