i'm not so sure that doing that to monsanto undermines trust in general i think the whole world has a habit of not trusting companies like monsanto already and i don't think public opinion is getting terribly james by all this it's interesting to watch but i don't see it as a huge crashing waves more like a little bump in the road right now dave appreciate your time on your my guest day perkins radio talk show the school commentator thanks thanks neal now the republican seeking to cut funding to the world health organization sit on the u.s. house science committee but is expressed by current and former members of the panel of often brown's. we don't know what those other cycles were caused by in the past could be dinosaur flatulence. what happened when the c o two was greater since then and now there's been many cycles of up and down warming the dinosaur flagyl. all the stuff evolution in. reality. all that is. right. but if your ice cube melts your glass it doesn't overflow its displacement i mean this is the thing similar things that they're talking about mathematically the science

scientists need to provide stronger evidence that the monsanto we kill or causes cancer a lot of people don't understand what the ingredient is used for glyphosate round up is used commercially as a weed killer it sounds like monsanto hasn't spent enough money lobbying and hasn't put enough donations and volunteers in spock it's yet or at least in the right ones this is a serious turn for the worst for monsanto but i'm not sure there is the evidence that everyone wants to see that the substance is plainly carcinogenic too to have that much influence you would have to have thousands or tens of thousands of cancer cases that were traceable to do use of the product and i'm not sure that kind of evidence exists there's always anecdotal evidence but i'm not sure there's convincing evidence there isn't a bulk of data to be analyzed to make that determination and there should be because they've been using it for fifty years based on some arm waving and some accusations of cherry picking of course monsanto cherry picks every corporation protects its product you can expect them to do otherwise w

scientists need to provide stronger evidence that the monsanto we kill causes council a lot of people don't understand what the ingredient is used for glyphosate round up is used commercially as a weed killer it sounds like monsanto hasn't spent enough money lobbying and hasn't put enough donations and volunteers in spock it's yet or at least in the right ones this is a serious turn for the worse for monsanto but i'm not sure there is the evidence that everyone wants to see that the substance is plainly carcinogenic to to have that much influence you would have to have thousands or tens of thousands of cancer cases that were traceable to the use of the product and i'm not sure that kind of evidence exists there's always anecdotal evidence but i'm not sure there's convincing evidence there isn't a bulk of data to be analyzed to make that determination and there should be because they've been using it for fifty years based on some arm waving and some accusations of cherry picking of course monsanto cherry picks every corporation protects its product you can expect them to do otherwise w

scientists need to provide stronger evidence that the monsanto we tell of course is cancer a lot of people don't understand what the ingredient is used for glyphosate round up is used commercially as a weed killer it sounds like monsanto hasn't spent enough money lobbying and hasn't put enough donations and volunteers in spock it's yet or at least in the right ones this is a serious turn for the worse for monsanto but i'm not sure there is the evidence that everyone wants to see that the substance is plainly carcinogenic to to have that much influence you would have to have thousands or tens of thousands of cancer cases that were traceable to the use of the product and i'm not sure that kind of evidence exists there's always anecdotal evidence but i'm not sure there's convincing evidence there isn't a bulk of data to be analyzed to make that determination and there should be because they've been using it for fifty years based on some arm waving and some accusations of cherry picking of course monsanto cherry picks every corporation protects its product you can expect them to do otherwise w

scientists need to provide stronger evidence that the monsanto we kill of course is counsel a lot of people don't understand what the ingredient is used for glyphosate round up is used commercially as a weed killer it sounds like monsanto hasn't spent enough money lobbying and hasn't put enough donations and volunteers in spock it's yet or at least in the right ones this is a serious turn for the worse for monsanto but i'm not sure there is the evidence that everyone wants to see that the substance is plainly carcinogenic to to have that much influence you would have to have thousands or tens of thousands of cancer cases that were traceable to do use of the product and i'm not sure that kind of evidence suggests there's always anecdotal evidence but i'm not sure there's convincing evidence there isn't a bulk of data to be analyzed to make that determination and there should be because they've been using it for fifty years based on some arm waving and some accusations of cherry picking of course monsanto cherry picks every corporation protects its product you can expect them to do oth

