crop sciences giant monsanto in june this year for sixty three billion euros one of germany's biggest ever corporate takeovers but two months later a us court ruling ordered buyer to pay multi-million dollar damages to a cancer sufferer. the judge ruled that its newly acquired subsidiary should have warned users about the cancer risks from its roundup herbicide the company shares have been under pressure since then losing thirty six percent since the beginning of the year so investors are still nervous and something like this makes them more nervous it's a little bit of a surprise if you're a long time stock market observer often job cuts lead to higher prices because people think yeah those are necessary measures painful for everyone involved but necessary to increase profitability here they seem to be a reminder of how many risks and challenges buyer has there at least as cliff as that damage claims buyer will be cashing in on synergies with monsanto so it's crap science division will be among the hardest hit with forty one hundred job cuts the company said it expected to complete t

monsanto which is now owned by germany's peer denies any wrongdoing. the canadian government however is taking the allegations seriously its public health department known as health canada called the claims troubling and it tends to review the hundreds of studies used during the approval process for glycine. some activists believe the canadian feds should go further want you can see independent review immediately and suspending the use of life a seat currently roundup is used on a number of crops in canada including corn soy and wheat foods that reach the dinner tables of millions across the country for our teeth i'm alex milo bitch reporting from toronto. oh so carol now joins the list of countries saying to bigger fans of their you guys may have manipulated us into saying their product was healthy and safe and good for all kids just. yeah i mean we're pretty clear on that life is that is not good. you know but all those studies i was hundreds and hundreds of studies of its effect on plants on soil on him and on. biter. farmers livelihood. it pretty m

also tonight, the bay area man who won a landmark lawsuit against monsanto spoke before a packed house at uc berkeley. >> he hopes his legal victory against the chemical giant is just the beginning. >> reporter: tonight dwayne legionson, the bay area man who -- dwayne lee johnson, the bay area man who took on roundup and won -- dwayne johnson walked into a cal conference room fittingly dressed in a fatigue jacket, weekseregal war with the company monsanto ended. johnson is the groundskeeper who won a $39 million settlement after claiming that monsanto's weed killer, roundup, gave him cancer. before a standing room only crowd, johnson talked about how he was exposed and what led to the lawsuit. >> when i brought it to my supervisor he told me, i think it takes years for you guys to get cancer from that stuff. so. >> reporter: johnson is considered a rock star in environmental circles, the first person to beat monsanto in a legal battle. >> hed. fee grate to call him litigation, johnson is working with herbicide free cal. mckenzie feldman slipped him a note at trial telling him of their

the first indication for the company since the monsanto takeover. almost doubling sales.s a concern to do with the weed killer and the lawsuit. that could cast a shadow on future profits with 90,000 profits bringing suit and it will weigh on the company from now until the near future. anna: thank you to all of the team, we will keep up with all those stocks. italia in focus, a link with vodafone. and links between them yesterday but this is around the ceo, we understand he is leaving and there have been a conflict between the ceo and management. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ anna: less than a minute to go until the start of equity trading in europe. let's have a look at how the markets are shaping up towards tuesday's session. the euro and the pound both under pressure yesterday as a result of brexit tension and i tension against the brussels. the pound for the stronger against the u.s. dollar. the has been some fluctuation that we are hearing more positive mood music from theresa may yesterday's session. a little bit of a move higher from the lows of the session. all the talk a

sidney ribeau of the environmental group with there said monsanto has been playing around with scientific studies it's making these studies look like they are independent when in fact they were written or heavily influenced by monsanto one center which is now owned by germany's bear denies any wrongdoing the canadian government however is taking the allegations seriously its public health department known as health canada called the claims troubling and it tends to review the hundreds of studies used during the approval process for glycine. some activists believe the canadian fed should go further once you can see independent review immediately and suspending the use of life a seat currently roundup is used on a number of crops in canada including corn soy and wheat foods that reach the dinner tables of millions across the country for our teeth i'm alex my lil bitch reporting from toronto. oh oh oh oh. carol joins the list of countries. too big to fail you guys may have manipulated into saying your product was healthy and safe and good for all kids just. yeah i know i mean we're pretty cl

