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Friday May 25 | Wall St. Cheat Sheet

Consumer Business Recap: Toyota Needs Emerging Markets, Wal-Mart's Express Update

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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Related Topix: Toyota Motor, Automakers, Retail, Wal Mart Stores, CVS, CVS Caremark, Rite Aid

Thu May 24, 2012

Palm Beach Post

Boca woman suing Walgreens over alleged prescription gaffe

AbramsonPBP: Happy 71st birthday to the timeless Bob Dylan. The guy still performs 100+ shows a year.

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Related Topix: Retail, Palm Beach County, FL, Rick Scott, US Governors

The Kansas City Star

Missouri joins settlement with Walgreen Co.

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

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Related Topix: Retail

Wed May 23, 2012

Seeking Alpha

Express Scripts (ESRX) CEO George Paz tells the WSJ that he would...

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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Related Topix: Express Scripts, Retail

Examiner.com

Rise in autism projects an obvious rise in unemployment for the disabled

Fox News has recently reported another bleak fact about autistic individuals growing into adulthood.

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Related Topix: Retail, Anderson, SC

Tue May 22, 2012

PM Engineer

Boiler replacement yields major savings for Walgreens headquarters buildings

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 .

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Related Topix: Retail, Techny, IL, Deerfield, IL, Buffalo Grove, IL

US Pharmacist

DEA Continues Corporate Responsibility Drive

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)

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Related Topix: Wayne State University, Drug Enforcement Administration, Retail, Medicine, OxyContin, Roxicodone, Oxycodone (generic), Medication, Florida, Drugs

Mon May 21, 2012

PE Hub

UrgentRx Closes $3 Mln Round Led by UrgentRx: CORRECTED

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.

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Related Topix: Venture Capital, Emerging Technology, Colorado, Retail, Marketing

Business Journal

BioScrip cutting 189 jobs in Columbus following Walgreens deal

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.

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Related Topix: Retail, BioScrip, Healthcare Industry, Elmsford, NY

Sat May 19, 2012

El Paso Times

Walgreens vows rebound from Express Scripts battle

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.

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Related Topix: Retail, Social Solutions, Express Scripts, Medco Health Solution, Insurance, El Paso, IL, El Paso Electric, Energy

Fri May 18, 2012

MSN Money

Walgreen adds drugs to loyalty program

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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Related Topix: Retail

Forbes.com

Top Quartile Ranked Dividend Stock Walgreen is Oversold

The DividendRank formula at Dividend Channel ranks a coverage universe of thousands of dividend stocks, according to a proprietary formula designed to identify those stocks that combine two important characteristics - strong fundamentals and a valuation that looks inexpensive.

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Related Topix: Retail, Financial Markets

Seeking Alpha

Up The Amazon Without A Paddle

Amazon.com is an impressive company, which provides impressive online retail services for its customers.

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Related Topix: Amazon, Financial Markets, Retail, Wal Mart Stores

Packer

Produce left bereft in the drugstore

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.

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Related Topix: Retail, Opinion

Examiner.com

Walgreens launches retail job training program for people with disabilities

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 .

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Related Topix: Retail

Wed May 16, 2012

TheStreet.com

Ex-Dividend Stocks: Walgreen, Moody's

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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Related Topix: Financial Markets, Retail, Financial Services, Moodys, TheStreetcom, Media, TheStreet, Computers, Oppenheimer Holdings

Tue May 15, 2012

Forbes.com

Cash Dividend On The Way From Walgreen

Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel , on 5/17/12, Walgreen Co.

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Related Topix: Retail, Financial Markets

Health News Digest

Walgreens Launches New and Improved Prescription Savings Club as...

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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Related Topix: Retail, Deerfield, IL

Sat May 12, 2012

ABC7 Chicago

Last-Minute Mother's Day Gifts

If you waited until the last minute to get mom a gift for Mother's Day, don't worry.

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Related Topix: Retail, Ipad, Science / Technology, iPhone

Fri May 11, 2012

Reuters

TEXT-Fitch releases 'Navigating the Drug Channel' report

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.

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Related Topix: Retail, Healthcare Law, Law, Express Scripts

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