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Toyota's drive to grow its profits by using local production would get a boost, if its plans to sell more than 1 million subcompact cars in emerging markets by 2015 work out.

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Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster says the state’s Medicaid program will receive about $42,000 from a national legal settlement with Walgreen Co.

Express Scripts CEO George Paz tells the WSJ that he would "love to do a deal with Walgreen " to revive their contract, which expired a few months ago, "if they're willing to offer rates in line with everybody else." Of the Medco merger, Paz said that while Express Scripts is frugal, Medco "had a different culture with respect to spending money."

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There's something to be said for networking. Walgreens Manager of Building Operations, Bill Lewis is also treasurer of the Northern Illinois chapter of the International Facility Management Association .

Jesse C. Vivian, RPh, JD Professor, Department of Pharmacy Practice College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Wayne State University Detroit, Michigan In March and April 2012, the Drug Enforcement Administration started investigating the largest retail chain-store pharmacy in the United States, Walgreen Co., for evidence that the company had engaged ... (more)

JUMP Investors has led a $3 million Series B round for UrgentRx . Denver-based UrgentRx provides over-the-counter medications in powder format that are available in single-dose, credit card-sized packets.

A New York-based pharmacy and home-health services provider is laying off 189 Columbus workers after selling off part its business to Walgreens Co.

Walgreens has lost millions of dollars in prescription sales this year, and saw its second-quarter profit decline almost 8 percent because of its departure in January from Express Scripts -- the nation's largest network for filling drug prescriptions.

The U.S.'s largest drug retailer Walgreen has injected greater value into its Prescription Savings Club program by adding 300 new "value-priced" generic drugs to the existing 400 generics covered under the program to attract more customers.

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I usually take a look at the Walgreens and CVS fliers, thinking one day I'll actually try being one of those coupon geniuses who gets shampoo for free.

Hope is on the horizon for Michigan's job seekers with disabilities. Walgreens will provide an in-store training program for people with disabilities as part of their new Retail Employees with Disabilities Initiative .

NEW YORK -- The following stocks go ex-dividend Thursday, meaning an investor must purchase the shares Wednesday to qualify for the next dividend payment: Walgreen The drug store chain reported second-quarter earnings on March 27 of $683 million, or 78 cents a share, down from year-earlier earnings of $739 million, or 80 cents.

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Walgreens Launches New and Improved Prescription Savings Club as Approximately 1 in 4 U.S. Adults Lack Adequate Prescription Drug Coverage - DEERFIELD Ill., May 15, 2012 - Approximately one in four U.S. adults lacks adequate prescription drug coverage[1], and with both cost savings and access to health care top of mind for many Americans, Walgreens ... (more)

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May 11 - Fitch Ratings today published 'Navigating the Drug Channel - Retail Pharmacies,' the sixth of seven reports analyzing the dynamics of the U.S. drug channel.