Longs Drug Stores Corporation News

The Federal Trade Commission is looking into business practices at CVS Caremark Corp.

Dollar General Corporation announced that the appointments of veteran retailers Warren F. Bryant and William C. Rhodes, III to its board of directors have become effective in conjunction with the completion of the company's initial public offering.

CVS , the Mainland company that owns the 45 Longs Drug Stores in Hawaii, has acquired two former Star Market stores on Oahu and will convert them to Longs.

After the former Longs Drug store in the Countrywood Shopping Center was made over into a CVS, Peter Hale and his 13-year-old daughter, Abbie, both noticed the lower shelves.

CVS Caremark Corp. is hanging on to nearly every drug store it obtained through its $2.84 billion purchase of Longs Drug Stores Corp., but it's a different story for several East Bay offices CVS inherited through the deal.

The CVS store on K Street in Sacramento is part of the company's $400 million conversion plan.

Top executives of CVS Caremark Corp. said yesterday the company's acquisition of Longs Drug Stores Corp.

A 17-year-old boy escaped briefly from the Byron Boys Ranch rehabilitation facility Saturday afternoon.

NEW YORK>> CVS Caremark, one of the nation's biggest drugstore operators and the owners of Longs Drug Stores, said yesterday its second-quarter profit rose 15 percent, helped by strong pharmacy benefits revenue and a retail sales boost due to a later Easter.

Top executives of CVS Caremark Corp. said yesterday the company's acquisition of Longs Drug Stores Corp.

The acquisition of kama'aina grocery store chain Star Markets by rival Times Supermarkets announced two weeks ago may result in the closure of two of Star's seven stores.

Longs Drug, the Western US drug store chain which once ran as many as 450 HP 3000s in the world's biggest 3000 network, will be turning off its last system this fall.

Customers who find expired merchandise on the shelf at CVS Pharmacies or Longs Drug Stores can get $2 store coupons, part of a novel settlement reached Wednesday with California Attorney General Jerry Brown.

The following excerpts were taken from the Moraga police log: Saturday, Feb. 7 n FRAUD: It was reported at 9:32 p.m. that someone obtained and used the Visa credit card number of a resident on Madsen Court to purchase an unlock code for a Verizon BlackBerry phone.

Some retailers such as CVS Caremark Corp. and Gold's Gym are poised to defy the dismal economy with aggressive expansion plans in the East Bay and other parts of the Bay Area, potentially creating hundreds of new jobs and tax revenue.

It's back! The contraceptive sponge is back on the market . After years of manufacturing problems, bad business decisions, and a bankruptcy, formerly the most popular over-the-counter birth control for women will go on sale again this weekend at over 6,500 CVS and Longs Drug Stores.