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Walgreen Co. buys stake in drug wholesaler, gains more market clout
Walgreen Co. is buying a stake in drug wholesaler AmerisourceBergen, giving the drugstore chain greater clout in negotiating prices with drug makers -- and setting its own prices at the retail level. Walgreen could end up owning even more of...
Tags: Food and Drug Administration
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Walgreen's buying spree: Pharmacy chain acquired for $438 million
Walgreen Co.’s sales have been weak, but that’s not stopping the country’s largest drugstore chain from making a major push to expand, most recently with its $438-million purchase of the USA Drug pharmacy chain. The purchase from...
Tags: Shoes, Clothing, Accessories, and Shoes, Services and Shopping, Boots (shoes)
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Walgreen pays $6.7 billion for Boots stake as sales fall, stock wavers
Drugstore chain Walgreen Co.’s deal Tuesday with European pharmaceutical, health and beauty giant Alliance Boots is one best described with words such as “largest,” “biggest” and “most.” Walgreens, the biggest U....
Tags: Science and Technology, Companies and Corporations, Health, Economy, Business and Finance, Leveraged Buyouts
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Regional investment bank aims for a reprise
Jim Freedman and his partners have been here before.
"We call this Act Three," he told me one day recently from the Westside high-rise office of Intrepid Investment Bankers, his new firm devoted to mergers and acquisitions in the regional middle market...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Banking, Business Enterprises, Career and Workplace, Marketing
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Walgreen Co. warns customers e-mail addresses may be in spammer's hands
L.A. Times Tech BlogCustomers who subscribe to Walgreen Co.'s e-mails should be on the alert for spam that directs them to another website where they are asked for personal data, the company warned Friday. Walgreens recently became aware of "unauthorized access" of its...... -
FDA warns companies to stop mouthwash claims
The Food and Drug Administration has warned three companies that market mouth-rinse products to stop making unsupported claims that they remove plaque and promote healthy gums.
The claims suggest the products, which are used by millions of Americans...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Mouth, Health, Gum Disease, Dentistry and Dental Health
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Consumer Confidential: More cruises, fewer flu shots, free cones
Money & CompanyHere's your tip-o-the-hat Tuesday roundup of consumer news from around the Web: --When the going gets tough, the tough go cruising. At least that's the word from our friends at Carnival Corp., the world's largest cruise-ship operator. The company says....... -
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LABOR Walgreen settlement wins OK A federal judge has signed off on Walgreen Co.'s plan to pay $24 million to settle a U.S. lawsuit alleging racial bias at the nation's largest drugstore chain. About 10,000 past and present black Walgreen workers will...Tags: Joint Ventures, South Park (tv program), Health, Entertainment, Business Enterprises
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Is downtown ready for Bottega Louie?
Bottega Louie seems too good to be true. And maybe it is. A palatial restaurant/gourmet market/patisserie opens downtown-- a marvel of white marble, brass trim and floor-to-ceiling windows that's aswarm with smiling servers. One look at all those macarons...Tags: Real Estate Agents, Taj Mahal, Bars and Clubs, Starbucks Corp., Financially Distressed Companies
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'First ladies' preach health awareness
In many churches, the first lady is the pastor's wife and sits next to him on the pulpit. While her husband's chief concern might be his parishioners' souls, hers often is what the church can do to improve parishioners' lives and well-being. Tracey...
Tags: HIV, High Blood Pressure, Health, AIDS, Religion and Belief
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Allstate investors vote down proposals, back board at annual meeting
Tribune reporterAllstate Corp. investors voted down two shareholder proposals and approved the re-election of its board members at the Northbrook-based insurer's annual meeting. In preliminary results disclosed at the meeting, individual directors received 92 to 99...Tags: Corporate Performance, Companies and Corporations, Buyback, Fannie Mae, Marketing
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