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U.S. judge affirms Monsanto weed-killer verdict, slashes damages by https://padlet.com/imbachete/nmuhvmc4ebii A U.S. judge on Monday affirmed a verdict against Bayer AG unit Monsanto that found its glyphosate-based weed-killers responsible for a man’s terminal cancer, sending the German company’s shares down 8 percent. In a ruling by San Francisco’s Superior Court of California, Judge Suzanne Bolanos said she would slash the punitive damages award to $39 million from $250 million if lawyers for school groundskeeper Dewayne Johnson agreed. Bayer said in a statement the decision to reduce the damages was a step in the right direction, but it would still file an appeal with the California Court of Appeal, because the verdict was not supported by the evidence presented at the trial. “According to an earlier hearing, the judge toyed with the idea of dropping the damages altogether,” brokerage alpha said in a note to clients. “Now, however, the judge made a U-turn and confirmed the jury’s previous verdict.” Monsanto, which denies the allegations, had asked the judge to throw out the entire original $289 million verdict or order a new trial on the punitive damages portion. en-us 2018-10-31 02:09:47 UTC 2023-02-25 02:34:58 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/329140260/2627f1e60f6796198b07a0035d6b9e04/monsantopapers_logo_monsanto_01.jpg Why does Cauca communities protect drug traffickers and guerrillas? imbachete https://padlet.com/imbachete/nmuhvmc4ebii/wish/298816062 By Reuters

The people of Algeria kidnapped for hours a team of prosecutors and the army, who had seized a shipment of cocaine.

On Sunday, just two days after that a peat, calculated on 500 people, stopped in a soccer field in Argelia, Cauca, to 60 soldiers and officials of the Prosecutor's Office to prevent the takeoff of a helicopter with cocaine seized. The inhabitants of the municipality of Patía crossed the vehicles on the road to Popayán to stop the passage of the authorities traveling with a captured ELN.

In the end, they managed to free the guerrilla who was transported in an official car. His name was Didier Calvache Jiménez, alias Conejo, finance chief of the "Manuel Vásquez Castaño" front. of the ELN

]]> 2018-10-31 02:09:47 UTC https://padlet.com/imbachete/nmuhvmc4ebii/wish/298816062 Tour de France trophy stolen at cycle show: Team Sky imbachete https://padlet.com/imbachete/nmuhvmc4ebii/wish/298816066 by Reuters

The Tour de France trophy won by Team Sky’s Geraint Thomas earlier this year has been stolen during a cycle show in Birmingham, the British team said on Wednesday.

The trophy, loaned to bike manufacturer Pinarello, had been on display at venues across the UK along with the team’s other grand tour titles but was picked up when left unattended at the NEC in Birmingham recently.

“It is incredibly unfortunate that this has happened,” Thomas said in a statement. “It goes without saying that the trophy is of pretty limited value to whoever took it, but means a lot to me and to the team.

“Hopefully whoever took it will have the good grace to return it. A trophy is important, but clearly what matters most are the amazing memories from this incredible summer – and no one can ever take those away.”

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