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sponsor: 16th Amend. (income tax) sponsor: Aldrich–Vreeland Act of wrote Aldrich plan. studied European central banks. met with bankers on Jekyll Island. basis of Federal Reserve Act. grandfather of VP Nelson Rockefeller.
IMF now has 187 members; The executive board is made up of U.S.A, Japan, Germany, France, and the United Kingdom. The IMF current chief is Dominique Strauss-Kahn. The European Union nominates the leader of IMF. The Board of Governors meet once a year (September or October) at the IMF and World Bank Annual Meetings. IMF.wikipedia.Web. 23 Nov Suite.101 images. IMF Headquarters in Washington, D.C. IMF.wikipedia.Web. 23 Nov IMF Headquarters.Suite.101.images.28 Nov IMF and World Bank.bbc.co.uk.Web.28 Nov 2010.
Bayer Offers to Buy Monsanto, Would Become Largest Agro-Chem Deal in a Year of Mega-Mergers. Details on the Bayer/Monsanto Merger. Analysis. In late May, Bayer AG made an unsolicited offer to acquire Monsanto for 62 billion in cash. If Monsanto accepts the offer it would become the largest foreign takeover by a Germany company in the country’s history. The deal comes amidst a period when global agrochemical companies are consolidating due to a mixture of market factors including a drop in commodity prices and the growing convergence between seeds and pesticides markets. + Opponents of the Merger. The Bayer-Monsanto talks only heighten the possibility that the industry, farmers and consumers could be adversely impacted by this consolidation trend. – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) National Farmers Union president Roger Johnson stated that the union will likely oppose the deal as the union previously opposed the merger of two other agro mega-corporations: DuPont and Dow. Sources: Christopher Alessi, Bayer Makes 62 Billion Bid for Monsanto, Wall Street Journal, May 23, 2016; Ludwig Burger and Georgina Prodhan, Bayer Defies Critics With 62 Billion Monsanto Offer, Reuters, May 23, 2016; Mark Anderson, Bayer’s Proposed Monsnato Takeover Should Rouse Global Regulatory Scrutiny, Sacramento Business Journal, May 20, 2016; Diane Bartz and PJ Hufstutter, Rush for Ag-chem Megadeals Clogs Regulatory Path, Worries Farmers, Reuters, May 20, May 23, 2016 | Justin C. Brown.
