CHICAGO (Reuters) - CVS Caremark Corp <CVS.N> posted a bigger-than-expected jump in quarterly profit on Thursday as consumers filled more prescriptions and said ...
LOOKING PAST EARNINGS Last quarter, 73% of Standard & Poor's 500-stock index companies beat profit expectations, and this earnings season should offer more ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - In-store flu vaccinations helped Walgreen Co <WAG.N>, the largest U.S. drugstore chain, post on Friday a better-than-expected 5.3 percent jump in September sales at its stores open at least a year. Same-store sales of general merchandise, which have suffered ...
U.S. stock indexes closed lower Tuesday as weaker-than-expected consumer confidence data offset a better-than-expected profit posted by Walgreen (WAG) and fresh signs of stabilization in the housing market. The market's pullback erased some of the gains from Monday's M&A-inspired rally and came ...
Walgreen 4th-quarter profit dips, but prescription drugs push sales higher, topping forecast Drugstore operator Walgreen Co. said prescription drug sales rose in the fiscal fourth quarter, pushing the company's results past Wall Street expectations and lifting shares to an annual high. The ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Walgreen Co <WAG.N>, the largest U.S. drugstore chain, reported a quarterly profit that topped expectations as it began to benefit from a make-over that includes sprucing up stores and cutting corporate jobs, sending its shares 11 percent higher. Analysts ...
A sign above a Walgreens entrance, Monday, Sept. 28, 2009, is shown in Gloucester, Mass. Drugstore operator Walgreen Co. said Tuesday, Sept. 29, its fourth-quarter profit fell 2 percent, but prescription drugs drove sales higher and the results topped Wall Street expectations. ...
Major companies tentatively scheduled to report quarterly results during week of 9/28/09 Major companies tentatively scheduled to report quarterly earnings next week: Monday No major announcements expected. Tuesday BEAVERTON, Ore. — Nike Inc. releases first-quarter financial results. DEERFIELD, Ill. — Walgreen Co. ...
Drug chain sales comparisons for August Summary of how August sales at established stores of drug chains compared with sales in August 2008. Rite Aid Corp. -1.9 pct Walgreen Co. 1.9 pct Copyright 2009 AP News
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. retailers reported August sales that showed some signs that the economic downturn was easing, but a late Labor Day holiday and muted consumer enthusiasm weighed on results in the key back-to-school season. Consumers still focused on essentials and ...
Walgreens in Washington hope to deter Oxycontin robberies by putting painkiller in safes Robberies involving the narcotic OxyContin are so common that Walgreens has installed time-delayed safes in its 114 pharmacies across Washington to secure the powerful painkiller. The drug store chain ...
Radha Chatterjee, right, Walgreens pharmacist, injects a flu shot into customer Michael Sokoll in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009. Drugstore operators are beginning their seasonal flu shot campaigns several weeks early this year, saying they expect greater demand for the vaccine ...
