Bayer-Monsanto Acquisition: Who Wins?
On September 14th, Monsanto announced that it had agreed to sell itself to Bayer for $66 billion in cash, the largest-ever all-cash acquisition to date. Monsanto, a St. Louis based company, is the world’s largest seller of seeds and the leading producer of GMOs. Bayer, a German company focusing on pesticides in agriculture, is a…