Monsanto CEO calls Syngenta approach 'a long game': WSJ

Monsanto Co Chief Executive Hugh Grant called the company's attempt to buy Swiss group Syngenta AG "a long game" and said he still wants to get it done despite Syngenta's rebuff, the Wall Street Journal reported. Syngenta again on Tuesday rejected the offer but said it will sound out shareholders for their views on the Swiss crop chemicals maker's opposition to rival Monsanto's $45 billion takeover approach. In an interview published on Wednesday, the paper quoted G