buyer has there at least as cliff as that damage claims buyer will be cashing in on synergies with monsanto so it's crap science division will be among the hardest hit with forty one hundred job cuts the company said it expected to complete the job cutbacks by the end of twenty twenty one. now let's bring in our financial correspondent yes court in new york here yes buyer says it wants to save about three billion dollars a year by twenty twenty two does this have anything to do with the court case over monsanto's weed killer. well by itself claims that this is not the case but there's no doubt about it that months on tour has been a costly acquisition and when you buy a company you also inherit the problems as one man in california got awarded so. a million dollars even if a buyer earlier this month it went to him to peel but there are thousands more lawsuits pending the sole there is a certain pressure on buyer to save some money possibly for the lawsuits but also because of the sixty three billion dollars the buyer paid for. thanks for now we'll come back to you in a moment. germany's hum

jobs as part of a savings on restructuring drive the company's feet under pressure since part of monsanto in june. another comfort well how about so story in your business a case is bob's the best all the day's business news on the back of the top of the hour with a round of all for there is a world news in the meantime of course there's always the website called the day. great yourself with g w interior design channel on. climate change. waste. pollution. isn't it time for good news. for go people into projects that are changing the environment for the better it's up to us to make a difference listen to split shoulder. be good for go environment magazine. long d.w. . a bad day for the gemini giant says it set to sasha twelve thousand jolts the massive restructuring comes off to its mammoth take a fall month sound. police raids a torch a bank and a money laundering probe send its share price in dipping. we take a look at the financial fallout and ask is this the beginning of the end for germany's biggest lender. also coming up is your cost spying on you in china revelations that elektra c

move comes in the wake of buyer's controversial sixty three billion dollar takeover of yours rival monsanto. byer one of germany's oldest dance companies wants to make itself leaner and meaner by increasing efficiency productivity and profitability by a set of plan to concentrate resources on its core businesses of pharmaceuticals consumer health and crop science could face setbacks since it bought us crop sciences giant monsanto in june this year for sixty three billion euros one of germany's biggest ever corporate takeovers but two months later a us court ruling ordered buyer to pay multi-million dollar damages to a cancer sufferer. the judge ruled that its newly acquired subsidiary should have warned users about the cancer risks from its roundup herbicide the company's shares have been under pressure since then losing thirty six percent since the beginning of the year so investors are still nervous and something like this makes them more nervous it's a little bit of a surprise if you're a long time stock market observer often job cuts lead to higher prices because people think yeah those

of the ledger monsanto weed killer causes cancer. china's government has hold of the work of a medical team of claim to have created the world's first gene edited babies the country's science and technology vice minister described the actions of the team was illegal and an acceptable chinese scientists say he just acquired sparked outrage with his claims that he had altered the d.n.a. of twin babies. thousands of tens of thousands of farmers from across india have rallied in the capital delhi calling on the government take immediate steps to solve an ongoing agricultural crisis and to ease their financial burdens many farms are struggling with debt and cycles of drought and failed harvests. michael cohen the former lawyer u.s. president donald trump has pleaded guilty to lying to congress about a trump real estate deal in russia and a surprise court appearance in new york he admitted making false statements to a u.s. intelligence committee about a plan to build a trump tower in moscow. cohen is a key figure in robert move his investi

monsanto is facing similar lawsuits across the country. >>> the owners of the warehouse in oakland are speaking out. they lane the deadly fire on their electrician according to the east bay times. in court documents the landlord claims the electrician lied about being a licensed contractor. the owners claim that he rented the space for people to live in when it was owned for commercial use only. they will go to trial next year.>>> 4:26. the marriott ceo has turned down the chance to speak with the supervisors about the month- long strike by the hotel workers in san francisco. 2500 hotel workers walked out last month saying they need to work at least two jobs to feed and house their families. the ceo of marriott said the workers union is interested in holding a multi-city strike rather than gain -- engaging in reasonable negotiations. he said their employees have good benefits and are compensated well. the union said they will continue to strike until the demands are met. >> >>> there will be more funeral services today for the victims of the synagogue shooting. there will be a funeral

