Industrials

Monsanto asks Arkansas judge to halt state's herbicide ban

A major agribusiness company asked an Arkansas judge Friday to halt the state's plan to ban an herbicide that's drawn complaints from farmers across several states who say the weed killer has drifted onto their fields and caused widespread damage.

Ex-officials accused of corruption in Manila train contract

The Philippine government has filed complaints accusing Cabinet members and other officials in the previous administration of plunder over a maintenance contract for a Manila train system that has been hounded by daily glitches.