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Walgreens Is Falling While Rite Aid Ticks Higher
Wednesday, July 6, 2016 - 11:32am | 338Read More...Shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ: WBA) were trading lower by more than 3 percent Wednesday after the company reported its third quarter results and updated its full year fiscal 2016 expectations. Walgreens said it earned $1.18 per share in the third quarter on revenue of $29.5...
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Walgreens Boots Alliance Reports Solid Q1, Raises Lower End Of Guidance
Thursday, January 7, 2016 - 10:55am | 278Read More...Shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc (NASDAQ: WBA) were trading higher by more than 1 percent shortly after Thursday's opening bell. Walgreens Boots reported its first quarter results earlier in the morning. The company said that it earned $1.03 per share in the quarter on revenue of $29 billion...
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Wolfe Research Analysts: 'Good News … More Drugs!'
Wednesday, March 11, 2015 - 12:43pm | 270Read More...In a report published Tuesday, Wolfe Research analyst Scott Mushkin commented Express Scripts Holding Company's (NASDAQ: ESRX) 2014 Drug Trend Report that highlighted prescription drug spending in the U.S. rose 13.1 percent last year -– marking the fastest rate relative to the last...
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Rite Aid July Sales Metrics Mostly Improved From June
Thursday, July 31, 2014 - 11:46am | 166Read More...Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD) reported its sales results for July. For the four weeks ended July 26, same-store sales rose 4.6 percent while front-end same-store-sales rose 1.5 percent. Pharmacy same-store sales rose six percent despite a 203 basis points negative impact from new generic introductions....
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Why Has Wall Street Punished Johnson & Johnson For Its Earnings Beat?
Friday, July 18, 2014 - 4:12pm | 6039Read More...The fickle finger of Wall Street has been unkind to the shares of Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) this week, despite an earnings beat. Not only did the company beat EPS expectations by $0.12, ($1.66 vs.1.54), it exceeded revenues ($19.50 billion vs. $18.86 billion), improved sales by nine...
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Walgreen Co. Or CVS Caremark: Which Would You Rather?
Tuesday, July 8, 2014 - 3:35pm | 624Read More...The business of chain drugstores has been a veritable model for how just about any retail business should envision itself. Over the past 75 years, chain drugstores have seen staggeringly consistent growth while becoming an increasingly pervasive part of America's cultural landscape. With...
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7 Ways To Save On Prescription Drugs
Monday, April 14, 2014 - 11:59am | 536Read More...If you have quality insurance you may not notice but if you don’t, you know that the price of prescription drugs is high. Here are seven ways to help reign in the costs. 1. Communicate with Your Doctor If your doctor is prescribing medication, you need it. If you think there’s a chance you...