. >>> the venetian man who says monsanto's weedkiller causes deadly cancer will accept a reduced award. school grounds keeper dwayne johnson could have demanded a new trial after a judge slashed the jury's original 289 million- dollar reward to $78 million. the jury found monsanto purposefully ignored warnings and evidence that is popular roundup product causes cancer. johnson said he will accept the settlement in hopes of achieving a final resolution in his lifetime. >>> tonight, new scrutiny on a busy northbay intersection after a bicyclist was hit and weeked by a dump truck.in x eadent haened off stony point road and whthda zone. >> reporter: stony point road between occidental and highway 12 is less than a mile long but in the course of six weeks, it has become santa rosa's deadliest stretch of roadway. the swabs of yellow crime scene tape along with a mangled bicycle has become an all-too- familiar site along santa rosa stony point road. >> we have just had a spat of bad luck in that intersection. >> reporter: this crash left a woman dead on tuesday afternoon near the cross of eas

he is the school grounds keeper in benicia who won a $39 million settlement after claiming monsanto's weed killer roundup gave him terminal cans. a judge reduced the award. but johnson says it's much more to him than just money. >> this is way bigger than i am. i'm just happy to be a part of it. like i said, i trust in god. >> the company faces thousands of similar lawsuits across the country. johnson says his ultimate goal is to eliminate pesticides from every campus in the country. >>> an oakland police officer is being hailed a hero after jumping into action to save a newborn baby. >> when i showed up, he was blue, not breathing. i cleared his airway and cleared it out. he is crying pretty good right now. >> this is body camera footage from officer gregory palomo when he responded to a woman screaming from her car for help. the baby wasn't breathing. the officer performed cpr on the newborn and the baby responded by starting to cry and breathe again. >> i'm a father of two. i can just think that, um, i just really needed to get that baby breathing. couldn't imagine if a parent had

jurors in august ruled monsanto caused wayne johnson's nonhodgkins liymphoma.nto has previously argued none of the science presented during the trial effectively tied roundup to johnson's cancer. >>> aaa is looking to help you get around this holiday season. tonight, the company's tipsy tow program will get under way. if you've been drinking and cannot drive, the program will send you a safe ride. it runs from 6:00 tonight until 6:00 tomorrow morning. for rides, just call, they made it easy to remember, 855-2-tow- -go. to find the information go to our website, nbcbayarea.com. >>> coming up on "today in the bay," holiday wishes bounce back after a drop in the stock market. the declines and the potential outlook for the day. >>> and the gap is closing many of its locations nationwide. we'll take a look at the reason behind the decision. when your blanket's freshness fades before the binge-watching begins... that's when you know, it's half-washed. next time, add downy fabric conditioner for freshness that lasts through next week's finale. downy and it's done. pre

. >> wired the executives of monsanto in jail? >> because we haven't drawn the same connection as we did with the peanut butter. if we had that evidence nailed down, i suspect they would be. if you look at the science of it it's a complicated science. i will tell you just rolling and i want to let the gentleman behind you ask a question but monsanto is also in the book. monsanto actually became an influential manufacturing company making sacrum. it was the number one provider of saccharin to americans in the early 20th century. saccharin was a substance that they tried to take out of the food supply and failed. we are smarter than we used to be but not as smart as we should be. soon i thank you for your interest in the subject. to think i was some food days are coming here to talk to you. did the states and locals have any -- were all talking about federal all the time a little bit smaller scale and the other thing for the meat in the case, did they put stuff on and do they still do that? >> i don't know so much about meat today.

