Monsanto's Syngenta gambit hinges on sale of seed businesses - sources
May 14, 2015 at 14:26 PM EDT
LONDON/FRANKFURT, May 14 (Reuters) - U.S. seeds giant Monsanto is trying to line up buyers for assets worth up to $8 billion to appease competition authorities before making a fresh takeover approach for Swiss Syngenta, possibly within three weeks, industry sources said.