Natural Society reports
The West Virginia State Supreme Court finalized a big blow to the biotech giant Monsanto this month, finishing a settlement causing Monsanto to pay $93 million to the tiny town of Nitro, West Virginia for poisoning citizens with Agent Orange chemicals. The settlement was approved last year, but details were worked out only weeks ago as to how the funds were to be spent.
The settlement will require Monsanto to do the following:
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 30 2014, @09:08AM
Here a good rule of thumb: Any time you're thinning about writing or saying "they'll just pass the cost on to their customers" stop and think for a bit. Because it's almost always a really dumb thing to say. If a company could successfully raise prices they almost certainly would have already done so, without the need to "pass along" some cost. Cost does not determine pricing. It doesn't have much influence at all unless everybody has the same costs.
(Score: 1) by bziman on Wednesday July 30 2014, @06:04PM
Advice: if you're going to call someone "dumb", make sure you spell check your post before hitting submit.
(Score: 1) by Max Hyre on Saturday August 02 2014, @03:24PM
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday August 04 2014, @08:16AM
Good point. Because a typo that resolves to another English word is the important part of the post. Well spotted!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 08 2014, @10:14AM
You weren't called dumb, you said a dumb thing. The two are not the same. Take the opportunity to learn from it, not merely feel insulted.