monsanto is facing 8,000 similar lawsuits around the country. >>> five days to go, some of the biggestcountry are too close to call that has both republicans and democrats urging people to get out and vote. ktv u doug luzader reported from washington rfrnlts the president's schedule is jam packed as he tries to close an enthusiasm gap. president trump taking the stage in florida so ouch a pivotal election state hoping his base there and around the country comes through for him again. >> this election is truly a choice between results and resis resistance. their whole theme, obstruct, resist -- what the do you get out of that? >> look at the president's travel schedule on tuesday. destinations carefully selected for the most potential act. >> i think it's interesting where his map is. he's going to safe red areas. he's not trying to convince anyone. he's trying to get to the crowd. >> democrats are more and more confident that they will pick up the 23 seats they need to win control of the senate. nancy pelosi could become speaker of the house again stating it as fact, democrats will win

pesticides and herbicides that means that other products may also be better for said is produced by monsanto just now owned by germany based multinational buyer. it began with a rebirth of the vinyl record followed by other products like further coffee makers or polaroid cameras around the world things that are almost extent are in high demand consumers increasingly want uncomplicated things in an increasingly complex world retro has become a mass phenomenon and a good business. one instant camera. mic century funicello. night but with right stitching products from the past into month today. this company is located near home but sales have grown by twenty five percent in the last five years. keep up. digitize ation hasn't come abilities than on digital and on the contrary there's a strengthened awareness of non digital behavior in the age of digitization so i doubt that it had to get an easier one people write more consciously they sit down and write a letter consciously or notes in a notebook it's highly seasonal teaching those who was in the teens pool even large companies like b.m.w. have

bayer stock is down more than a third this year following its purchase of us seed company monsanto, which cases allegedly caused by its weedkiller roundup. boxer floyd mayweatherjr and music producer dj khaled have agreed to pay more than a quarter of a million dollars to settle charges over their promotion of cryptocurrency investments. it's the first such case brought by the us financial regulator, the securities and exchange commission, since it warned earlier this month about celebrities promoting the investments on social media without disclosing they were being paid. shares of deutsche bank have fallen further after prosecutors raided its frankfurt headquarters in a money laundering investigation. five other deutsche offices in the city were searched in an operation involving about 170 police and officials. deutsche has lost more than half its stock market value this year as it struggles with losses and regulatory scandals and now, what's trending in the business news this morning? 0n bloomberg, fed ramps up 6oldman investigation over 1mdb compliance failures, sources say. the us ce

german conglomerate is performing after it's a $63 billion takeover of monsanto.e science division has had double sales compared to a year ago. >> we are very happy to finally start integration, a good second and third quarter of the company overall, confirmed guidance, and in terms of legal challenges we are very comfortable that in the end the science will prevail. ♪ >> marijuana stocks are all the rage this week, with all the earnings coming out. s, we just got the number significant increase in revenue, a pattern we are starting to see -- revenue and production numbers are growing quickly, this is the corridor leading into legalization which ended september 30. it doesn't include the numbers post legalization but a lot of these companies were beginning to ship to the provinces and some of that is reflected. how your revenue, higher are alson, and what we seeing his lower average selling prices and lower margins of cost. >> it's a very new industry that's evolving. each quarter we start to get more and more information and it easier for investors to model, but

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a bay area groundskeeper of cancer will not appeal the court decision in his case against monsanto. the jury decided in august that roundup caused cancer in dwayne johnson. the original award was $289 million but it was reduced to $70 million. johnson doctor testified he has less than three years to live. monsanto is facing similar lawsuits across the country. >> the owners of the warehouse are speaking out, lenny the deadly fire on electrician. in court documents the landlord and her children claim the electrician live about being a licensed contractor. the owners also claim that he broke the lease by renting a space for people to live in when it was zoned for commercial use only. they had to trial next year. >>> >>> the ceo of marriott has turned down a chance to speak with the examiner. they walked out saying that most of them need to work two jobs. the marriott ceo said the workers union is more interested in holding a strike then in engaging in meaningful negotiations. he said marriott employees are well compensated and have good benefits including medical coverage. the union s

