InvestmentsTop Global NewsMarketsReal Estate Bayer soars on report company proposes US$8 billion Roundup settlement By financialnews_rlv83x - August 9, 2019 0 119 Bayer shares soared as much as 11per cent on Friday on a Bloomberg report that the German company has proposed to pay US$8 billion to settle more than 18,000 U.S. lawsuits on its glyphosate-based weedkiller Roundup case.