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Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) is out with a pricing of one huge corporate bond offering. The sale is for $4 billion in total. As you will see below, the retail pharmacy giant is borrowing money for what...
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Now that Express Scripts Holding Company (NASDAQ: ESRX) has finally passed and completed its massive merger effort, the company can refocus its efforts and make the changes that it wants to make or...
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Express Scripts Holding Co. (NASDAQ: ESRX) reported second quarter adjusted EPS of $0.88 and $27.7 billion in revenue after markets closed today. EPS for the same period a year ago totaled $0.71, and...
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This morning, CVS Caremark Corp. (NYSE: CVS) reported second-quarter earnings of $966 million, or $0.75 per share, and $30.7 billion in revenue. EPS were up from $0.60 in the same period a year ago,...
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The story of American business has been about shipping the country’s manufacturing jobs overseas. However, there is another part of the story. Every year, American companies hire thousands of...
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Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) has announced that it has completed its investment in Alliance Boots, an international pharmacy-led health and beauty group. The deal has received all regulatory approvals...
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Retail sales might not exactly be setting any blistering pace of growth, but Retail Metrics has a report out that shows a traffic boost at the end of July should offer a boost to retail same-store...
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Jon OggThese are some of the top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall S. research calls this Monday morning. Biogen Idec Inc. (NASDAQ: BIIB) started as Outperform at Leerink...
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When Gallup asked people about the state of the economy this spring, as a recovery appeared to have taken hold, the polling company found “nearly half of Americans, 46%, still say the economy is in...
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The three major US stock indexes opened higher this morning as investors continue to hope for more central bank stimulation in weakening global economy. These investors are probably right that...
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CVS Caremark (NYSE: CVS) was down more than 2% in premarket trading Thursday, and its was down more than 5%, or less than $46 a share, in early trading. This after the stock reached a new multiyear...
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While no details were provided, Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) and Express Scripts Holding Co. (NASDAQ: ESRX) this morning announced a new multiyear deal that will once again add Walgreens stores to the...
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The former CEO of McDonald’s Corp. (NYSE: MCD), James Skinner, has been named the new non-executive chairman of the board of Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG). Skinner replaces Al McNally who has been the...
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Retailers will be announcing June same-store sales this week, and industry research firm Retail Metrics is now predicting sales growth of just 1% for the month. The past weekend’s storms on the...
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Retail Metrics is out with its preliminary targets on June same-store sales and the report is one of caution. The firm is now expecting only a 1.0% growth in the same-store sales, down from 1.1% a...
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