products i mean france has already said it will ban the monsanto we. well i don't think so because again the good the global the global countries are reliant on us export of of crops and when you consider that entities like n.r.d.c. which take a lot of offshore money because they are trying to redirect crop production productivity out of europe and other countries that's where the actual intentions are lying it's not so much that they are concerned with the you know the how that is the facts of the chemicals and as much as they're concerned with demand and crop pricing coming from their countries respectively people don't want to lose competition to the united states of america which as we've stated earlier is the largest producer for proper next morning around the world it is and we'll leave it there and i'm still president of your voice america thank you very much indeed. well republican seeking to cut funding to the w.h.o. are on the u.s. house science committee but the views expressed by current and former members of the panel often raised eyebrows

the international agency for research on cancer said america's most widely used we've kenna made by monsanto is probably carcinogenic. unsubstantiated claims i or your responsible handling of why should receive any government funding in the future they're disputing the organizations findings regarding its leading herbicide called round up and back in twenty fifteen the international agency for research on cancer concluded that roundups active ingredient life estate could be carcinogenic to humans now roundup is made by months santo and it's the world's most widely used weed killer since the seventy's it's been sprayed on corn soybeans cotton and other crops and republicans believe that the study was flawed and relied on cherry pick science accusing the agency of lack of transparency an anti industry bias they say that is quite a sadist designated as carcinogenic it will require manufacturers and retailers to warn workers and consumers and plus it'll increase costs and instill fear in the public some have disagreed with republicans it is important that we review the methods and tactics that i

will soon approve the monsanto deal still analysts putting by under the microscope expect the life science companies of the headaches of twenty seventeen to continue this year and it looks like selling toys isn't exactly child's play following the collapse of toys r us in the usa now it looks like the same will play out in the u.k. and ministry to say they've got managed or they haven't managed to find a buyer and so they'll begin winding up british stores in the coming weeks up to three thousand two hundred workers are affected. only one hundred five of the toys are stores in the u.k. are open but their days are numbered the livelihoods of thousands of workers hang in the balance that customers say they'll miss the shops when they've gone. yeah i think this is one of the cheapest as well compared to other toy stores most of the time they do have everything in stock so yeah be very very disappointed if that is back in the eighty's toys r us good strategy towards opening big box stores but in the face of massive online competition and a shift of consumer patterns to in a city experience lea

right now fires biggest project is the monsanto takeover. so it's also under pressure from the f.d.a. to modernize and breaks it has its own potential challenges. after britain leaves the e.u. it will become harder to license medications in the e.u. and in britain but by our can at least fall back on bulging coffers and it performed well in two thousand and seventeen like most of germany's chemical and pharmaceutical companies two thousand and eighteen is also expected to be a good year and that would be good for buyers hundred thousand global employees as well who all benefit from the company's profit sharing scheme cuba is trying to cope with the new reality as the united states imposed sanctions on the country's exports just as relations between two sides had improved but trade with cuban cigars is nevertheless flourishing the industry has grown steadily thanks to the successful search for new markets an icon of cuba know not fidel castro his cigar something the communist dictator had in common with u.s. president john f. kennedy who orde

lawmakers though they found the organization's findings about monsanto doubtful. unsubstantiated claims you're responsible handling of why you should receive any government funding in the future they're disputing the organizations findings regarding its leading herbicide called round up round up is made by months santo and it's the world's most widely used weed killer since the seventy's it's been sprayed on corn soybeans a cotton and other crops and republicans believe that the study was flawed and relied on cherry pick science accusing the agency of lack of transparency an anti industry bias they say that it's quite a status designated as carcinogenic it will require manufacturers and retailers to warn workers and consumers and plus it'll increase costs and instill fear in the public some have disagreed with republicans it is important that we review the methods and tactics that industry has used to influence this administration and attack independent scientific organizations like the world health organization's international agency for research on cancer or i w

