Bayer AG CEO Says Not Vulnerable to Takeover

September 15, 2008 |

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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - The drugs and chemicals group Bayer does not see itself as vulnerable to a takeover, its chief executive told a German newspaper, after recent rumors that a foreign rival was interested in buying it.

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