this year it has been fending off a flood of wall suits in the united states which allege that a monsanto weed killer causes cancer. german prosecutors have raided the offices of the country's biggest lender deutsche have begun its part of an investigation into suspicions of money laundering the inquiry is based on revelations made in the two thousand and sixteen data leak known as the panama papers which suggested the bank staff has helped criminals funnel money into offshore tax havens. police vans surrounding the headquarters of germany's biggest lender if george's image wasn't already in tatters it certainly is now. the banks accused of helping clients hide money and crime their suspicions are based on revelations contained in a set of leaked documents known as the panama paper is. different after. mission arose in the summer august two thousand to nineteen really not after the federal criminal police officer evaluation from the parliament papers the so-called off shore leaks. bodies are also this evaluation that the suspicions of deutsche bank was helping clients set up so-called off

to reduce the amount of damage in his case against monsanto. the jury decided in august that roundup caused cancer in to wayne johnson. the original award was $289 million. the judge reduced it to $78 million. the doctor testified that johnson has less than three years to live. monsanto is facing 8000 similar lawsuits around the country. >>> with five days to go to the election some of the big races are too close to call. this as republicans and democrats urging people to get out and vote. joining us from washington dc, a look at the prospects. good morning, doug.>>reporter: we seldom seen -- see elections getting this kind of attention.>>> wear president trump took the stage in florida. he hopes they come through for him again. >> this election is a choice between results and resistance. the whole theme is obstruct and resist. what do you get out of that? >> look at the travel schedule to election day. destinations carefully selected for the most potential impact. >> i think it's interesting where the map is -- safe areas. he's not trying to c

it follows their takeover of monsanto.orldwide, with a significant number going in its home country of germany. let's have a quick look at the asia—pacific markets. we start off with the nikkei 225 up marginally by 25 and the all ordinaries index down 29 and the hang seng gaining 55 points in early trade. a volatile friday after wall street sees off after trump's tough talk on trade. thank you so much for investing your time with us. i'm rico hizon. sport todayis time with us. i'm rico hizon. sport today is up next. this is bbc news. the top stories this hour: donald trump's former lawyer michael cohen has pleaded guilty to lying to congress about contacts with russia. president donald trump has just arrived in argentina for the 620 summit of world leaders. he is due to meet china's xi jingping on the sidelines to try to resolve the us—china trade war. the funerals industry in britain is to face a major investigation after the competition watchdog found prices have soared by two thirds in the last decade. personal finance

investors over the last five years are losing money with bayer, and it seems all down to the monsanton, because it has just come off gains in the past six months. kailey: there are about 30,000 functions on the bloomberg, and we always enjoy showing you are -- showing you our maybe they -- favorites. maybe they will become your favorite. here's another function you will find useful. quic , where it will lead you to our quick takes, where you can get important context and fast insight into timely topics. here is a quick take from this week. >> decades in the making, quantum computing is the technology that can make today's fastest supercomputer look like an abacus. teams around the world are racing to build machines with different approaches, while the technology is moving quickly to reality it is still too soon to , tell when it will get there. this is your bloomberg quick take on quantum computing. the computer you are using now processes information in bits that can represent two possible states -- one or zero. quantum computers use quantum bits, which can represent one or zero