according to the center for responsive politics monsanto lobbied more than four point three million dollars in twenty seventeen now the environmental protection agency which is not an international organization concluded that the same ingredient does not cause cancer and the arc says that they've been under attack ever since they published their conclusions against glyphosate at the same time monsanto has been pushing against these findings through several different means and the company is seen as quite controversial not only in the u.s. but all over the world a president promised in november that would be banned within three years but for some context monsanto also sells a genetically modified seeds that these genetically modified seeds produce crops that can tolerate life estate so that these crops can grow without any surrounding weeds but generally genetically modified crops have been banned in over thirty five different countries but they're not banned in the u.s. but it's interesting to note that while international organizations have concluded that life could be carcinogenic the uni

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is probably carcinogenic well of course the agricultural giant monsanto strongly disagrees with i arks classification of gleiser state the international agency for research on cancer as part of the world health organization coordinates and conducts research into the causes of cancer in addition it leads cancer prevention activities and helps to generally shape the international agenda though some u.s. lawmakers found the organisation's links to cancer as doubtful. unsubstantiated claims i are responsible handling of why i arc should receive any government funding in the future they're disputing the organizations findings regarding its leading herbicide called round up round up is made by months santo and it's the world's most widely used weed killer since the seventy's it's been sprayed on corn soybeans a cotton and other crops and republicans believe that the study was flawed and relied on cherry pick science accusing the agency of lack of transparency and anti industry bias they say that it's quite a status designated as carcinogenic it will require manufacturers and retailers to war

funding to a global cancer research program after it linked america's most widely used killer made by monsanto to cancer. the biggest story right here over the past seven days first off the winter olympics in south korea got underway on friday with a grand opening ceremony in the host city. a stunning start now nearly three thousand athletes from ninety two countries took part in that event however in the run up to the celebrations demonstrations and scuffles erupted outside the olympic arena people supporting peace between north and south korea had gathered for a rally while another group protesting north korea's participation in the games clashed with police. now despite the scuffles on the streets korean politicians are taking steps to find a solution to their long running conflict the south korean president says he's ready to accept an invitation to visit the north if certain conditions are met this potentially sets up the first meeting between the countries in more than a decade the invitation was delivered by kim jong un's sister who's attending the winter olympics the first member of no

been under attack ever since they published their conclusions against life a state at the same time monsanto has been pushing against these findings through several different means and the company is seen as well quite controversial not only in the u.s. but all over the world president micron promised in november that life of say would be banned within three years danetta clean modified crops have been banned in over thirty five different countries but not banned in the u.s. international organizations have concluded that life is it could be cancerous so these lawmakers intentions are quite unclear the republicans seeking to cut funding to the w.h.o. or the u.s. house science committee the views expressed by current and former members of the panel have sometimes raised eyebrows. we don't know what those other cycles were caused by in the past could be dinosaur flatulence. what happened when the c o two was greater since then and now there's been the new cycles of up and down warming dinosaur flagellates. all this illusion of. reality. oh la us. think about if your ice cube melts your glass i

monsanto strongly disagrees with what saying here and this classification of the put the herbicide in the research agency leads prevention activities and helps shape international policy on tackling cancer but some u.s. lawmakers have cast doubt on its findings. i unsubstantiated claims i or your responsible handling of why should receive any government funding in the future they're disputing the organizations findings regarding its leading herbicide called round up round up is made by month santo and it's the world's most widely used weed killer since the seventy's it's been sprayed on corn soybeans a cotton and other crops and republicans believe that the study was flawed and relied on cherry pick science accusing the agency of lack of transparency an anti industry bias they say that it's quite a sadist designated as carcinogenic it will require manufacturers and retailers to warn workers and consumers and plus it'll increase costs and instill fear in the public some have disagreed with republicans it is important that we review the methods and tactics that industry has used to infl

