Walgreens News

WellCare Health Plans Inc. and Take Care Health Systems entered an agreement to offer WellCare's Medicare Advantage members access to the more than 370 Take Care Clinics at select Walgreens stores.

Drugstore chain Walgreen Co. has extended its agreement to fill prescriptions for CVS Caremark Corp., which runs one of the largest pharmacy benefits management businesses.

And the biggest of them could impact a lot of customers: The store is getting out of the pharmacy business.

"Walgreen Company has been reiterated by TheStreet Ratings as a buy with a ratings score of A. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its increase in net income, good cash flow from operations, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, solid stock price performance and growth in earnings ... (more)

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Walgreen Co . is building a new store on Poplar Avenue in East Memphis amid some of the most important and valuable commercial real estate in the city.

One of my weekly rituals as an investor is to review recent insider activity through the Securities and Exchange Commission's Form 4 filings.

Walgreen store-brand ice cream line is getting two new flavors with inspiration from reality television.

Walgreen Co. extended its agreement to remain a network pharmacy provider in CVS Caremark Corp.'s national pharmacy benefit management retail network.

Deerfield-based drugstore chain Walgreen Co. has extended its agreement to fill prescriptions for CVS Caremark Corp., which runs one of the nation's largest pharmacy benefit management businesses.

's stock had its "outperform" rating restated by analysts at Raymond James in a research report issued to clients and investors on Monday, Analyst Ratings Network reports.

The companies are not disclosing the financial and other confidential terms of the agreement.

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The most common driver of dividend growth is expanding earnings per share. As EPS increases, so should dividends.

Following failed negotiations throughout 2011, the two companies parted ways on 1 January 2012, leading to major repercussions for Walgreen as Express Scripts accounted for more than 10% of Walgreen's prescriptions.

The shares of Walgreen Company are 1.7% higher at $48.61 , and option traders are gambling on even more upside for the pharmacy concern.

Other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports about the stock.

Seven Northshore-based companies have made the Fortune 500 list for 2013, including two in Lake Forest and five in Deerfield.

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According to Barron's , Maxim Group ranked Express Scripts Holding Company as a buy after its better-than-estimated first quarter earnings results.