. >>> as many expected, monsanto is filing a formal appeal of the $78 million verdict for former bay area grounds keeper dying of cancer. jurors in august ruled monday santos roundup weed killer caused duane johnson's nonhodgkin's lymphoma. he was originally awarded $289 million. a judge later trimmed down the settlement. monsanto has previously argued none of the science presented during the trial effectively tied roundup to johnson's cancer. >>> coming up, that rain continues to fall across the bay area. kari has been tracking that. you can see right there that rain coming down here, another look at the microclimate weather alert in effect right now. >>> partners in marriage? maybe not. up next, why critics say a law to protect immigrants from spousal domestic abuse is helping some game the system. ife careful. a live look at the radar. >>> turning back to the rain coming down outside, if you're driving tonight, certainly be careful. >> a live look now at the radar, and we have our stormranger working hard for you in san jose, tracking that rain. meteorologist kari hall also workin

today monsanto filed an appeal and requested review of the court's refusal to order a new trial.n the trial they argued there's overwhelming evidence roundup does not cause cancer. >>> we first told you last friday about a chain of auto dealers that closed its dealerships. we are learning more about why it happened. >> "7 on your side's" michael finney is here with what he has learned. >> with momentum auto dealers suddenly closed eight of its locations, customers and employees were left scratching their heads. recently unsealed court records reveal momentum was having some serious financial trouble, and is the subject of a department of motor vehicles investigation. the momentum auto group consists of nine dealerships. as of monday night it appears eight of them closed without warning, in fairfield and vallejo. today the department of motor vehicles sent "7 on your side" a statement saying in part, the dmv investigations division currently has an open and ongoing investigation on the momentum auto group. as of today, momentum chevrolet in san jose says it is still open, but cust

johnson sued monsanto claiming the we had killer roundup caused his terminal cancer. in august a jury agreed and awarded him $289 million. a san francisco judge reduced the punitive damages by more than $200 million. on son could have asked for a new trial, but his spokesperson says he will accept the lower amount in hopes of achieving, quote, a final resolution within his lifetime. >>> a marin county man is being forced to confront his past after his name appeared on a list of catholic priests accused of sexual misconduct. >> i-team reporter dan noyes is here with a preview of his his s exclusive enter vow. >> it is rare to have a man sit down and he answered all of my questions. he admits mistakes with a teenage girl when he was a 30-year-old priest. >> i want to make it clear, i think i did wrong. that's definite. i want to make clear that that was something that had nevern.ee history may affect his job at the marin county guardian's office. he tells me he never had to filed. we will go deeper into his story coming up tonight on "abc 7 news" at 11:00. >> that shoul

. >>> monsanto filing an appeal against that huge $78 million in a lawsuit against roundup, the weed killer. a person was awarded $8 million by a jury in san francisco, the jury found prolonged use of the product was a substantial cause of this man's incurable non- hodgkins lymphoma. it was required by bayer and the active ingredient in roundup is safe if you use it properly. >>> thanksgiving week is a time that some people choose to show gratitude for what they have by giving to people who are less fortunate. >> is anybody hungry? we have some sandwiches. >> the catholic community provides meals to the homeless, children as young as ten prepare meals and they're going to help distribute the food around san francisco. >> we want to show our kids that this is real, this is not is being that is removed or remove yourself from. it's in our community, and we can do something else. >> we're fortunate, that we have meals on our table, we can celebrate thanksgiving with our families. so why not just give them a little something at the end of the day, we're all human. >> the group handed out

$289,000,000 en daños, sin embargo la cifra fue restablecida por un juez a 78 millones, compañía agrícola monsanto laboral hoy, la huelga inició hace siete semanas donde 2500 trabajadores están participando. >>> es una desgracia lo que nos estamos haciendo. así que no queremos y preferimos estar aquí en la lluvia que nos den >>> eso con los trabajadores en san francisco y se han realizado pláticas de negociaciones, sin embargo no se ha llegado a un acuerdo todavía >>> ayer sentenciaron a tres hombres por secuestrar a una familia hispana por dos horas >>> y el crimen sucedió el año pasado y hoy las víctimas dicen vivir con temor, carla flores desde washington, d.c. con la información >>> dígame exactamente qué sucedió >>> estamos en casa y ellos van a regresar. >>> está en la llamada al 911 que aracely ochoa hizo después de que bobby johnson, dalik oxely y los demás lo secuestraran por 12 horas, tres de ellos fueron sentenciados a decenas de cargos criminales que incluyen secuestro, robo armado y agresión en segundo grado, johnson 40 años, dalik oxely 45 >>> la fiscalía pidió por una sentencia más