a huge amount of money for powerful corporations according to the center for responsive politics monsanto lobbied more than four point three million dollars in twenty seven team the environmental protection agency which is not an international organization concluded that the same ingredient does not cause cancer and i are says that they've been under attack ever since they published their conclusions against life to see at the same time monsanto has been pushing against these findings through several different means and the company is seen as well quite controversial not only in the u.s. but all over the world president promised in november that would be banned within three years dineh to clean modified crops have been banned in over thirty five different countries but not banned in the u.s. international organizations have concluded that life is it could be cancerous so these lawmakers intentions are quite unclear. with legendary rock band queen recently on earth with a lifetime achievement award at the latest grammys artie's afshin rattansi spoke to queens founding member who also happe

is probably cost in a generic or the agricultural drug monsanto strongly disagrees with the classification of. the international agency for research on cancer is a part of the world health organization that coordinates and conducts research into the causes of cancer in addition it leads cancer prevention activities and helps to shape the international agenda though some u.s. lawmakers found the organization's findings doubtful. unsubstantiated claims i or your response. why should receive any government funding in the future they're disputing the organizations findings regarding its leading herbicide called round up round up is made by months santo and it's the world's most widely used weed killer since the seventy's it's been sprayed on corn soybeans cotton and other crops and republicans believe that the study was flawed and relied on cherry pick science accusing the agency of lack of transparency and anti industry bias they say that it's quite a sadist designated as carcinogenic it will require manufacturers and retailers to warn workers and consumers and plus it'll increase costs and i

close at $66 will billion deal with monsanto by the second quarter. will it have to make more disposals to complete that acquisition question mark the stock is trading sharply lower pretrade. stocks are trading down. that is what we're looking at. expectation and we look at the futures. we will see a negative start. value although the u.s. is priced positively. we saw a negative close yesterday and closing on the lows. asia is trading down this morning. the nikkei down by 1.5%. it's take a look at where the treasury market is. a significant repricing yesterday on the back of what mr. powell had to say on the hill. that was a story that the market paid attention to. you can see that move that we are watching as it progresses over the last couple of days. we are still not at three. we have been up there. we have seen repricing. we have been here relatively recently around these kinds of levels. not quite sure how strict market is going to be. it is whether or not there is momentum behind it and -- enough to take it through. we get data out of europe. th

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been under attack ever since they published their conclusions against life a state at the same time monsanto has been pushing against these findings through several different means and the company is seen as quite controversial not only in the u.s. but all over the world president micron promised in november that would be banned within three years inevitably modified crops have been banned in over thirty five different countries but not banned in the u.s. international organizations have concluded that like this it could be cancerous so these lawmakers intentions. are quite unclear. three giants of social media were grilled on thursday by a panel of u.k. lawmakers about allegations of russian interference on their platforms during the vote but it seemed there was little if anything to back up those accusations. we looked at all advertisements with any connection to russia and we found no evidence of our services being used to interfere in the referendum a very small number of suspects its research agency linked accounts forty nine such accounts were active during the campaign which represent

will soon approve the monsanto deal still analysts putting by are under the microscope expect the life science companies other headaches of twenty seventeen to continue this year. police and protesters have clashed in athens ahead of auctions of foreclosed properties the property sales are one of the main foundations of the country's international bailout loan program which expires in just a few months demonstrators from the leftist popular unity party said the auctions are a tantamount to stealing poor people's homes banks have repossessed many properties after years of austerity measures and increased taxation that have left many greeks struggling to make ends meet. it looks like selling toys isn't exactly child's play following the collapse of toys r us in the usa now it looks like the same will happen to the u.k. brett administrators say they've got not or they have not managed to find a buyer and so they'll begin winding up british stores in the coming weeks up to three thousand two hundred workers are affected. all one hundred five of the toys r us stores in the u.k. are open but

