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Beyond Meat shares crumble on stock offering surprise, demand for meatless burgers soars

Reuters – Beyond Meat Inc’s shares tumbled on Monday on plans for another stock offering just three months after its IPO while demand for its plant-based burgers and sausages prompted an increase in its full-year sales forecast. Trading was volatile and shares fell more than 12 percent after hours on news of a 3.25 million […] Read more

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U.S. judge cuts $2 billion Roundup verdict against Bayer to $86 million

By Tina Bellon July 26, 2019

Reuters – A California judge on Thursday reduced a $2 billion jury verdict, slashing the award for a couple who blamed Bayer AG’s glyphosate-based weed killer, Roundup, for their cancer to $86.7 million. Superior Court Judge Winifred Smith of the California Superior Court in Oakland said the jury’s billion-dollar punitive damage awards were excessive and […] Read more

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Juror urges judge to uphold US$80M Roundup verdict

By Tina Bellon July 8, 2019

Reuters — A juror who was part of a panel that delivered a US$80 million award against Bayer AG after finding that its glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup caused a man’s cancer has urged the presiding judge to uphold the decision. A letter from the juror written on July 4 was posted to the court docket […] Read more

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Judge to slash US$80 million Roundup jury verdict

By Tina Bellon July 2, 2019

Reuters — A U.S. judge on Tuesday said he would reduce a US$80 million damage award against Bayer to US$50 million or less in the case of a man who blamed his cancer on glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup. U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco said the jury’s $75 million punitive damages award to plaintiff […] Read more

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Beyond Meat’s new competitor: Tyson’s pea-and-meat blended burger

By Tina Bellon June 14, 2019

Reuters — U.S. meat processor Tyson Foods on Thursday launched its first vegetarian and mixed-protein products, including a beef and pea burger, as it seeks to compete with Beyond Meat and other companies catering to rising demand for plant-based alternatives to meat. Tyson is betting that meat eaters wanting healthier diets will see their blend […] Read more

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Beyond Meat sees sales more than doubling in 2019

By Nivedita Balu, Tina Bellon June 6, 2019

Reuters — Beyond Meat, a U.S. maker of plant-based burgers and sausages, said it expects to more than double its revenue and report breakeven EBITDA this year, sending the its shares up over 21 per cent. The company said it expects to record revenue of $210 million in 2019 (all figures US$), with break-even earnings, […] Read more

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California jury hits Bayer with US$2 billion award

By Tina Bellon May 13, 2019

Reuters — A California jury on Monday awarded more than US$2 billion to a couple who claimed Bayer’s glyphosate-based Roundup herbicide caused their cancer, in the largest U.S. jury verdict to date against the company in litigation over the chemical. It was the third consecutive U.S. jury verdict against the company in litigation over the […] Read more

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U.S. jury says Bayer must pay $80 million to man in Roundup cancer trial

By Alexandria Sage, Tina Bellon March 28, 2019

San Francisco/New York | Reuters –– A U.S. jury on Wednesday awarded US$80 million to a man who claimed his use of Bayer’s glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup caused his cancer, in the latest legal setback for the company facing thousands of similar lawsuits. The jury in San Francisco federal court said the company was liable for […] Read more

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Second U.S. jury finds Bayer’s Roundup caused cancer

By Jim Christie, Tina Bellon March 19, 2019

Reuters — A U.S. jury on Tuesday found Bayer’s glyphosate-based Roundup herbicide caused cancer, a blow to the company eight months after another jury issued a US$289 million verdict over similar claims in a different case. Tuesday’s unanimous jury decision in San Francisco federal court, which came after five days of deliberation, was not a […] Read more

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U.S. judge to allow controversial evidence in Roundup cancer trials

By Tina Bellon January 28, 2019

Reuters — A federal judge overseeing lawsuits alleging Bayer’s glyphosate-based Roundup herbicide causes cancer on Monday tentatively allowed pieces of controversial evidence that the company had hoped to exclude from upcoming trials. U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria during a hearing in San Francisco federal court called his decision “probably most disappointing for Monsanto,” the Bayer […] Read more

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Author Archives Tina Bellon

Beyond Meat shares crumble on stock offering surprise, demand for meatless burgers soars

U.S. judge cuts $2 billion Roundup verdict against Bayer to $86 million

Juror urges judge to uphold US$80M Roundup verdict

Judge to slash US$80 million Roundup jury verdict

Beyond Meat’s new competitor: Tyson’s pea-and-meat blended burger

Beyond Meat sees sales more than doubling in 2019

California jury hits Bayer with US$2 billion award

U.S. jury says Bayer must pay $80 million to man in Roundup cancer trial

Second U.S. jury finds Bayer’s Roundup caused cancer

U.S. judge to allow controversial evidence in Roundup cancer trials

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