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Business Wire (Free subscription) | yesterday
DEERFIELD, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Walgreens (NYSE:WAG)(NASDAQ:WAG): Charles R. Walgreen III, Chairman Emeritus and grandson of the company’s founder, to retire after 46 years of board service Directors Cordell Reed and Marilou M. von Ferstel set to retire Three members of Walgreens (NYSE:WAG)(NASDAQ:WAG) board of directors have announced plans to retire effective at the company’s annual...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Ambercrombie & Fitch Co. (NYSE: ANF), Costco (Nasdaq: COST), Target (NYSE: TGT), Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) and Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD)....
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Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Walgreen Co.'s same-store sales climbed 4.9 percent in October, following a strong gain in September and showing that the company is rebounding from weakness earlier this year.
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Paralegal SLO (Free subscription) | 28/10/2009
The Nevada Supreme Court is considering whether pharmacies can be held liable for a fatal car accident caused by a woman who bought almost 4,500 doses of prescription painkillers in one year, spurring a warning to the drug stores. The court heard oral arguments in March and is expected to issue its opinion by the end of the year, the Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) reports. Defendants in the case include...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
DEERFIELD, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Walgreen Co. (NYSE, NASDAQ: WAG) today announced a definitive agreement in which the company agreed to acquire the assets of 12 Eaton Apothecary pharmacies in the Boston area from D.A.W., Inc., a subsidiary of Nyer Medical Group, Inc. (NASDAQCM: NYER). The transaction is valued at approximately $19 million. “Today is a very special day for our Boston market,”...
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SeekingAlpha Retail Stocks (Free subscription) | 18/10/2009
Zacks.com submits: Thursday, Walgreen Co. ( WAG ) announced a new $2 billion share repurchase program which will expire at the end of 2013. Earlier, in January 2007 the company had initiated a $1 billion share buyback program, of which approximately $655 million is left. The new plan, replacing the 2007 share repurchase program, is a part of a new capital policy which aims to reward the company’s...
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Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 16/10/2009
Walgreen Co.'s board authorized a $2 billion share-repurchase program as part of what it called a "new capital allocation policy."
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kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
CVS Caremark Corp. and Walgreen Co. will stop providing seasonal flu vaccines at many locations to shift their focus to swine flu immunization.
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Chicago Tribune (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
Walgreen Co.'s board of directors authorized a $2 billion share repurchase program as part of what it terms a "new capital allocation policy."
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
DEERFIELD, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The board of directors of Walgreen Co. (NYSE: WAG) (NASDAQ: WAG) announced it has authorized a new $2 billion share repurchase program. The program, which expires at the end of 2013, replaces the previous $1 billion plan announced in January 2007 which had approximately $655 million remaining. Since 2004, Walgreens has repurchased more than $1.3 billion of common stock....
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ShoppingBlog.com (Free subscription) | 10/10/2009
Bloomberg reports that Wal-Mart, Sam's Club and Walgreens are converting their stock of Tamiflu to liquid form to ease the national shortage. The process is known as compounding. The pharmacies have instructions and approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The liquid form is also easier for some children and elderly people to swallow, Bentonville, Arkansas-based Walmart said today in a...
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Radon Mitigation Pittsburgh (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
Detroit, Michigan (CaymanMama.com) Rite Aid, the third-largest drugstore chain in the U.S., is issuing a flu-shot policy change which will effect pregnant mothers. The change will no longer mandate that pregnant women produce a prescription to get their season and swine flu shots, said Rite Aid spokeswoman, Cheryl Slavinsky. Expecting mothers currently have low vaccination rates. Some experts say...
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