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monsanto, without monsanto, ayn had expected to conclude the purchase earlier this year. it needs more time to be confident to allay those concerns of antitrust regulators by divesting or out licensing business. another big mover today, itv. felling by 9%, earlier. the biggest drop since jess by 9%, by 9% -- falling earlier. the biggest drop since brexit. hinted that earnings declines and cost increases, while removing the special dividend and providing no clear outlook for a strategy, all bad news, says an analyst. the forecast of 1% net ad revenue growth in the fourth quarter -- first quarter, even with the world cup, shows the structural mess that itv is in. shares getting punished. vonnie: something we haven't spoke about yet, six nations, i think we will get to it in a moment. my next guest has been talking to me about it as you give us the market check. the topic of conversation concerns interest. the senate's number two republican is casting doubt on whether congress will be able to enact president trump's infrastructure plan. john cornyn, of texas, says "i would c

monsanto is a is like all big group come a coal company is highly profitable and highly influential in political circles few years ago the complete. a hundred million dollars expansion of the round up plan for instance in cancer alley please welcome our governor bobby jindal and our first lady so pretty agenda. governor jindal whose wife is a foreman one son two employee praised the expansion of the round up plant in twenty ten every year since then this plant in cancer alley has had the most toxic releases in the entire state. is really important remember there's a real difference in any pesticide between is active ingredient which in the case of roundup for example is go ifas eight verses all the surfactants an urge to go into that full pesticide when it's sprayed and to demonstrate this research it had to ponds with frogs in them in one pond you just put the active ingredient of roundup like to say and very little impact on the frogs in the next pond he put the whole formula devastation eighty ninety percent depending on the developmental stage of the frog of death in those frogs so

right now by its biggest project is the monsanto takeover. though it's also under pressure from the f.d.a. to modernize. and franks it has its own potential challenges. after britain leaves the e.u. it will become harder to license medications in the e.u. and in britain but by can at least fall back on bulging tougher as and it performed well in two thousand and seventeen like most of germany's chemical and pharmaceutical companies two thousand and eighteen is also expected to be a good year and that would be good for buyers hundred thousand global employees as well who all benefit from the company's profit sharing scheme well for more let's cross over to our markets correspondent daniel daniel now this long awaited takeover could finally be approved what's the market's word on that. yes you're right it could be approved but investors are still not very satisfied that all of this has been taking very very long the c.e.o. of bio pointed out that two thousand and seventeen was a year with apps and downs but investors are also not very optimisti

monsanto contributed $600,000 in political donations in 2016. most of the money went to farm state republicans. >>> planning officials hope to make civic center plaza more welcoming. responses from the survey will be used to develop various designed ahead of a community workshop this spring. and there will be designed prepared for civic center plaza, united nations plaza, and full ton street between larkin and hyde streets. it may include improved facilities for pedestrians, bicycles, and trees and lighting. >>> a proposal to turn the moscone center parking garage into a hotel and housing. it calls for building a tower with a 650 room hotel along with 100 affordable housing units. they'll work on getting permits from the city to start development. >>> state lawmakers are considering a bill to give uber and lift rebates if they use more zero emission cars. the legislation would provide state funding for rebates to encourage the services and to use nor environmentally friendly vehicles. 20% of miles driven by ride hailing drivers would need to be

to buys closing its deal monsanto. it expected it to be completed in the first quarter and the company says it needs more time. once finalized, the $66 billion deal will create the world's biggest producer of seeds. we are here with the bayer chief executive, werner baumann. thank you for joining us. you kept the door open to more disposable as the monsanto deal drags on. what kind of disposals would you be thinking of? werner: thank you for having me, francine. we are very confident we are going to close this transaction in quarter two. it is slightly delayed because there is more analysis going on, but we are in very good and constructive discussions with the most important regulators, the department of justice in the u.s. and the european commission. in terms of scope of the best teachers, we announced in october last year -- divestitures, we announced we would divest the last part of our seeds business and herbicide platform, and we have also announced we will be divesting of our vegetable seeds business. there may

