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Last year's global food crisis made millions for agro-giant Monsanto. Tim Hunt of Ethical Consumer magazine fails to find any redeeming features in this corporate behemoth. Try looking objectively at biotech firm Monsanto, a company that only ever seems to receive a negative press, and see if you can find any redeeming features – any ray of light emanating from this seeming black hole of corporate...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 24, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) will hold a series of webcasts in conjunction with three investor events next month. Executives will discuss the company's business performance and operational path, financial targets, product performance and other matters related to the business during the presentations.
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Progressive Corporation (NYSE: PGR), Allstate Corp. (NYSE: ALL), Infinity Property and Casualty Corp. (Nasdaq: IPCC), State Auto Financial...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 12, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) has completed regulatory submissions to the U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Food and Drug Administration in support of the Vistive III soybean trait. This second-generation product builds on Monsanto's existing Vistive product and would provide food companies with a healthier, more stable soybean oil for frying...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
SAN DIEGO, CA (MARKET WIRE) Reported by Annette Kreuger, Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- Early Monday morning, the buzz at the International Society of Pharmaceutical Engineers (ISPE) conference in San Diego, California, was that Pfizer Incorporated (NYSE: PFE) (New York, New York) was planning to sell its massive St. Louis/Chesterfield, Missouri, research site to Monsanto Company...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 10, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The positive mix lift expected as farmers choose to upgrade to next-generation technologies allows Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) to reconfirm its commitment to double its 2007 gross profit in 2012, Monsanto President and CEO Hugh Grant will tell investors today. Speaking at the company's biennial investor day, Grant will indicate that accelerated launches...
La Vida Locavore - Front Page (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
I've had a request to share how I find out about who is lobbying for what. And I am all too glad to share. Lobbying records are public information. They don't tell you EVERYTHING you need to know, but occasionally they tell you enough to make you really, really mad - or to embarrass a company or industry group or two. Details are below... To find lobbying information, go to the Senate Office of Public...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 9, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) and Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE) today announced that they have entered into an agreement for Monsanto to acquire Pfizer's Chesterfield Village Research Center located in Chesterfield, Mo. Under the terms of the agreement, Monsanto will acquire the property from Pfizer for $435 million to be paid over time, and Pfizer will continue...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
LUBBOCK, Texas, Nov. 4, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cotton farmers on the High Plains are always looking for ways to improve their farm's profit potential, and two of the biggest opportunities for farmers to that are to increase yield potential and produce better quality fiber. Those are the goals of Monsanto Company's (NYSE: MON) $10.5 million research "megasite" in Lubbock, where the...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
ST. LOUIS and BEIJING, Nov. 4, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) announced today that it is opening its first research center in China, further demonstrating its commitment to forming technology collaborations in the country.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 3, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) announced it will hold a series of webcasts in conjunction with its biennial investor event scheduled for Nov. 10-11 at Research Triangle Park, N.C. During presentations at the event, company executives will discuss Monsanto's strategic initiatives, financial targets, product performance, research and development pipeline...
GuruFocus Updates (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
By guruyt. Last week's top five stocks that reached their 52-week lows were Gilead Sciences Inc, Monsanto Company, Ralcorp Holdings Inc, MetroPCS Communications Inc, and Leap Wireless International Inc. According to GuruFocus updates, these Guru stocks have reached their 52-week lows. Read more » »
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
ST. LOUIS, Oct. 30, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) welcomed today the European Union authorization of two of its corn technologies, YieldGard VT Pro(TM) (MON 89034) and YieldGard VT Rootworm/RR2® (MON 88017). The decision covers the import, processing and food and feed use of these products. The final step in the approval process is publication of the decision by the...
SeekingAlpha.com (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Zacks.com submits: Monsanto Company ( MON ) has signed a long-term supply contract with Air Products (APD ), the leading global hydrogen provider. According to the contract, Air Products will build a new world-scale hydrogen production plant to be located at Monsanto's Luling, Louisiana, Roundup facility. The new hydrogen plant is scheduled to be on-stream in Jan 2012. Air Products will build a steam...
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
ST. LOUIS, MO (MARKET WIRE) In keeping with a commitment to deliver innovations for agriculture, food companies and consumers, Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) and Solae, LLC announced today that the companies have reached an important regulatory milestone that advances the development of foods containing the world's first stearidonic acid (SDA) omega-3 soybean oil product.
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