Monsanto Posts Net Loss
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Agrochemical company Monsanto Co.  on Wednesday posted a narrower net loss for its fiscal first quarter as a decision to reserve &#36;284 million for legal problems partly offset a boost in the company's key seed business.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo.  - Agriculture products company  Monsanto Co. MON.N on Monday said it will buy vegetable and  fruit seed company Seminis Inc. for about $1 billion in a move  to capitalize on the trend toward healthier diets and enhance  its portfolio of seed operations.
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German drug and chemical maker Bayer AG said Thursday it posted a third-quarter net profit of 34 million euros ($42.2 million), reversing losses from a year ago as a recovery in the chemical industry helped ...
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THE REGION Genzyme Corp. , maker of enzyme therapies for rare diseases, had a loss in the fourth quarter on acquisition costs but expects higher sales in 2007. The net loss was $268.2 million, or $1.02 a share, versus net income of $106.6 million, or 39 cents, a year earlier, the Cambridge company said. Profit excluding some costs beat analyst ...
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Eli Lilly and Co.  on Wednesday reported a fourth-quarter net loss on charges for restructuring and taxes related to the return of overseas profits as sales of prescription drugs rose only slightly.
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For the period that ended Dec. 31, the company reported a loss of $16 million, or 11 cents a share, in contrast to a profit of $18 million, or 12 cents a share, in the period a year earlier.
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Services provider Electronic Data Systems Corp. (EDS) on Monday reported a net loss of US$153 million, or $0.30 per share, for the third quarter of this year. The report had been delayed multiple times as the company grappled with accounting issues.
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The maker of digital video recorders reported a net loss of $17.7 million in the second quarter, which included an $11.2 million inventory write-off.
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Monsanto Co.  said on Friday it is increasing its earnings outlook for fiscal 2007, due to strong results from the corn planting season in the U.S. and from the company's herbicide business.
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American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc.  posted a quarterly net loss on Friday as it took charges for worker buyouts and idling U.S. manufacturing capacity for parts for mid-size light trucks.
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KANSAS CITY, Missouri  - Monsanto Co.  reported on Thursday that quarterly earnings jumped 71 percent, driven partly by surging sales of its genetically modified corn and other seeds.
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A Brazilian court has temporarily halted royalty payments to agriculture biotech giant Monsanto Co. by a farmers' group using its herbicide-resistant soy seed in a country where the company long has struggled to collect the fees.
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Agricultural chemicals maker Monsanto Co. (MON.N: Quote, Profile, Research) posted a quarterly net loss on Wednesday as a drop in Roundup herbicide sales in the
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Merck posted a $1.63 billion fourth-quarter loss on Wednesday as charges for its Vioxx litigation settlement dragged down results and share prices.
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KANSAS CITY, Missouri  - Monsanto Co.  reported on Thursday that quarterly earnings jumped 71 percent, driven by surging sales of its genetically modified corn and other seeds, sending its shares higher in early trade.
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Agricultural company Monsanto Co  said on Thursday its quarterly profit nearly tripled, helped by strength in its corn seed and herbicide businesses, and it raised its 2008 forecast.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo.  - Monsanto Co. MON.N on Monday  said it would set aside $285 million to cover liabilities tied  to its former affiliate Solutia Inc. SOLUQ.OB in an initial  move to define the cost of a tangle of legal problems stemming  from the bankrupt chemical company.