cross sciences giant monsanto fire shares have lost more than ten percent since monsanto was ordered on the tenth of august to pay two hundred eighty nine million dollars in damages in the first u.s. a lawsuit over the life of state based weed killer is and of course we'll be following that story for you as it develops in one of our business but a tense. south korea's top court has ruled that the japanese car producer mitsubishi must compensate the victims of forced labor during world war two as the second such ruling in south korea in as many months turkey or criticize the verdict saying the question of reparations stemming from water on trans aggressions was settled when the two countries reestablished diplomatic relations in the one nine hundred sixty s. . mitsubishi must apologize and compensate the victims this banner reads and south korea's highest court agrees with at least some of the victims of forced labor from japan's wartime occupation of the korean peninsula it's ordered the kamani factual to compensate ten south koreans who had been forced to provide labor for the compa

. >>> tonight monsanto has appealed the verdict in a landmark case over its popular weed killer roundup. back in august the jury ruled in favor of a former school groundskeeper, dwayne johnson claimed an ingredient in the weed killer caused his terminal cancer. the jury awarded johnson $289 million in damages, but the judge later reduced the award to $78 million. >>> there's a saying the wheels of justice turn slowly, but how slow is too slow? >> christin ayers joins us now with an original report, christin? >> this is about a brutal murder that happened in 2013 in san francisco. the victim's family still hasn't seen justice and the suspects are still in jail waiting for their day in court. so who's to blame? there's a lot of finger pointing going on, but we may have stumbled upon at least one reason. >> i feel like it's not going to happen. >> reporter: sherry and her daughter maylina aren't holding out much hope. >> it's his birthday. >> reporter: it's been four years since sherry's son ronnie goodman was murdered in san francisco's mission district. after police release third-degree

a little bit the same situation that we also saw happening in the past when i was taking over a monsanto the biggest merger here in the german industry investors don't really know if even for a big company a company like s a p this merger might be a little bit too expensive. in frankfurt thank you. singles day in china has now passed black friday the u.s. consumerist orgy to become the world's biggest day in shopping and it will be on november eleventh and the name which refers to the four ones in the date the shopping bonanza brought in another record amount this year but there are signs that sales on that date are beginning to slow. he sure this year's single stay kicked off with a colorful gala complete with excited fans customers and the life tally of incoming sales the one billion dollar mark fell after a mere eighty five seconds after an hour sales had reached ten billion dollars by the end of the day revenue it online giant alibaba clocked in at thirty point eight billion dollars a new record. for the single stay shopping festival has reached its tenth year it means not only disco

thousand jobs as part of a savings and restructuring drive has been under pressure since buying monsanto in june. rogers some of the other stories making news around the world thousands of opposition demonstrations of march through zimbabwe's capital harare supporters of the m.d.c. cues the government of rigging july's election as the first rally since the deadly crackdown on election protest in august. china's government says hold the work of the medical team and claim to have created the world's first gene edited by business the country's science and technology vice minister described the actions of the team as illegal and unacceptable chinese scientist he john sparked outrage with his claim that it altered the d.n.a. of twin babies. tens of thousands of farmers from across india have rallied in the capital delhi calling on the government to take immediate steps to solve an ongoing agricultural crisis and their financial burdens on the farmers are struggling with debts and cycles of drought and failed harvests. i'm nato has rejected calls from ukrainian president of petro poroshenko to