the $66 billion purchase of monsanto. let me give you some of the numbers coming through from buyers as well. 35.3, 9.29 come might be a little bit lighter than the market had estimated. adjusted.ce for 2018 core earnings will be at the prior year level. they talked about a slight increase in terms of their numbers, but nothing dramatic coming through from bayer. you might have to wait a little bit longer for transformational numbers to come through, but the monsantois that the closing may be delayed until the second quarter of this year. that is the key that the market wanted to know. this does not affect our expectation of a successful conclusion. we are going to have a conversation. he will explain the deal and the regulatory issues surrounding that deal. nejra cehic is setting up your market flow for you. nejra: we have a little bit of a hawkish tilt from fed chair jerome powell. weakcombined with manufacturing data out of china, that is having an impact on dollar-yen. all of this together -- asian equities taking a l

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to a global cancer research program after it linked america's most widely used weed killer made by monsanto to cancer.

will soon approve the monsanto deal still analysts putting by are under the microscope expect the life science companies of the headaches of twenty seventeen to continue this year germany is about to see the first privatization of a regional bank the states of. and hamburg are selling its struggling h s h north bank to investors for around one billion euros the deal was approved today u.s. firms cerebro is and j.c. flowers will take over most of the shares age as age north bank was once a leader in shipping finance before suffering significant losses twenty sixteen the european commission approved state aid on the condition that the bank would be sold by today. and earlier we asked our financial correspondent in frankfurt daniel called how the deal is seen in germany's financial capital well let's talk about the employees first it seems that the deal for them could have rather negative effect than a first statement the work council of ages they stated that they feel that hundreds of jobs could be on the edge but for the private investors it seems to be a very good deal during the finan

right now buyers biggest project is the monsanto takeover. so it's also under pressure from the f.d.a. to modernize. and breaks it offers its own potential challenges. after britain leaves the e.u. it will become harder to license medications in the e.u. and in britain but by our can at least fall back on bulging coffers and it performed well in two thousand and seventeen like most of germany's chemical and pharmaceutical companies two thousand and eighteen is also expected to be a good year and that would be good for buyers hundred thousand global employees as well who all benefit from the company's profit sharing scheme. well the big break sick the struggle for a common foreign policy and persisting economic inequality the e.u. has numerous internal struggles to deal with nevertheless countries still want to join the bloc now the head of the european commission is currently visiting countries like macedonia or serbia and montenegro south eastern european nations that have been given the prospect of the coming you name bus and one challenge

cancer research program after revealing america's most widely used wind killer made by giant company monsanto to cancer. from cape partridge and you're watching the latest headlines here at r.t. international thank you for joining us. a last minute appeal from forty five russian athletes and two coaches against a ban preventing them from competing in the winter olympics has failed the court of arbitration for sport secretary general announced the ruling with just hours to go before the games get underway in south korea just arbitrator's of concert at the process triggered by the r.u.c. to establish an invitation list of russian that leads to complete olympic athletes from russia could not be described as a sanction but rather as an eligibility decision. did not demonstrates that the manner in which two special commission system stuff wastes by the i.o.c. was carried out in a discriminatory of a trio and feminine. auntie's any of us in the host city chang well any i mean pretty devastating news for some of russia's top last place i mean including key medal hopes i mean can you tell us more abo

gave conditional approval to its takeover by monsanto. anchor: finally from you, the comcast bid to buy sky and after an unusual tip-off. stephen: the financial times says a london taxi driver to the comcast ceo's attention to sky. the driver was well-informed about the differences between paid tv providers in the u.k., bidthat inspirered the ceo's for sky. comcast is offering 25 billion euros for the london-based broadcaster. it would take comcast against my first century fox, which is trying to buy the 61% of sky it does not already own. it just proves you really should listen to taxi drivers. anchor: i always try to. thank you. and the world of business finance, let's take a spin through the international papers this wednesday in paris. are analyst joins the onset. we are starting with the italian elections that get underway this sunday. reporter: those upcoming elections reflect a country that is more than ever divided. that is the opinion from an italian daily newspaper. the writer compares the upcoming election to that of april 18,