Bayer CEO Opens Door to Roundup Settlement as Lawsuits Swell
- Number of suits related to weedkiller rose by about 5,000
- Bad weather, trade tensions hurt performance in crop science
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Bayer AG Chief Executive Officer Werner Baumann said he’d consider a “financially reasonable” settlement of litigation over the weedkiller Roundup as the caseload swells and the company’s shares slump anew.