. >> monsanto filed and appeal today against the huge verdict in a lawsuit over the round up weed killernds keeper was awarded $778 million by a jury in san francisco last month. the jury found prolonged use of the product was a substantial cause of dwayne lee johnson's incurable non-hodgkin's lymphoma. studies prove thad the active ingredient is safe if used properly. >> a bay area non-profit won a legal victory over the trfranci toddler when she and her mother were waved through a of entry in southern california. >> it took my mother over 20 years to know she'd qualify for asylum and this was after i came here at the age of two and after that i didn't have a work pierzynski mitt or any type of legal status. >> reporter: she said once her mother started the process it took two years to be granted asylum. the group is one of four sueing the trump administration over the asylum ban. the government issued a rule saying anyone who enters the u.s. without inspection outside of the port of entry will be barred from apply ever for asylum. a judge blocked the government saying how someone comes

a jury earlier this year found that monsanto's roundup caused a california man's cancer.riginal award was $289 million. a judge cut that significantly just last month. the company says none of the science presented at the trial earlier this year supported the jury's conclusion. monsanto is facing more than 9,000 similar lawsuits. >>> so the birth of a baby ape has officials at the san diego zoo scratching their heads. >> eloise had her seventh child earlier this month. the zoo was more than a little shocked because it says eloise has been on birth control for years. she and her partner had their last child 12 years ago. >> wow. >> wow. >> oof. >> they also say the new mom didn't show any signs of being pregnant. she and the baby are doing fine. >> my goodness. >> how did that happen? >> that's a trend these days, though? >> what. >> i don't know, just like people keep having babies. >> oh. >> shout out to this ape for deciding to have a baby. >> she was on birth control. allegedly. >> look, something happened. allegedly. was she taking it herself? >> yeah, she probably pu

. >>> and the german company bayer which recently bought monsanto say there are 9300 lawsuits, these clients said round up has made them sick. there are hundreds of scientific study that is show it's safe to use. >>> not safe to go outside, bay area schools are closed today and the ones that are keeping children inside because of the smoky air. >>> and dead fish and the wildlife in the delta, we're looking into why the state is being blamed. >>> our coverage continues now, the deadly fire burning in butte county. 42 people have been killed in the camp fire, dozens of others are still missing, 5,000 firefighters are battling the fire that has burned more than 125,000 acres. it's 30% contained at this time. there are 7 an evacuation centers set up in the area. three of them are full. >>> lets bring in claudia, she's live from the to you of paradise, a lot of devastation around you and behind you. >>> gunnel, what reporting from what was the paradise inn, there's an encouraging news, a city of 19,000 people, 6 days half this fire incinerated the town of paradise, the cleanup work is und

for a long time we had no idea what that meant and it was an obscure thing in a lab, and monsanto did this, i think, disservice in a way by the first publicly understood example of a g.m.o. was roundup ready corn. so the first time that the lay people saw what a g.m.o. could do was something that for us was no value. in fact, it was the opposite of value. it was horrendous. it was the ability to use more pesticide because the crop wouldn't die. so you could use unlimited roundup because your crop was resistant to roundup because of g.m.o.s and that as that first example of something that people could understand has really colored the world of g.m.o.s. i am not saying they are wonderful and there are a lot of problems, but there could be beneficial uses that are now -- we went way back because of that out the gate. so when you talk about that there is the companies that want -- that 30% of the companies want to do the right thing. that there is this problem -- the problem is not technology, but philosophy. so i feel like we could repeat that same mistake because bitcoin is what we thin

consolidation being a good thing for the industry we have seen some big deals happen this year, bayer an monsanto is this an area where you continue to expect further consolidation? are you yourselves as a company perhaps with the view of more international expansion thinking about acquiring or partnering up with companies as well >> a lot of mm rash mshg&a has already in the fertilizer company. we have the largest producer of phosphate, nitrogen, the largest in the world also we see m&a in some other areas. even because of that we see positive application on the price. the price rises this year from the previous about 30% >> do you see prices rising next year as well >> yeah. i think it's a positive trend. the whole industry went from high capex, new production, and today i think all new investments, they have already been done. now i think we will have and we will see a positive trend. >> we have to leave it there thank you very much for joining us >>> coming up on this program, shares in telecom italia sinks details on that when we come back >>> welcome back to "street signs. i'm willem marx.