Wikio - Monsanto

Got rBST? You can support the good guys. (Unbossed)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:12:32 GMT

It's an uneven battle for the truth, given Monsanto's money and its stable of people like who will promote Monsanto's profits over our health . Link. One thing working in Monsanto's favor is that, when things seem complicated, most people will tune out or take the position that the truth likes somewhere between. Another is that Monsanto is well funded, while those who work...

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Got rBST - Can Bovine Growth Hormone Help Slow Global Warming? Scientific American has Big Doubts (Unbossed)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:26:16 GMT

David Biello's July 2, 2008 Scientific American on-line article takes on Monsanto's claim, er the claim of some totally unbiased scientists - who just happen to be directly on Monsanto's payroll and indirectly on Monsanto's payroll through its funding - that rBST / rBGH / Posilac will save the planet from global warming. The article is pasted below and may be found, complete with...

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Percy Schmeiser in BC (thegreenjournal.ca (beta))

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:37:15 GMT

The Saskatchewan farmer who took on Monsanto is coming to BC to carry on his fight against genetically engineered foods. Greenpeace and the Society for a Genetically Engineered (GE) Free BC are kicking off a province-wide speaking tour in Vancouver this Friday, with an evening with Percy Schmeiser and guests. 7pm at the Vancouver [...]

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Biotechnology firm says State anti-GMO policy is 'misguided' (The Irish Times)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:49:15 GMT

THE GOVERNMENT'S anti-GMO (genetically modified organisms) policy is "misguided, unsustainable, and counterproductive", bio-technology company Monsanto has told the Oireachtas Agriculture Committee.

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Monsanto completes buy of corn producer Marmot (The St Louis Business Journal )

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:12:32 GMT

Monsanto Co. said Wednesday it completed its purchase of Marmot SA, which operates corn producer Semillas Cristiani Burkard (SCB). The cash purchase price was $135 million, according to Monsanto's quarterly report filed June 27. (MON)

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Monsanto Company Completes Acquisition of Semillas Cristiani Burkard (PR News Wire )

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:01:00 GMT

ST. LOUIS, July 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) announced that it has completed its proposed acquisition of Marmot, S.A., which operates Semillas Cristiani Burkard (SCB), a privately-held seed company headquartered in Guatemala City, Guatemala. SCB is the leading Central American corn seed company focused on hybrid corn production. The company has long-standing relationships...

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Got rBST? Real cows don't eat astroturf - nor do we! (Unbossed)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:07:57 GMT

Let me see. How many ways has Monsanto used front groups, fake "astroturf" groups, and fake science to get people to (a) stop worrying about the effects of using rBST / rBGH / Posilac / recombinant bovine growth hormone to produce milk and (b) buy more milk produced? And now there's a new one that is a real hoot! Did you know that injecting dairy cows with Monsanto's recombinant hormones...

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Monsanto’s GM corn MON863 shows kidney, liver toxicity in animal studies (Dvorak Uncensored)

Mon, 30 Jun 2008 22:43:21 GMT

Monsanto’s GM corn MON863 shows kidney, liver toxicity in animal studies — Even though this link is actually a few months old, the story is apparently completely suppressed by the mainstream media which should be all over it. A variety of genetically modified corn that was approved for human consumption in 2006 caused signs of liver [...]

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Monsanto Reports Strong Earnings (Seeking Alpha)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:26:41 GMT

Zacks.com submits: Monsanto Company (MON) has once again showcased its financial strength and market dominance by reporting outstanding third-quarter results in which profit was up 42% from the same period last year. Based upon this stock's current price and analyst's earnings projections, shares are currently trading at a premium to the market. But when considering the company's current growth...

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Got rBST? Your Milk on Drugs - The Dangers of rBGH in Dairy Products (Unbossed)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 10:13:00 GMT

Say you were a blogger and had written, oh, say, 20 or more stories on issues related to the use of Monsanto's rBST in milk. And say each time you wrote about the issue, for example, that the Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture had created a fake consumer committee to assess milk labeling, you were asked: "So what's the story with sBST / rBGH?" How do you explain why rBST in milk is a problem?...

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Zacks Releases Four Powerful ''Buy'' Stocks: CIRCOR International, Comfort Systems USA, Monsanto Company and Talisman Energy (Business Wire)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:03:00 GMT

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Four free stock picks are being made available today on Zacks.com. The industry’s leading independent research firm highlights one

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Disney's New Dream Home: Worse Than We Dreamed (Treehugger)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:35:42 GMT

I adored the 1957 Monsanto House of the Future; it was full of fabulous furniture, ideas for the future, and innovative, original design. OK it was all plastic and sponsored by Monsanto, but they were cool then and as we knew from the Graduate, the future was in plastics. I was disappointed to learn that the new version was to be a 5,000 SF McMansion that "will look like a normal suburban...

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Italy in Trouble for Pure Chocolate (http://wanderingitaly.com/blog/rss/)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:42:52 GMT

Is the EC the new Monsanto?...

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Why Throw Tomatoes at Monsanto? (Fool.com)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:20:16 GMT

There wasn't a lot to complain about in Monsanto's third-quarter earnings report, released Wednesday, but investors are finding enough disappointing news to send the stock down. Because the stock had nearly doubled in the last year and has a P/E above 40, I can understand how investors might be a little quick to hit the sell button.Sales were up more than 26% year over year, thanks to increased...

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The World According to Monsanto (Peace, Social Justice and Truth for)

noreply@blogger.com (azgoddess) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:08:00 GMT

From TreeHugger By all means, the deluge of damning information, string of political intricacies and overall ominous tone of the latest documentary by French journalist and director Marie-Monique Robin, “ The World According to Monsanto ,” should have put me to sleep. But it didn’t. In fact, it kept my stomach literally churning. The film, a National Film Board of Canada co-production, meticulously...

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UPDATE 1-Goldman Sachs adds Monsanto to conviction buy list (Reuters UK)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:49:14 GMT

June 26 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group added Monsanto Co to its Americas conviction buy list, saying the recent weakness in the agricultural products company's stock price was a buying opportunity.

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The World According to Monsanto (Public Blog)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 12:31:04 GMT

In an interview with The Real News Network, filmmaker Marie-Monique discussed her recent film 'The World According to Monsanto' in which she exposes Monsanto's controversial practices, which range from concealing knowledge of toxicity of PCBs to producing genetically modified seeds and related herbicides. A Monsanto declassified file stated that "we can't afford to lose one dollar"...

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At UN, Sachs defends Monsanto and Terminator seeds, praises pharmaceutical industry and patents (Circle of 13)

noreply@blogger.com (Peacedream) — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:10:00 GMT

Monsanto, the subject of protests throughout India and much of the developing world for its use of so-called death or single-use seeds, has a defender it emerges in the UN system, Jeffrey Sachs. Following a June 20 talk extolling the virtual of genetically modified food, Sachs was asked by Inner City Press about a counter-example, that of Monsanto and its death seeds, which are sterile...

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A Crop-Dusting for Monsanto Shares (Business Week )

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:06:43 GMT

Concerns about smaller profit margins in the company's seed business put pressure on the stock, despite strong earnings.

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S&P Picks and Pans: Monsanto, Countrywide, American Express, Apollo Group, American Greetings, Rockwell Automation (Business Week )

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:06:20 GMT

Analysts' opinions on stocks in the news Wednesday.

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