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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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...